On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:46:14 -0500, Handler <> wrote:
>Greetings!
>
>I'm not an ostomy patient but I've taken care of my wife who has a
>jejunostomy (Jejunostomy: A surgical operation to create an opening of
>the jejunum (a part of the (a part of the small intestine) to a hole
>(stoma) in the abdomen.) Which is outside of the norm in this channel
>it seems.
>
>I've been doing this for since 2000 with her. I've seen her go up and
>down with weight, bad infections from central lines, lack of
>nutrition, you name it!
>
>She's a tiny thing at 4'10" but she maintains a good 96-100. You
>folks know it goes up and down like a yo-yo.
>
>Here's our plight. She still eats by mouth and at night takes in 1
>liter of electrolytes and 500ml of peptemin formula through a mickey
>button. What we've run into is a problem with magnesium absorbtion.
>Now if you introduce to much 'mag' you induce some wicked diarrhea
>which is not good for somebody with less than 3 feet of small bowel.
>Our nutritionist has us adding 2 tablespoons (roughly 10cc) magnesium
>citrate to the feeding at night. Poor thing .. i can't count the
>amount of times she emptied the pouch. Next night we tried adding
>liquid amodium to slow the bowel down. We used roughly 6 tablespoons.
>Same results.
>
>What she's trying to do is get away from the 'mag' shoots twice a
>week. They leave some horrible lumps on her tush and thighs to the
>point whereby it's extremely painful to sit or walk.
>
>Question is .. has anybody else out there had a problem with magnesium
>absorbtion and what was solution? Given your physical condition is
>close to ours.
>
>Thanks for your answers and suggestions. If you have any websites
>that deal with all this .. please point them out.. the more ammo the
>better!!!!
>
>Regards,
>
>Dave
As I recall, back in the days when I had to get flushed out for
various procedures, they gave me a bottle of magnesium citrate and
dulcolax tablets. I think even my eyes got dehydrated! In other
words, magnesium citrate is likely not the best form for her to take.
Anyway, here is a good informational page which may give you some
ideas --
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/uspdi/202644.html
KarenF
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