Thanks for the detailed information on avoiding constipation. If I'd had any indication of what was coming I probably would have been okay. I haven't been constipated since June of 2009 when I had to take some pain meds due to an attack of kidney stones. So this was just out of the blue, and I erred on the too much side of self-medicating after it was too late.
I'll keep those suggestions in mind in case I have a scheduled constipation day in the future some time.
Well, I mean I'll keep Greenie's suggestions. I think Meatpounder's posts are just him engaging in some wishful thinking regarding how he'd want the problem handled if it'd been him.