We were having a prune juice moment early this morning. I didn’t know Sena was going to buy it about a week ago. I’m not having any problems with getting enough fiber in my diet. I draw the line at prune juice and also Metamucil.
This brings back memories. When me and my younger brother were kids, we both had problems with irregularity and a doctor recommended mineral oil. I guess we should have been glad he didn’t recommend castor oil. I think mom just ignored us when we displayed our histrionics about the awful taste. She just insisted it didn’t have a taste.
Technically, mom was right; mineral oil is tasteless. But I think the oily consistency is what grossed us out. It doesn’t take much imagination to think you’re swilling motor oil. I don’t remember that it helped much with constipation. You’d think the exercise of sprinting away from the house would help us avoid the mineral oil ordeal, but mom usually caught up with us just before we got to the railroad tracks a few blocks away.
After I got older, early in our marriage I developed a minor problem again with irregularity. I tried prune juice then but I had to throw a few ice cubes in it to moderate the flavor. There are a few breakfast cereals that helped, like bran flakes and the like. I was in my second year of medical school before I found out about Colon Blow.
Of course, the other side of the food remedies for irregularity is the opposite of constipation—meaning accidental overflows. I haven’t had trouble like that so far, but it reminds me of a comedy bit Big Mo does on KCCK jazz and blues radio, which is 88.3 on your FM dial. If you follow this link, you can hear part of Dr. Shorty’s Adult Diapers (“…they’re ready when you aren’t!”). By the way “camo” color is short for camouflage, which is a mix of green, brown, and gray—an obvious hint about overflow.
Sena’s got a lot of prune juice to drink.
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