hi guys,

for a long time appox 7 years i have been suffering constipation and till a year or 2 ago, i then realise the implications it can have. i am your classic 1 bowel movement every 3 days sorta person.

recently, i started mildly cleansing etc, i feel an urge to evacuate my bowels after every meals, and the urge is minimal, but i can feel the heaviness so i have to strain a bit, not to the extent of getting hemarroids, and i would mostly likely pass out 1 medium normal sized stool. thats all, i know thats not normal, and i would say on average i pass out 2 medium normal banana stools.

but sometimes after a meal if i dont feel the urge, i panic, so i take a sip of coke- used to be an avid coke drinker butnot anymore....and i will feel a sliightly stonger urge. in the pass where i dont starin at all, i bowel movement every 3 days, when i drank coke after a meal, i know i would have a good bowel movement....

but the funny thing is the coke must be for eg- a newly opened can, where i can feel the gas - doesnt matter if its cold or not...but if the gasiness if gone, i wouldnt able to evacuate bowels.

is it normal...because i could not find any thing online to help me out. could it be bacuase of CO2 gas? or the acidity of the drink?

thanks