Jeff
I feel for you, buddy. I remember those days all too well. What are you taking for the constipation? I found that large doses of lactulose worked, but I had to take a lot of it, and God forid should you miss a day.
I know a couple of folks had good luck with the new disolving fibre preparations ( benefibre comes to mind) that can be dissolved in water very easily and taken via PEG if needed.
The final solution....well, we don't wanna go there ( think the "E" word) but it does work. I had the same problem post surgery, and that was ultimately their answer to the problem.
Hang in. It does get better, even though it doesn't seem possible right now
Wayne
Water intake is critical, of course.