Question: My 82 year old wife has poor digestion and bad teeth and has resorted to only eating heavy cream soups, and getting protein from Boost and another protein drink-- with vitamin spiked fruit/protein shake in the morning. Last night, she had Salisbury steak for the first time in years. She wanted to try that frozen dinner-- which was really quite good. I advised her to take some apple cider for digestion acid before and after along with a pre and probiotic to assist her digestion which she did not-- due to a poor attitude toward "supplementation" I try to teach her. I guess I saw the ad for this online doctor advice service and thought I'd see what you have to say about it.

I don't think she had a bowel movement this morning-- though she says she did... to cover for her mistake. She enjoyed the soft steak but I'm concerned that her digestion process is very sensitive-- and that she needs to be more careful than the rest of us-- I've tried adding ox bile to her diet but she won't swallow the capsule... afraid of capsules-- and it's taste is terrible if you open it and mix it into something. Her bile is likely very low. Anyway-- what say you? Thanks. (I'll continue to push her toward the pro/prebiotic/bile/applecider/restraint-from-solid-food solution today.)

There's no immediate problem but this is rather a continuing chronic problem-- that just goes on and on. She does occasionally complain about something stuck in her abdomen-- and "massages" it for hours, then goes without complaining for weeks at a time. I can't discuss any solutions with her without risk of her cantachorous mood blowing back on me.