Gross, But I need to POOP

[rhonda435 2]

After surgery i couldnt go for over a week. I knew there was stool there but couldnt get it out. My mother in law is a nurse so she came over and said i was impacked. Fleet emema made a week long belly ache go away instantly! Don't wait too long like i did. !!! Good luck,

[mikki21 1]

try Miralax or the generic brand at walgreens!! it worked like a charm for me. also add a prune to your daily diet to keep your regular. my doctor made this suggestion the week after surgery.

[Want To Be Thin 0]

:D Well I got up this morning at 5:30 and bam here it came and all day everywhere I went it went with me to the bathroom, I even had to make my daughter drive over the speed limit one time to get to the potty fast, I mean fast, and man do I feel better. Felt like I lost 5 lbs. but I did not but I am at 238. And my rings are not swelled shut to my fingers. LOL. But I have to warn you all do not take stool softeners and MOM. It makes your well B--- stay on fire. I hope you all get a kick out of my post, gotta get you to laugh sometimes. Thank you all for all the info. I did get benefiber tasteless and I am gonna try that for 2 weeks and see if this will help me.

[spoiltmom 44]

LOL! Glad you're feeling better! Try some Miralax in your coffee every morning. It does the trick and has no flavor.

[AlienBandit 10]

I know these might be some weird suggestions but living a country where I can't seem to find many things like MOM, etc here are some solutions I have found sometimes work to help move things along

• Brown rice
• Bananas ( ie low cal banana bread I make)
• Beans
• yogurt ( Probiotics help)
• flax seed ( can get at costco add to yogurt, shakes, etc)
• coffee
• kimchi
• lots of Water
• aloe juice
• lots of exercise
• coffee covered nuts ( from my experience)
• Benefiber ( shipped from Canada)
• dried mangoes
• prunes
• prune juice

Right now if I have any problems I try coffee with some benefiber. I also have a backup senecot but I dont use it often at all. Usually something on this list helps. You also dont want to over do it because then you might have major diarrhea problems!

[goodbyefatty 2]

Is there any better feeling than finally going to the bathroom after a week?!?! I think not! Lmao!!

[kab1278 3]

Is it okay that I giggled a little? I felt your pain and had to smile because it is not fun!

I had the same problem for two weeks after surgery, I believe. No one told me that the pain medicine tends to constipate you let alone the anesthesia. When I called my doctor's office, they recommended Colace, but that didn't do a thing. I then tried the stool softener/laxative pills with no success. I was drinking Water, taking Fiber...doing everything I could, but nothing worked. And unfortunately, doctors seem to not take this problem as seriously as we suffers think they should.

I ended up using a suppository (my first EVER!) and that handled everything, thank the Lord. I had to use it another time or two, and then things were fine. If I had known what to expect, I would have taken a stool softener the night before surgery like I did the gas medicine. I am all about preventing pain when possible!

So glad you found something that worked...even if a bit too well.

Good luck!!!

Kelley

[mandyMO 67]

Stool softners do nothing for me but what has really helped me is warm prune juice! That's something I'm not use to cause I was a regular person but now I get constipated a lot! Cause we don't have the intake that we use to!

[HeatherinCA 10]

I'm still having trouble ack. Just need to eat more Fiber probably. I don't mind taking a stool softener or a laxative, but I can't do it everyday obviously

[JerseyGirl80 12]

My Doc recommended MiraLAX. I'm sensitive to laxatives and usually get really bad cramps for a few days after taking them, but not with this it's very gentle.