So tomorrow will be 1 week post LapBand surgery and I've been trying to use the restroom with no such luck. I've tried Benefiber and some Fiber Choice chewables and nothing! What helped you? On a good note I've lost 18 pounds (8 pre-op) so that's exciting, but I'm still a bit bloated and I'm guessing it's because I haven't had a BM. Any suggestions??

activia worked and works for me. Takes some peri colace or generic equivalent or some good old milk of magnesia, ducolax tablets but of course not all of these

Im 8 days post op. I had the same problem with constipation. No BM for over 4 days. I tried the chewable fiber pills, some yogurt, and tried to walk as much as possible...and it finally worked. I was regular for 2 days, but now have had diarreah the last 2 days..ugh! :/

Thanks!!! I am going to the store now to buy some Activia! At this point I think I would rather have diarreah than this

So tomorrow will be 1 week post LapBand surgery and I've been trying to use the restroom with no such luck. I've tried Benefiber and some Fiber Choice chewables and nothing! What helped you? On a good note I've lost 18 pounds (8 pre-op) so that's exciting, but I'm still a bit bloated and I'm guessing it's because I haven't had a BM. Any suggestions??

I was a once a week girl BEFORE lapband, so constipation has always been an issue. My lap band doc suggested Milk of Magnesia (get the cherry flavored, the white is nasty). I take a double the recommended dose, then drink 28-32 oz of water. Works like a charm! No bloating, no cramping. Good luck~

You don't want to over do it on the ways to help go to the bathroom.

Your body just got a huge shock and is still adjusting. If you over do it on the benefiber etc I think it could make it worse and once you are successful could cause a whole lot of flood gates kind of problem. You are not eating many things right now that would make you go to the bathroom. Just try to stay hydrated and eat more food that could help you go to the bathroom rather then more benefiber etc.

Its the protien thats making you constipated my Dr took me off the milk protien shakes and put me on juice kind

A natural solution is to get 1 L of Water, take out 1/4 c and heat it up, add 2 tsp non iodized salt, mix well until dissolved, mix with the 1 L of cool water to make a salt water mix. Drink it (you'll want to chug it becaues it tastes like crap).

That will naturally clean you out - quickly. Be near a toilet and stay near one for at least 4 hours.

I have issues normally with constipation - and after surgery it was even worse than normal. My Doc and nurses told me to take SENNA tablets - walgreens sells them. They are a non-harsh vegetable laxative. They work like a charm and no cramping. Good luck.

I spent 3 yrs trying to figure how to go to the bathroom normally with out harsh meds and sother remedies. I started taking just some cheap wally world PRO-BIOTICS and wala, I do not fail, and went to gastro drs and and all kids of tests, trust me some times simple is better, and water water water. I am pre-op and I checked all my inners to makes ure this was not going to cause me grief getting the lap band. I will stand by the pro-biotics,