I'm not sure this s in the right place, but s anyone having problems with constipation? I'm really struggling.

Yes I had problems with constipation until I found probiotic gummies and now I go every day with no problems.

Sorry didn't mean to put the pic of the prenatals just the one of the probiotics lol

I have struggled as well. My nutrionist has had me take mirlax (or she also suggest milk of magnesia) daily. I was doing a stool softener, like colace and started my benefiber back up, but she had me stop that, she was afraid the fiber right now would bulk things up too much and cause more troubles. The mirilax has helped.

Hope you find some relief soon!

I have the same issue, but I can't say that it's only since surgery. I've dealt with it for a long time. MiraLax is the best, and causes no gastric upset; cramps, etc. You can drink it every day without issue.

My gastro told me that Milk of Mag on a daily basis is dangerous. It's okay to use to get things moving, but not a good choice for maintenance.

Sorry didn't mean to put the pic of the prenatals just the one of the probiotics lol

Where do you buy the gummy probiotics?

Think most of us do its a common question milk of magnisum gets it moving nicly Rite aid has a stool softner/laxative that I take daily works great...

Where do you buy the gummy probiotics?

That looks like the target symbol for their brand of things.

The gummy probiotics I bought at Walgreens. I was also told to do miralax or stool softeners but even taking stool softeners everyday I wasn't going but like once a week and that was even hard to do. Once I switched to the probiotics I haven't had any problems with going and its not hard at all its like its supposed to be. There are also probiotic pills but I was unsure of how big the pills were so I went with gummies.

I asked this question of my surgeon, and he advised the following...

Take stool softener daily. Add fiber (powdered) as step two if needed. If that doesn't help to move things then move on to miralax. He would prefer no Miralax at all except a last resort.

The gummy Probiotics I bought at Walgreens. I was also told to do miralax or stool softeners but even taking stool softeners everyday I wasn't going but like once a week and that was even hard to do. Once I switched to the probiotics I haven't had any problems with going and its not hard at all its like its supposed to be. There are also probiotic pills but I was unsure of how big the pills were so I went with gummies.

Thanks for the info......I may give them a try. Stool softeners never did anything for me, so I don't bother with them.

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How long has it been since your surgery? I would ask your doctor but my doctor said to just take milk of magnesia if I had a problem. I really haven't had a problem but since I take Vicodin for pain he said that constipation might be a side effect. Ask your doctor if it's ok to take some kind of laxative to help you.

Best wishes!

Im so glad I found this. I was banded on th 16 of may and have had a bm 3 times with help of a laxitive. I dont want to do that all the time. This is the best place to find people that are going through the same thing.