Help! I need FIBER!

[sleeve 4 me 910]

OK without saying too much here...What foods will HELP ME in the Fiber area during this mushie stage????? OMGOSH!

[mightymouse 0]

I would just have some juice, prune or Beans, or veggies

[chilo1 62]

oats if you're allowed, or some high fibre Cereal like weetabix w milk

[thinoneday 445]

i was told to get metamucil wafers or mix benefiber into my Water or whatever liquid i enjoy and have it daily along with a colace tab. . .but double check with your doctor. . all doctors are different. . .

[TwoStepsBack 15]

I feel your pain honey! I am eating weetabix and fruit/veg daily, and all I can say is 6 days... yeouch!

Hope it "passes" soon!

[thinoneday 445]

I feel your pain honey! I am eating weetabix and fruit/veg daily, and all I can say is 6 days... yeouch!

Hope it "passes" soon!

I was stopped up for 3 weeks!!!!! Talk about uncomfortable! That is when the doctor told me what i talked about above. . .

[TwoStepsBack 15]

I was stopped up for 3 weeks!!!!! Talk about uncomfortable! :laugh0: That is when the doctor told me what i talked about above. . .

Goodness! That's gotta hurt!

One funny thing was that when I finally did BM my mega chest pains disappeared... I had no idea the two were connected. Could have been a coincidence.

[lunarose 97]

Hi I take chewable Fiber Choice, I take the one with added Calcium. Sugarfree applesauce alos helps.

Nancy

[MuffinsMom 5]

I developed a case of concrete bowels during week 2. I think it was mostly from Lortab, which, like an idiot, I took to help me sleep, not for pain. I will never take morphine-based meds again (knock on wood)! I even went to the ER, but apparently I thought it was worse than they did, they sent me home without any treatment other than advice. Eventually Metamucil did the trick, and now I take about a half-capful every day in my morning tea. That was so traumatic I never want to go thru anything like it again! Metamucil works wonders.

[sleeve 4 me 910]

I developed a case of concrete bowels during week 2. I think it was mostly from Lortab, which, like an idiot, I took to help me sleep, not for pain. I will never take morphine-based meds again (knock on wood)! I even went to the ER, but apparently I thought it was worse than they did, they sent me home without any treatment other than advice. Eventually Metamucil did the trick, and now I take about a half-capful every day in my morning tea. That was so traumatic I never want to go thru anything like it again! Metamucil works wonders.

Concrete bowels is truly the WORD! I was literally crying:crying:! OMGOSH!!! OUCH, OUCH, OUCH, OUCH, OUCH...Finally passed, but then later followed by liquid bowels:confused1: which I seriously don't understand...I'm so worried about getting all the Protein in, I don't have room for other foods ...But I think I'm gonna have to make some room, I DO NOT WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN:svengo:!!! Thanks for all the tips sleeve sisters:blush:

[LilMissDiva Irene 3,281]

Hi I take chewable Fiber Choice, I take the one with added Calcium. Sugarfree applesauce alos helps.

Nancy

I use these too. They have one for Weight Management and is less in sugar and Carbs than your regular Fiber chews too. You can take up to 4 chews daily adding 8g fiber.

Fiber is sooo important and no one knows this better than a WLS patient!!

[Globetrotter 1,340]

I'm dealing with the CB's too, (concrete bowels) and I've discovered that colace and dulcolax give me painful cramps. I like a powder that gets added to Water rather than a chew, since that also encourages me to get in my water quotient. I've just started a benefiber powder, it comes in individual stick packs, 8 to a box, 3 grams of fiber each. I got the Cherry Pomegranate flavor.

[redroses47 1]

Nothing like a high Protein diet to mess with your system :thumbup:

The initial stages are tough and in my case, I didn't consume any fiber until I was at least a month along although I had no issues. I believe for me the reason was that I drank at least 8-10 glasses of Water and that certainly gets things moving. Around the 6-week mark, I started eating Fiber One Cereal twice a day (about a 1/3c per serving with a few blueberries) .. no issues at all.

[clk 3,519]

If you have a juicer or a super high powered blender, make your own juices at home, peels and all. That will help a little. So will the addition of oats, which someone else mentioned. But I can hardly eat enough oats to make much of a difference anyway! For some people strong coffee does the trick. You have to find what works for you.

I've had this issue my whole life and it's only worsened with the VSG. I now take Miralax every day in my tea and it's helped me a lot. If you think this is a more temporary issue the Benefiber packets work well, and so does the clear and tasteless Metamucil powder.

[wannalise 15]

I made my bummy hurt after that phase (yes you are welcome for the imagery) I had to start throwing the flavorless benefiber into my Protein shakes. The mushy phase was not my friend either. I used to work in nursing homes and Constipation is the rule not the exception two of the big reasons are decreased hydration and that people are not as ambulatory as they used to be. Walk and drink and things will move!

Anna