So I have never been considered "regular" pre-op. I'm almost 6 weeks out. I was going pretty regularly until last Saturday I ate something that gave me diarrhea. I hadn't been since then (yesterday was a week). So I took a laxative last night and just went. My BMs had like white fatty stuff around them, kinda looks like raw chicken skin. WTF is it? Should I be worried? Help!

I would call your doctor and find out that is strange

Depends, what kind of laxative did you use? If you used milk of magnesia, that can cause a chalky white to appear. But it should disappear within a day. I would call your doctor since white and black are two of the worst colors for stool.

I wouldn't worry about it too much. Which kind of laxative did you take? Some can draw fatty material into the bowel. You might have just been expelling some of it. Could it have been mucus? That's also fairly common to see with a laxative or odd bowel movement.

Like you, I've never been that regular. When they were telling me "no more than 3 days without a BM" I was like... I don't necessarily go every 3 days now pre-op... are you kidding? My first one post-op took about a week, then about 4 days, then another 4 days. Then nothing, and nothing, and it's been 2 weeks and nothing... I took Miralax and Benefiber, both with Splenda-based apple juice. On the 2nd day I had a large, hard BM. On the 3rd day I had what I would call "pudding" stool x2. After the second one I had a LOT of gas and a LOT of mucus. A LOT. I didn't look at what came out, so I don't know if it looked anything like what you had (I don't even know if it came out with, or just after). But I could imagine a mucusy stool might have a fatty look to it as well.

Aren't our bodies wonderful?? (sorry if the above is TMI, but sharing info doesn't help much if it's censored or euphamized).

Ok, thanks for that info. I suppose it was fat, it looked like a cross between fat and mucous. I took the stimulant laxitive with senna. I might look into taking other types if I get backed up again.

So if you have not had a BM that is not good??

Well it had been a week and I've been eating solid foods. I was just concerned so I took the laxative. Pre-op I would at least go once a week or I could eat a big meal to get things moving. I can't do that anymore. My colon has always been weird. My pediatrician had me on laxative drinks and enemas when I was little.

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