I know this is a yucky subject, but omg! I am 5 days post op and it has been torture going to the bathroom!! My doc has me on protein and clear liquids only! The protein is killing my BM's! Any suggestions??

It will continue to bother you for months because we can't eat a well balanced diet. I take a colace (nightly stool softener) every night and that keeps things moving as they should if you get my drift I'd suggest you buy them in bulk LOL One a night is all it takes.

Smooth move tea. It's all natural. And it's awesome. I use it every Friday.

OMG I went a few days after surgery and then almost 2 more weeks and had not gone again...had to do enemas and miralax...it was torture. Doc told me to take pericolace if needed now. I think that was why my weight loss was slow after the first week...cause I was so full of $h@!

This won't help you now since you aren't far enough out, but when you are a few weeks out try Fiberwell Gummies. They saved me! I don't want to rely on stool softeners or stimulants to have to do my business, and the extra fiber works wonders. When I was early out I used Miralax, and dissolved it in Propel. Good luck!

Thanks! I will try the smooth tea and the gummy fibers later on!! I love this forum!!

I had no problems with going since surgery but I do drink warm tea a couple times a day and it seems to keep me regular. On the safe side ask your doc or NUT. They are there to help you. Good luck. Being bound up is no fun. I'm 6 days post op and I just think our inerds are trying to figure out what the heck just happened. ????????

Ahh..weight loss surgery and the bathroom.

So, for most people the first couple of weeks is smooth sailing! Sometimes a little to smooth..

But soon the constipation sets in and it will be a continuous problem for quite awhile as Iggy stated because of our diet. You need to find something that works for you. I would have a conversation with your doctor about this. I myself find the fiber gummies useless, I take miralax every day in one of my glasses of mio water.

Interesting, I found the miralax took a few days to work for me, but when I took 250mg to 500mg of colace it was affected....Don't have any problems now thank goodness.

I am 6 days post op. I knew this would be an issue so I got Equate chewable fiber. Two tablets have 4 grams of fiber. When Friday came along with no progress, I chewed a couple of them in the afternoon. A couple of hours later, problem solved. I plan to chew a couple every other day.