Haven't "gone" since last Tuesday the day before my surgery. I know I'm not really eating much besides yogurt and soup but isn't this too long?

Haven't "gone" since last Tuesday the day before my surgery. I know I'm not really eating much besides yogurt and soup but isn't this too long?

I was told to take 30ml of milk of magnesia if longer than 5 days

Yep i agree... Milk of mag is a sure thing!

I was told the same but stay near the bathroom when you do. Pain meds can block things up so they don't want you to have too many days with out some 'flow' so to speak. That would give you a whole other problem. Call your doctor and see what they say. Even if you are just doing liquids with some Protein dissolved in them, you should be going a bit.

Eventually, you will find a balance once your system is adjusted. Some people use Mirlax and or Benefiber with their fluids to keep things moving.

I'm another voice saying "yes, milk of magnesium, and do it today" - the pain meds cause constipation, and it really isn't any fun at all if you let yourself get "impacted". I went through it one time, and one time ONLY. The other surgeries I was immediately doing what I could to prevent it happening again!

I just posted this in another thread It is a screen shot of what my surgeon sent me a couple if weeks out. Hope it helps!

Thank you, I'll be heading to CVS this morning for some Milk of Mag