Hi can anyone recommend ( short of going to the doctor ) something I can take for constipation? I was sleeved on the 16th of may, and I've had trouble with it ever since!!! I feel so blocked up and my back is aching so bad ( sorry for being gross lol ) I need a treatment that I can get in the uk, also has to be liquid as I'm still on full liquid phase x ty so much in advance x

As my nurse explained - little going v in, little coming out! She recommended Benefiber, which u can order thru Amazon as Boots no longer stock it. I also upped my fluids a lot and the problem sorted itself before the Benefiber arrived. My nurse said no laxatives or stool softeners.

I am now over 4 weeks out on soft food and haven't use anything as eating solids has meant body back to normal processing.

Hope this helps and u feel better soon :-)

Ps Benefiber goes into any liquid and dissolves leaving no taste. x

Fleets suppositories worked for me within an hour. Hope you get relief soon. For me I lacked fluids. At 6 1/2 months post op I use a stool softener and clear and natural metmuscil (spelling)? Daily or my plumbing will not work. I drink over 70 oz of liquid daily so that is not the problem. My Dr says that this is very common for this type of surgery....

Ducolux pearls, they are tiny and easy to take and work for me, available in any chemist but you might have to ask at the pharmacy section for them.

Ty so much to u all !!! I drink loads so think I need that extra help x sounds awful but I know I need to go, it just doesn't want to ( sorry again for being gross ) lol I will be heading to the chemist today, and loads of relief lol

Dulcolax or Actimax liquids are good, combined with an enema (attack things from both ends) product such as Fleet or Microlax. Movicol is good too.

Lower back pain could be a sign of impaction, so important to get things moving. No laxatives though! Apparently peristalsis they cause is to be avoided for the first 6 weeks.

Good luck.