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Heh......never thought I would start a thread using that term! I know it's common, I haven't had a =movement= in three days. I started taking Metamucil, I've even taken a laxative and nothing is a happening!

What items have you guys tried with success to keep things moving regular?

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I still take 2 Senna S in the morning and 2 at night. Also...drink LOTS of water! Helps keep things moving. I am supposed to start using Mirilax instead of the Senna S, but I want to be home when I start using it, just in case it works well. Hopefully this weekend or next I will add the Mirilax to my regimen and start weaning myself off of the Senna S. That's the plan anyways... :)

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I take a stool softener three times a day and it has been working. I usually take it after my meal.

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After taking MOM, dulcolax and no effect, I tried Smooth Move tea at night and was very, VERY effective next morning!

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I will forever be grateful to the inventor of Milk of Mag! That has been my friend here lately along w gas x strips.

Amen!

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Miralax - or the Walmart equivalent - every day. I saw someone else posted about Smooth Move tea and I'm going to ask my dietician about it. I used that before and it worked well too.

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Milk of Mag = MOM! hehe

MOM will make ya feel better.

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I VOTE FOR MOM.....Miralax did NOTHING FOR ME, even with double dosing...........MOM Take it and RUN............... seriously if you wait as long as I did to get RELIEF!!!!!!!!! THE RUN is WORTH IT............ I now know what $hitting a BRICK means...........or HAVING one STUCK........... MOM is my FRIEND!!!!!!! and she will be YOUR friend TOO............ ((HUGS)))

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I drank more Water & took a stool softener. Relief came in a day or 2, was back to normal within a week.

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I had to use a suppository Sunday. My surgery was last Monday. The meds give me Constipation. I felt sooo much better. Hope this helps.

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Cherries worked like a charm the other day. Best relief I've had yet!

MoM works a little but can't stand the taste. Stool softener are meh. Gummy Fiber chews help but can cause rebound Constipation when you stop them. That's no fun either.

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I use 1 cup of Smooth Move Decaf tea every third day if I haven't gone. Works within 12 hours and is pretty gentle.

I use the same thing! It doesn't taste that great but I've used it for years so it doesn't bother me but to someone new I would suggest adding a little honey to it.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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