I am four weeks out today and had to take the day off to pass a steele zeppelin through my rear end. This took 5 hours, one quarter bottle of milk of magnesia, a laxative tea and an enema. I thought I was going to have a stroke! I think I now have post traumatic stress disorder. I went to the dr and they took me off the shakes and put me on whole foods. Thanks for the vent! Who else was I going tell?

I've had some tough times but have not taken a laxative yet, for better or for worse! Eating dry roasted edamame as a protein source has been very helpful to me. 7 g fiber in a quarter cup! 14 G protein. I find it very gentle on my digestive track.

You may need both. This is a different kind of constipation. Round peg. Square hole sort of thing. Dig?

Got it!