So constipated.. Ugh! What can i take?

Call your surgeons office and ask. Mine allows Milk of Magnesia occasionally and it works well. He now has me on stool softeners, (4 a day) and magnesium 250mg twice a day. That has helped tremendously! I know how bad it feels and it just never seemed to get better until the above regimen. I know people are going to say drink more water and eat fiber but even with that, I was having a really hard time. Good luck with it!

My husband and I's Dr said to take stool softeners, if needed or take fiber.

I feel your pain. I take 2 Colace pills a day (generic) I also take Miralax every day. My Dr. said they give it baby's and I could take it every day if I wanted and it would be safe. I'm taking it! I drink it in my hot tea or water.

So constipated.. Ugh! What can i take?

If your already impacted, it's too late for stool softeners.......Go to Walgreens or any drugstore and get some Magnesium Citrate. It's like unsweetened Kool Aid. It should do the trick in short order.

Milk of Magnesia worked for me... a little too well. I took more than the recommended dosage. :-)

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Mag citrate for this situation....then after that you can take the dss (collace). I agree with recycled stool softener's are to late once you are all backed up. Make sure to take with at least 8 ounces of water...if you still have trouble getting fluids down, take a sip of each every couple of minutes until they are both gone. Good luck!

In the first few months you will probably need some help. You will have a lot of Protein and little to no fiber. I would put a teaspoon of Miralax in my Protein shakes in the morning and I take children's fiber gummies. I also eat prunes. MOM or miralax work great but once you get cleared out keep an eye out and use them when you need them.

Good luck!

Today I ate 2 prunes for an afternoon snack and then drank about 6 oz of apple juice diluted with water. I was not trying to help constipation, I usually do not have that problem.......but I can tell you it will make you go!