Hey all... haven't been on here in awhile so am playing catch up. Still doing a ton of research even tho I am 17 months out. I have suffered with constipation issues since surgery in February 2012... Ok.. honestly have always suffered with little bit of a pooping issue. Anyway, saw on a facebook page someone who had started taking a probiotic and lost 5 lbs in one week. Granted I was intrigued.. even tho I have achieved my goal weight and then some. Seems like there are several studies that support gastric bypass patients taking a probiotic and the benefits of it. I have attached the link to one of these pages. So, I started taking a probiotic once a day. The results were immediate to say the least. When I say immediate.. there wasn't like and instant gross out take... lol... but normal... soft poop the next day and then again the next day.. and now day 3.. again normal. So sorry for too much tmi... I just wanted to share. Because seriously I have SUFFERED with this issue for 17 MONTHS and I feel like this may be the answer. Not a doctor and haven't discussed with my doctor... but have yet to find anything negative about taking a probiotic http://mercyhealth.webhealthyrecipes.com/Weight-Loss-Surgery/Good-Health/Bariatric-Nutrition/Probiotics-Help-Speed-Weight-Loss-after-Bariatric-Surgery.html

I survived the 4 hour meeting with no explosion!!! Tomorrow, we start the miralax, after that, I'm hooking up the hose :/

HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 204.6

I survived the 4 hour meeting with no explosion!!! Tomorrow' date=' we start the miralax, after that, I'm hooking up the hose :/

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Omg It reminds me of the orders I would see..(nurse here) soap suds enema til clear! Omg I would cringe seeing that!! Haha I know the terrible feeling tho. Glad u didn't scare any scouts tho

Remember ladies... With the heat at its.highest right not its draining Water from us even if we're inside. I'm sure most of us have noticed harder stools right now since summer start.

I know we all don't want to heat this but the 64 oz we're required to drink is no where.enough during this time. Up.. up... Up.. your water intake and whatever you do don't workout in the heat.

~Leticia **HW: 259**PreOp: 216**SURG: 3/21/13 **Discharged @: 221** 3 mons post op. CW: 165.0 lbs. --- Only 15 lbs to my goal ---

I have a 3 hour Cub Scout meeting this afternoon with a bunch of men. It's 1 moderate sized room' date=' as an after thought a bathroom was added against the back wall right in the middle of the room. It's essentially plywood. I can hear the guys GRAPHICALLY when they pee. I figure 30 minutes into the meeting (which I am running, of course) it'll hit me and I'll be trapped in the plywood cubby hole trying to not make ridiculous noises...

I used to poo like 3 times a day!!!! I guess when you're eating 10x more then you should its gonna come out one way or another. (I'll take the constipation to being 300+ pounds any day!!!).

Glad I could make you laugh:)

HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 204.6[/quote']

Someone mentioned Probiotics as a treatment for constipation after rny so I researched what to look for and ordered some on Saturday. I'll let you know when I get it and if it helps.

Someone mentioned Probiotics as a treatment for constipation after rny so I researched what to look for and ordered some on Saturday. I'll let you know when I get it and if it helps.

Duh! It was Kristy3k who started this post. :-o

Thanks Kristy! I can't wait to try it. I'm hoping for good results! :-)

Take an enema