I am a bout 9 weeks post op and I am having trouble pooping regularly. I mean I am only going maybe once every 4 or 5 days. It is very uncomfortable when I do finally go and I always have to use some intervention. Like milk of magnesia, or smooth move tea or an enema. How about every body else?

Try a squattypotty! They sell them on amazon.com and they are great for conspitation.

I've never had a problem with it .. I'm 5 weeks post op .... I go 2 or 3 times a day... I'm lucky..

Try a squattypotty! They sell them on amazon.com and they are great for conspitation.

Just read up on this! Had never heard of it before. Does it really work? The reviews seem to be generally positive. I might just go ahead and order one!

From a pragmatic viewpoint, what is the difference between sitting with your feet on a squatty potty and sitting with your feet resting on a pile of books or something else that is the same height? Might as well save 35 dollars.

From a pragmatic viewpoint, what is the difference between sitting with your feet on a squatty potty and sitting with your feet resting on a pile of books or something else that is the same height? Might as well save 35 dollars.

Yeah. I thought about just building my own one.

Try a squattypotty! They sell them on amazon.com and they are great for conspitation.

I bought a Squatty Potty about two weeks post-op, and I'm SO glad I did! I've not had a problem with constipation or regularity since. I'd been looking at buying one for a long time, but couldn't justify the cost. I had a step stool in the bathroom instead, but it just wasn't a very effective help. After a couple of trips to the store post-op for all kinds of meds and tools to help me go, I decided to pull the trigger and buy the Squatty Potty. I bought the three pack from the website, so they were only about $20 each, and NO KIDDING, so easy to go. I'm not using any o the MOM, Miralax, Colace, etc. I bought early on, and I go several times a week with ease. no constipation or hemmeroid issues, though I average about 85g of protein each day, and my WL has not stalled once.

2 ounces prune juice at bedtime...works fine for daily results

Colace and miralax keep me regular

Interesting. I'm everyday to every other and it's like rabbit poops. I know someone hooked on laxatives. I'm actually gong more now than before.

Pretty much daily, but constipated every now and then. Even taking Fiber every night, the poop is pretty hard.

Was highly embarassed last week when I clogged up a hotel room toilet. Little rocks just jammed right in there!

I am having the same problem! It's terrible to go from regular daily pooper to maybe twice a week. I take probiotics pretty regularly and started adding more fruit to my diet and I feel like maybe there's some difference. Especially in the consistency. It's been so hard and painful to go fruit helps soften things a bit for me. I need to be better at hydrating, that's for sure. I didn't know we could take colace! I'm going to pick some up and a fiber gummy and get some peristalsis in my life! Yahoo!

Yayy I finally pooped today! My last bm was just before my vsg on Tuesday. Before this I had constant diarrhea, I went 5-8x every day. It was all of the oil and fat and caffeine. Now that I'm off all that stuff I don't want to start things up again. I spent way too much of my lifetime in the bathroom.

Do not use peri colace as your body can begin to rely on it. I am a little over three and a half months out and use Equate (walmart) brand stool softener capsules. It's what my program recommends and it works wonders

I'm beginning to dread going to the potty after the last BM. Being impacted hurts like a mofo and I have been hydrating efficiently plus taking a stool softener. I seem to be going every 5 days to a week. I'm not at the phase of getting any fiber from my diet yet.

I bought a Squatty Potty about two weeks post-op, and I'm SO glad I did! I've not had a problem with constipation or regularity since. I'd been looking at buying one for a long time, but couldn't justify the cost. I had a step stool in the bathroom instead, but it just wasn't a very effective help. After a couple of trips to the store post-op for all kinds of meds and tools to help me go, I decided to pull the trigger and buy the Squatty Potty. I bought the three pack from the website, so they were only about $20 each, and NO KIDDING, so easy to go. I'm not using any o the MOM, Miralax, Colace, etc. I bought early on, and I go several times a week with ease. no constipation or hemmeroid issues, though I average about 85g of protein each day, and my WL has not stalled once.

Thanks for the info. I never heard of this until I read your post. I went and looked it up on the internet and read all around great reviews about the product. As a result I just ordered the two pack from Amazon.