Just wanted to knoe if you lose weight after post up ,the first week and its my 6th day post up and I still havnt been to the toilet.All help is appreciated.

A mild laxative may give you relief. It is a 50/50 chance that you lose weight the first couple of weeks. Your body has been through a lot and so much crap they put in your body to protect you and fluid build up and swelling and everything else. pain meds... Relax and get better before you start to agonize about your weight.. You are in the honeymoon period. You are now geared to lose......K

Call your surgeon about what is an acceptable laxative. Mine allowed stool soft era daily, milk of magnesium, and miralax. Miralax saved my life. It's amazing how some people say liquids in liquids out, I was on liquids 5 weeks and it didn't work that way. If your doc says ok for miralax give it time, took 5 days for it to work for me, but it also removed bloat. Now I take magnesium caps.

Chances are good that you won't lose weight right away. As RJ says there is alot of swelling and Fluid retention and it takes a while for that to go away. I've had two surgeries since having the lapband and both times I gained weight and it took a while for it to come off....but it did and it will for you as well. And yes...call your doctor to ask what to do about the constipation.

AWWw bless u guys and thank you for ur replies.I called my doc and am waiting to hear from him.

Benefiber is my new best buddy! lol

My surgeon said Milk of Mag. I wanted Miralax, but no dice with him. That's too bad -- Miralax was my best friend for the past few months before surgery. I'm sure I'll be able to use it again if necessary. So far, not necessary. But wow -- those first five days post-op I felt totally backed up.

Best of luck!