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Preop diet causing constipation

Hi all

surgery is 5/5, and have been onliquid diet for 6 days. Constipation has gotten progressively worse, any advice?

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I took some laxatives

Hi all <br> surgery is 5/5, and have been onliquid diet for 6 days. Constipation has gotten progressively worse, any advice?

You might try Miralax. U mix it with water and drink every morning. It should help!

I magnesium capsule 1 or 2 times a day with lots of Water. the magnesium pulls liguid from the bowel and it helps with constipation. i have struggled with constipation for many years.

I took dulcolax per the NP.

Smooth Move tea! Cannot live without it now! Easy and several different flavors. Available at drug stores and grocery stores. Try it!!

I have tried the Smooth Move tea and it really does work wonders! I found two different flavors, chamomile and peppermint.

This will be a problem after surgery so you have to get used to it and experiment with different things. One taste of prune juice and it went down the sink. Finally at about 4 months it got better. Nothing seemed to work with me but I survived it lol.

My colonoscopy doctor told me to take 1 TB of Miralax every day and that has helped a lot! I mix up a glass every morning with some Crystal Light.

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