I'm so miserable I can't go and I feel it in my chest and stomach. What ideas can you give me? Tried stool softener, fleet nothing is moving at all.

There are these little chewable chocolate Ex-Lax laxatives that I used soon after I was post-op because I feared having to push with my sore tummy and tummy muscles (I use product until this day because they are so gentle and EFFECTIVE--lol). They do not make you cramp or feel ugly and they are sold everywhere, from Wal-Mart to a general dollar store. Here is a link to the exact product I use:

http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=15078&catid=184260&aid=338666&aparam=15078

Edited May 14, 201412 yr by Curvy

My doc said 2 tablespoons of milk of magnesia and repeat in 4 hours if you don't go

Back to the store I go thanks a bunch

I have heard that Miralax is a miracle, indeed.

I use ducolax on occasion. Almost 6 months out and still have this issue!

Stool softeners, Miralax, prune juice. If you are desperate and have 12 hours to occupy a bathroom uninterrupted, you can eat a handful of sugar free Gummy Bears. You can read the reviews on Amazon.com....they are hilarious, but an honest expectation of the results you will get. Do not try this before going to work. You have been warned.

This is crazy no movement at all.

Buy some milk of magniesa. Take the suggested dosage. It took about 6-7 hours before it worked for me. I was also suggested to try a warm water enema or sepositorie. I tried so much before I finally went. And when I did go it wasn't a pleasant feeling.

I rely on Smooth Move Tea, but this sounds more urgent. Before I had a good routine, I also had several urgent episodes, downright painful and the pharmacy staff said mineral oil. I managed without it and I've not had any other urgent episodes, so I've not used it but my husband said he remembers his Mother using it. Apparently it is foreign to our system and so it wants rid of it. Takes everything else with it! I know its embarrassing but ask the pharmacy staff, or find mineral oil with the constipation products. So sorry. BTW, I still take stool softeners every night and use the tea when necessary, as well as Fleet. Its a problem that is not going away.

Mirilax in prune juice or apple juice works for me. I went 11 days after surgery with no bowel movement and was freaking out. Nothing was helping; Colace, MoM, Benefiber, nothing. I had MoM at my desk at work and was drinking it straight from the bottle NO LIE!!!

I contacted my surgeon and she told to go get some Mirilax and to contact her as soon as I had a BM. The Mirilax worked in 35-40mins. Is still take it because I only go once a week without it.

Check out my post on this very topic here:

http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/305168-no-bowel-movement-in-9-days/page-3?hl=%2Bdays+%2Bbowel#entry3471524

Edited May 14, 201412 yr by O-Town Body Rock

I take colace daily still as well along with a gummy fiber supplement. I am not as regular as I used to b. But at least when its time it is not painful

I also got badly backed up. One day I took a dose of Miralax... The next day I took two stool softeners... By lunchtime that second day, I was cleaned out. Now trying to stay regular with daily Benefiber. Good luck! I know, it's miserable.