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Constipated

Am I the only one? I've had my surgery may 27th, and I only use the bathroom once a week and that's after I take a laxative.

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      Add a couple prunes to your blender with your smoothies- I just keep a bag in my freezer, throw in 2. ( you don't even taste them) Serving size says 5, not that brave, so I've just been adding the

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      Thanks for the tip, same problem here and I don't want to live on laxatives.

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      When I saw my doctor at my one month I complained about constipation, too. I told him I felt so stopped up that if I had a good bowel movement I'd lose 5 pounds. I had been taking laxatives occasiona

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    I have had this issue but not too severely. Something unexpected that helped was when I was sick last week, I drank hot tea for my throat. Every single time I drank it, 20 minutes later I had to "go." :) haven't seen this mentioned yet so just wanted to throw it out there. Miralax helped also. I'm 6 weeks post op.

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