Can anyone tell me what laxative their doctor has suggested for constipation during the first few weeks post op?

I am afraid to try just anything without some feedback on this.

Edited August 16, 201411 yr by mick

I am almost 5 weeks out and constipation is terrible... When does that get better?

I'm 5 months post. It was at it's worst the first 2 months. Miralax started to do nothing for me. I would have to take MOM a few days a week in addition to get me going. Then I switched from Miralax to generic stool softners without lax. That eventually didn't help. So I tried stool softners with a lax a and now I only take something 3 times a week. I added berries back to my diet and that has also helped. It is frustrating!!! I'm a nurse. When it gets bad, you have to address from the top and the bottom. Now I just try to stay ahead. Travelling makes it so bad.

I hate this part of my life. Never had a problem before and now.. I almost pray to poop lol!

Where did u get them mick? How quickly? My legs are going numb EVERY day that goes by!! Does it hurt your tummy at all? Thanks not my favorite topic but quite a bummer when it happens

Any drug store should have the glycerin suppositories. Be sure to get some kind of lubricant such as KY Jell. This was the advice from the nurse I called.

The cherry flavored Milk of Magnesia was easy to take too.

You may want to Google "Milk of Magnesia vs Miralax" and see how differently they work. I was surprised at how gentle Milk of Magnesia works. Takes about 6 hrs to work. Nurse said 8 hrs but it was a little sooner for me.

I would do something asap. They warned us in class that if you get too impacted you would have to go in and get it literally dug out. I seriously thought I was going to have to do that. Thank God the suppositories worked.

BTW Laugh if you want to but I was praying to poop and thanking God when I finally did.

eat oatmeal every day and get in as much of your water as possible! i made mine with milk. you can also make oatmeal smoothies with protein powder or greek yogurt. (google it)

I'm 3 months + out (still sounds odd to me, it went by fast!), I use milk of magnesia. It continues to work for me, but I try to only use it once a week. The downside for me, it works within hours. If I take it, I'm staying home for a bit. By 8 hours, it's done the job and then some on me!

This happened to me and it was horrible. I have since been taking colace twice a day and have had no issue. Thank god!!

Pear juice. Works like a dream. I get it in the baby food aisle at the store. Love it. Do not dilute it!

Pear juice. Works like a dream. I get it in the baby food aisle at the store. Love it. Do not dilute it!

some people, even with sleeves, dump from drinking juice. its pure sugar and leaves the stomach very quickly. this may be why it works so well.

It actually has the same effect on people who haven't had WLS. A friend was backed up when having MRSA and it came up on the internet that pear juice would help. And it did. Every once in awhile won't hurt. Nutritionist approved.

It actually has the same effect on people who haven't had WLS. A friend was backed up when having MRSA and it came up on the internet that pear juice would help. And it did. Every once in awhile won't hurt. Nutritionist approved.

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yup, its commonly recommended for babies and children who are constipated. people should do what works for them, i just want to mention, for noobs, that juice can cause dumping. my H, who suffers from IBS, eats an apple and a yogurt every day. this works for him. there are lots of ways to treat constipation. my MIL eats a pear or dried fruit every day.

I hate to admit it but it happened to me again this morning. Lots of pain and could not pass anything.

After the horrible experience a couple of weeks ago I swore that I would be careful to not let that happen again.

This morning I found myself in the same situation! This time was worse. I already had an appoitment with the nutritionist and a PA scheduled for this morning. I tried to cancel the appointment but they talked me into coming in even though I was miserable. Glad I did. Xrays indicated I was impacted so they gave me an enema. Wow! What a relief.

The nutritionist told me to cut my Protein shakes in half, just 1 a day, and to try to get a lot more Fiber in my diet by eating fresh fruit without the peelings.

She said a lot more but after the very painful time I had this morning and then the four hrs at the clinic I just want to lay down and take a nap.

Maybe I can share some of the other stuff she said later

Edited August 26, 201411 yr by mick

Wow, great thread. I was sleeved 7/24 and I'm having the worst constipation of my life! It seemed to correlate when I started on a soft diet. I just took a little mineral oil laxative and it started moving things, but not all of it. It's been going on 3 days now.

Sorry to hear that mick. I'm worried about that myself. I bought some baby pear juice today and going to try it. I'm also taking a softner each day and that has helped a little but not enough. My nut also has me taking some fiber in to see if that helps as well. Not going to lie this sucks, but it could be way worse so I'm going to try every trick i hear! !

That's what I was told today after we went over what I had been eating. "You need fiber".

She insists that I eat fresh fruits for the Fiber. I really am paying attention to these folks now.

They also recomended Cherios as a snack just for the fiber. I am now armed wit a lot of great suggestion from them.

Edited August 27, 201411 yr by mick