Ok, I have one week left on my very strict liquid diet. Am I supposed to be having bowl movements? Even the day before, when I drink broth but there is nothing listed for a cleaning diet. Is that unusal? Sorry if TMI!

I asked this at the GEAR meeting and heard it was pretty normal. Are you feeling ill or like you need to go but you just can't?

Take some Phillips milk of magnesia and a stool softener

My dietician actually addressed this today at the pre-op diet class. She said to get Miralax, that it'll keep things moving.

How many days are you talking about?

In the classes leading up to my surgery they warned us about this and said after 3 days to take something and after 5 days to call the doctor.

On the flip side - you're getting used to it. After surgery it is very common to be down to twice a week.