Okay let me start by saying that NEVER IN MY LIFE would I think I would post a thread titled Constipation! haha... How far the mighty have fallen! But seriously, since surgery I have been really struggling with this... I think it's the high Protein and lack of fresh fruits and vegetables. (I'm still on soft foods) I even resorted to ExLax one day which was awful because of the cramping. Does anyone have tips to get the plumbing going properly again?

Milk of magnesia works like a charm for me.

My doctor's RN has placed me on a daily pill of Peri-Colace. I take it in the evening with plenty of fluids. If I still have issues I dissolve a packet of Miralax with a drink during the day. But I will also add a little amount of prune juice to my cold drinks. Just a splash but I am going to add flax seed powder and insoluble fiber ASAP because lots of people have reported to like it. I was in such trouble I wasn't willing to see what worked. Not taking a chance. Yes, it was that bad. Still it is 5 days to a week per BM and I went daily before surgery.

After the Miralax and Ducolax, I finally took a full 4T of milk of magnesia. Finally got things moving. I am going to take a small dose of MoM every day for a couple nights and then go back to the Miralax daily. Don't ever want to go thru that again. Also I must be sure to drink my water even if circumstances are hard. We are visiting away from home for the holidays with the usual busy schedule of running around. Now carrying a water bottle everywhere. Thanks everyone for your help.

For a more natural approach, try baby food prunes. It is smooth, goes down easy, doesn't taste bad, and is effective. I have had great success with this, every time I get "uncomfortable". Good luck!

For me it's been my only issue since being sleeved. I have tried a variety of options but ultimately find that laxatives every 3-5 days works for me. Note to others don't take them the night before a flight.

Oh how I miss pooping every day

My doctor put me on colace stool softener in the hospital and for 30 days post op. Thankfully I had my first BM 2 days after discharge and have been regular ever since. It's getting even better now that I am back on regular food. Occasionally I will even go twice a day!

Hi,


Here's my constipation home remedy using apple juice with other fruit. Eat it the first thing in the morning before Breakfast.

In a blender, put in a cup of fresh apple juice. Add equal amounts of dry or fresh figs and raisins and a small organic apple. Choose how many figs and raisins to use. You will need to experiment a little. Get a consistency that is not too thick. Add a little more apple juice if needed.

Eat this home remedy for a few days until you start to get some relief from your constipation.


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Two Colace kind of "broke loose" all the post-op medication induced backup - once things started moving again, I've been fine since.

Prunes all the way!!

I never had a desire to eat them, but they are my friends now. I will usually eat 4 to 5, and within a couple of hours, I have a BM.

I'm 1 year out and still have constipation issues. I've been to a GI and take lactulose daily along with a few prunes and fiber. Still an ongoing problem ...

I've been taking Colon Cleanse, which I get at Trader Joes, and it's worked wonderfully for me. It comes in gel capsules, so I can take as much or little as needed. The recommended dose is 4 caps 3 times a day, which in my body would be tantamount to a nuclear explosion, so I do around 2 or 3 in the am and pm, and things have been moving nicely.

Gatorade G2 and/or Smooth Move tea.

Apple juice works well

I use senna tea,it works really good.