Please somebody explain

[mzmesha 1]

I'm three weeks out and I haven't had a bowel movement I don't think that normal. Then I can only eat once a day my mind is telling me I'm hungry but my stomach is full or feels funny when I try to eat. If anyone know the feeling please let me know.

[able2cope 193]

3 weeks is a long time... I think you should see your doctor about this - he will hopefully be able to give you something to relieve you.

I take dulcoease and dulcolax (not sure if you get that in US, as I'm in UK), but perhaps theres something even more gentler that you can take - i've had of peo;le taking Miralax - hopefully someone else will be able to give you more accuarate information.

perhaps consider going to ER if you haven't been in that long... are you drinking plenty fluids?

[Recycled 2,182]

Three weeks is too long. You are surely impacted. If it is not painful already...it will be. Definitely call your Doc. Ask him about taking Magnesium Citrate. You can get it at Walgreens or any drugstore. It is very gentle and works quickly and thoroughly. Refrigerate and drink the whole bottle (8oz.) It taste like unsweetened koolaid.

It is typical after the sleeve to not go for a few days, but never wait weeks. Once you clean out your system, I'm sure your doc will suggest you keep taking a stool softener, like Colace or similar on a regular basis.

[Miss Mac 6,261]

That's too long. Call your doctor. This is going to be like passing a watermelon through a straw. Magnesium Citrate would be the quickest way for relief. That is what you have to take to flush you out for a colonoscopy. You will need immediate access to a bathroom for a whole day. Don't wait any longer. Some folks end up in the E R with an impaction. Good luck. You will feel a lot better once this is resolved.

[NikkiDoc 312]

I would call your doctor since 3 weeks is getting pretty long. But I was close to that long without a BM right after surgery.

I was never an every day kinda girl. Between having Clear liquids for a week and then full liquids for a week there really wasn't much solid to pass as a BM. I was just at the point of drinking a laxative tea- Smooth Moves I think, when I had one. There still wasn't much there and it was not an issue. (Trying to not get too TMI on everybody)

Therefore, if your doctor is one that has you on Clear Liquids and then full liquids longer than other surgeons it may not be that bad.

I think it can also depend on what was normal for you prior to surgery. I still am not an every day person more like every other or every 3 days. I would be more worried for somebody like my husband who is at least once if not twice a day.

At this point I would be either looking through the literature your surgeon gave you to see if they addressed it there or call their office to see what you can take.

[mzmesha 1]

Thank you everyone I really needed to know

[able2cope 193]

Hi @@mzmesha

how are you? Did you go to ER? Hope that you are feeling better by now.