I was taking a stool softener but man does it make me sick to the point I can't have any food after I take it and we all know how painful going to the bathroom is now at least for me so any advice on what I can do to help me and not get sick!

Thank u all

If possible try stop taking everything! I got into such a terrible cycle after I had my gall bladder out, I thought I was going to die from constipation or the colace/MoM/laxatives. I stopped taking everything and went to an acupuncture doctor. Within 24 hours my body calmed down. I'm only one week post op from my sleeve and started the same cycle at day five, but this time I stopped pain meds and took one dose of MoM and relaxed. It cleared up with 24 hours because I didn't keep trying to hurry it.

@@sleevenv - Acupuncture?! What a great idea! I have never done that but have heard good results. I am going to try to find someone local. I had this surgery to get off all meds not take other ones! Appreciate the advice. Apologies to original poster for hijacking the post!

Is ok we all get great info from all the responses!!

So is the constipation that bad? My surgeon told me it was a complication for some and gas but is it really that intolerable?

Edited July 8, 201511 yr by Running2theSleeve

I add chai seed into my protein shakes...

So is the constipation that bad? My surgeon told me it was a complication for some and gas but is it really that intolerable?

For me is painful like pineapple or pine cones some one said earlier not everyone suffers from it but sadly I do

I add chai seed into my protein shakes...

Great idea I will try that thanks

So I had to stay home from work today AND missed a dr appt because I could not actually leave the restroom from the constipation and difficulty passing. It was awful - AGAIN! I have taken Colace (3 yesterday and 2 pretty consistently every day and only working occasionally), added Benefiber (think it is making it worse), Milk Of Magnesia (seems to work but gives diarrhea for the next 24 hours so I can't leave the restroom for other reasons). I called the dr office and left a message and actually starting crying because I am that miserable and frustrated - AND my tailbone and bladder hurt from where it is pushing on it and I have hemorrhoids and possibly a fissure. Anyway, NP from surgeon office called back and said this may happen the rest of my life. Constipation is a side effect from RNY. Really?! OMG! I have never experienced this kind of pain and frustration except when I had bilateral ureter stents for 3 weeks. At least I could take pain med for that! If I take pain med, it makes the constipation worse. They had given me a sample of Amatiza which is a very strong laxative and the first time I took it, I seriously nearly passed out and had chills. The solution is taking this med twice a day (instead of Colace and Benefiber) and hope that it gets me back to regular. I have not tried Miralax yet but I have in the past and felt it wasn't much better than other solutions. I am still on pureed / soft foods so I really really hope this will get better as time progresses and food progresses. (BTW, NP said as long as I am still going every 3 days, it isn't an emergency and hopefully the Amatiza will get me regular enough to get rid of the stools that cause such pain.) Sorry I am rambling, but I just needed to vent a little. I am so discouraged about this. I cannot keep missing out on life for this problem. This is not why I had the surgery.... combined with the morning nausea, vomiting (probably my fault because I ate too fast) and inability to eat in the morning (because of the nausea), I am beyond discouraged.

i am going through the same thing right now for the past month every 2-3 days i am beyond constipated n sitting on toilet crying i was taking mom which doesn't work that well but i can't keep taking all the time i don't know what else to do.i am miserable

@@newbeginning77 - I really am so sorry! I completely understand! I have a few suggestions - though no guarantees for any.

- I saw one suggestion where the poster's dr said to take a dose of MOM at 7 and then 2 Colace at 10 p.m. and should have relief the next day. I did the 2 Colace at bedtime and it worked, but the next time I tried it did not.

- If you are taking pain meds still, call your dr. They can prescribe a med that works for "opiod induced constipation".

- I went to an acupuncturist today for help. It was odd (I hadn't done that before), but I am game. He said it will take a few times to do much good, so I am going to go a few more times. In the meantime, I saw this video on You Tube yesterday, and I did the massage thing on my stomach they suggested, and I had great success this morning without any pain! Now, I also only had liquids yesterday and made sure I didn't take any meds (not even vitamins), so I don't know which specific thing worked, but I don't care as long as it worked! Here is the link to the video - https://youtu.be/dklVFMw7P1Y Won't hurt to try it - I think!

Good luck! I will let you know how my acupuncture goes. Call your dr tomorrow since it's Friday so you aren't miserable over the weekend and see what they can suggest.

@@newbeginning77 - I really am so sorry! I completely understand! I have a few suggestions - though no guarantees for any.

- I saw one suggestion where the poster's dr said to take a dose of MOM at 7 and then 2 Colace at 10 p.m. and should have relief the next day. I did the 2 Colace at bedtime and it worked, but the next time I tried it did not.

- If you are taking pain meds still, call your dr. They can prescribe a med that works for "opiod induced constipation".

- I went to an acupuncturist today for help. It was odd (I hadn't done that before), but I am game. He said it will take a few times to do much good, so I am going to go a few more times. In the meantime, I saw this video on You Tube yesterday, and I did the massage thing on my stomach they suggested, and I had great success this morning without any pain! Now, I also only had liquids yesterday and made sure I didn't take any meds (not even vitamins), so I don't know which specific thing worked, but I don't care as long as it worked! Here is the link to the video - https://youtu.be/dklVFMw7P1Y Won't hurt to try it - I think!

Good luck! I will let you know how my acupuncture goes. Call your dr tomorrow since it's Friday so you aren't miserable over the weekend and see what they can suggest.

thank you

So here is what has worked for me so far i tried the miralax and it game diarrhea.. then yesterday my mom said to try ice tea with gincen and honey the arizona cans and i it worked for me i didn't have pain at all and i felt relieved also tried the Tea someone mention here and it work after 2 days but it was still painful. my mom had the lap band so thats why she had me try that tea since it had worked for her. hope this helps.