I am and have been very constipated despite taking a woman's laxative daily. I thought at first it is due to all of the calcium I take, then they checked my thyroid (it was normal) so I was thinking I am going to have to live with this. This can't be normal, so I began researching, reading about diverticulitis, and it talks about possible pain in the left side (which I have occasionally) and it says they look at the RBC to see if it is low (which is a sign of to few red blood cells possibly bleeding in the colon ~ which when they checked my thyroid it was low) damn internet allowing me access to all of this information.

Anyone have problems with this? I am 20 months out.

I am only 3 weeks out from gastric sleeve and constipated. What is safe to take this soon after surgery? I am following the Nutrition plan to the letter. I will call the office on Monday but wondering what is safe in the meantime.

Miralax and a probiotic daily. Fluids will make or break you, and it is so tough to get enough fluids in at your stage in the journey. So try your level best to drink more. This too shall pass! ????

People don't believe me when I say Miralax is not safe to use long term. This is a a long term problem for me. I don't eat a bunch of fruits and I can barely eat a few veggies with my meals.

Metamucil is Fiber. Fiber is subtracted from carbs. It's really safe because it's just a bunch of husks.

Even if I get all my Water in, i still can't go if I don't use Metamucil daily. I mix it in with Crystal Light and down it quickly . I am also anemic and that causes hair loss, which I have been dealing with for 9 years ever since I got banded.

I was having problems with Vitamin compliancy because the combination of Iron and Calcium made me constipated. I'm in maintenance now and have introduced some more carbs (still within my hospital guidelines). I eat 1/8 c bran buds each day, I've made some sugar free bran muffins, and I eat a serving of skinny pop popcorn a day to get more fibre. Also take 1 tsp of benefibre each day in Water. And 4 stool softeners. That seems to be keeping things moving. Everyone is different though....

I struggle with constipation daily. I'm pretty sure I always will.

One thing I know is that laxatives make it much worse. They work the first time or two, but after that they won't work and they will make it worse and worse. After taking laxatives once I did not go for 7 days.

You want to drop the laxatives and get on a bowel protocol. Start with Metamucil Fiber pills, 2-4 daily. Prune juice. Magnesium citrate 1 time daily. Water. Fruit in your diet.

Give this a few days and it will work.