Maybe stricture- I have been having an incredibly difficult time. RNY surgery date was 9-28. It was a breeze at first. I got 60 oz water in right away. Then 80-100 oz of water daily. Then at about three weeks I had extreme me nausea. Then diarrhea and dry heaves. Then dehydrated. Then a fecal impaction. I am on Zofran which helps. Having an EGD tomorrow. They think I have a stricture. Anyone else have this? It does get better right?

Edited November 15, 201510 yr by melps

you might want to come up with some plan to reduce the chances of this happening again. Constipation is *really* common after surgery. Try some different treatments or combos of treatments and see what works for you. Things I've heard others use (in addition to what's already been mentioned here), a shot of Miralax every day or two, magnesium citrate tablets, stool softeners (such as Colace) - I can't remember what else - but there are several. For the last three months (after having been through a couple of months of constipation hell), I've taken Benefiber twice a day, 800 mg of magnesium citrate (400 mg in the morning and 400 mg in the evening), and a dose of Miralax twice a week whether I need it or not. I haven't had a problem in three months. But my routine may not work for others - you have to experiment and see what does the trick for you.

I've been taking mirilax every morning and milk of magnesia (the tablets) and am now going every other day; my belly is much happier!!