I was sleeved 3/28.. so far I have had about 2 bowel movements since the surgery (except for the initial diarrhea ). Did anyone else take laxatives to help this? I was self pay in Mexico so I don't really have access to my doctor

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Milk of magnesia. It always helped.

It's been over a week since I have had a bm. Passing lots of gas, but nothing else. I was sleeved on March 31st. Basically when I went on purée foods, I stopped having bm. Do I wait it out or try laxatives?

Ya gotta poo!

Metamucil and a good quality probiotic got things moving for me.

I went through 2 awful weeks of constipation. Used dulcolax to finally "go" and then started taking a stool softener daily and haven't had any issues since!

Milk of Magnesia & Colace (not peri-colace, which is a laxative & stool softener). From what my doctor said about laxatives, it actually does your body a disservice b/c they start to train the bowel muscles to depend on the laxative--but I think it's more dangerous for continued use than just occasional. I used peri-colace in the beginning twice out of sheer desperation after lots of milk of magnesia, benefiber & miralax fiber supplements. I didn't realize that peri-colace was a laxative! The colace stool softer works like magic w/ no cramping or discomfort! Good Luck!!!!

Do we keep the dosage the same ?

My doctor has me taking colace 100 mg twice per day. Also the nutritionist has added flax meal to my diet. Start with one teaspoon working your way up to two tablespoons per day. She also had me two ounces of warm (must be warm) prune juice before bed. Things are definetly getting better. I was sleeved February 29th.

I got Phillips and they lied . I'm cramping

@@theladyslipper Do you use the Benefiber daily? How much?

Thanks!

Following cuz I'm 7 months out and I am sooooo irregular. Very gassy but that's about all. I was prescribed senna daily but it doesn't really help

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My doc recommended either milk of magnesia or glycerine suppositories. I bought both. Didn't want to force anything else in my stomach so tried the suppository. Super easy, worked in like 3 minutes. No pain. Haven't had to use it again.

I love you all more than I used to love jellybeans... And I LOVED jellybeans. Thank you for these tips... Who else is going, without making teenage boy jokes all these suggestions? No one but fellow sleevers! Da hubby is going out for prune juice now. It's 11:43 at night so if he slips and cracks a potty joke I'm going to forgive him.

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