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When did you start doing poop?

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dlae    8

dlae
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Had a bit of diarrhoea on days 3-5 and a normal (but tiny) regular bowl movement yesterday (day 6) Oh how excited I was

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LisaMergs    2,854

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Your "poop"schedule will be different every week for a while. Most of us have experienced the omg out of no where diarrhea too! Inconvenient at best!!! But don't expect to be like before surgery- most of what you will (read SHOULD) be eating down the road will actually be used by your body so your waste volume will decrease.

I have what I call "poop days". They can be as far apart as 5-6 days. I'm not constipated, in pain, or bloated. The stool just takes a while longer to "gather up" and work its way down the pike lol.

So don't sweat the poop- it will come!!!!

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Karen Kenney    61

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@@rimmarrufo I had the RnY and it was 7 days before I pooped, I had been adding the stool softener powder to my Water and drinking for two days prior! This was just yesterday, nothing today yet.

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eudys3    27

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I went home on post-op day 1. I was instructed to take MOM if no poop w/in 2 more days. I did, & boy did that work!

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pattyoj    13

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I did 5 days later and it hurt so bad had me in tears. Now I go every other day or so and it smells so bad not sure why since I'm eating a lot cleaner than before

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Mudgy6    88

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I'm four days out and I'm not taking stool softeners. I had my first one today Saturday

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Lema    236

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It smells bad if you haven't gone to the toilet in a couple of days because all that bacteria is sitting there.. (Sorry)

Don't let it get to the point where you are suffering everyday. I had to experiment plenty before things got back to normal.

I can and I will.

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connie6140    12

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Today is one week out of surgery and I did mirlax yesterday and today and finally today! I hadn't gone 3 days prior to surgery though!

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effbeingfat    5

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I had diarrhea 1 day post op and now 5 days post op had a great bowel movement. I think everyone is different I have been pretty regular all my life.

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LowBMISleever    381

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7 days post op. Regular ever since.

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LxA    72

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7 days post op but a tiny tiny laughable amount. So funny that this thread is here I was wondering myself how other were

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LadyDarkness415    41

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I got nervous too because i keep getting constipated but the docs told me to take Milk of Magnesia and it did the trick. I am almost 2 weeks post and still aren't regular entirely. But thats something that you'll definitely want to ask the doc about.

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Sophies mommy    15

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Can being constipated hurt where they create the new intestine in the new stomach? I am so scared of this!

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