I'm 2 1/2 weeks post op and my bowels are just not cooperating...

Has anyone experienced this and for how long? Its becomes a headache

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Me am 3 weeks and it's a pain

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I've been in a lot of pain because of it!!!! My team has me taking maralax and colac and nothing yet.

Miralax and me did not mix too well. I had difficulty getting it down. At my four week follow-up I brought the issue back up and they switched me to Colace - I take 400mg daily now. Going every other day, which is so much better than the once a week before. I buy it generic at Costco in a large container.

If your doctor approves, try Metamucil... The Fiber will help.

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Colac has done nothing for me!!! How are you expected to have a loss without ever going to the bathroom? So frustrating

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I'll mention that if I don't go by my next appt.

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almost everyone has constipation problems post-op. You just have to experiment with various treatments or combos of treatments to see what works for you - Colace, Miralax, prunes, Smooth Move tea, magnesium supplements, Benefiber, etc.

p.s. don't take fiber supplements like Benefiber when you're already backed up. Deal with that first, *then* start taking Benefiber regularly. Otherwise, you could make it worse.

I take Milk of Magnesia when I'm really backed up, but this can only be used occasionally - not regularly

No no fiber for me yet! I did milk of magnesia and colace no luck. They changed it to marilax and colace hoping that does something. Did you experience stomach oains due to it? It put me in the er the other day :'(

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My bowls didn't start moving until 3 weeks post op. I was told to drink a lot of water and more protein.

I'm 14 weeks post op. I was constipated too during first month but it lasted only a week or so. I increased my Water and that seemed to do the trick. Good luck.

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Thank you! No luck so far ughhhh

I have issues with constipation regularly (pun intended) and I'm a year out. I was told by my surgeon not to take laxatives. He put me on Miralax, which doesn't always work, but does a decent job when used every day. When it doesn;t work, I use suppositories and that gets things moving, allowing the Miralax to keep doing it's thing. I hope this helps!