I just had my sleeve done on tuesday the 4th of october. I need to know how long it takes to have a bowel movement or should i take a softner so it wont be so bad.? I feel so bloated and the gas they pumped in my stomach isnt moving. Im not in any pain, i just want to get rid of this gas so that my stomach will go back down. Please help the lady with the bloated stomach.....lol

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You really haven't taken much in so it might be awhile. Never hurts to take a softener IMO.

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I'm finding in hard to USD the bathroom too I had my surgery Oct 4 the also its like its stuck and don't come out tomorrow I will try a fleet suppository I saw that on an old thread up here

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Call your surgeons to see what they recommend. For me a stool softener was allowed. Remember you're not consuming much, and I've read people waiting 7+ days for the first bowel movement.

Took me 5 days then milk of mag 5 days again. After that it isn't hard anymore. It gets hard from surgery and pain meds. It constipates you.

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I had my sleeve on 10/5 and still no BM. I have been taking a stool softener since the surgery but nothing yet. I feel exactly like you do! Need this stomach to go down. Also my back hurts. One day at a time I guess

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Are you still taking pain medication? Those can prevent your regularity. If you are you should take Miralax to combat the effects of the pain meds. Also, walk walk walk walk. It helps with gas little by little and promotes better bowel movements.

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Walk walk walk and as much Fluid as possible. If it becomes painful, call your dr and ask for best options to clean you out. I waited too long.."its just constipation"...I had a miserable time. Hope you feel better.

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walk a lot and drink fluids! it took a little over a week for myself to have a bowel movement. i ended up taking a stool softner to help things along.

was sleeved on oct 3 was goid than had nausea issues was out of hospital on the 5 next day had 3 soft BM but at night started feeling funny next morning i tried to have a BM and it was horror there was no way I could it was so painfull I had to go to emergency room they told me pain meds can constipate u they did suppositories and an enema which was what finally worked put me on stool softner thank god it worked worse pain ever i had gone threw

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Do not wait 7 days for a bowel movement. It will be the worst pain of your life. Fleet enema and stool softner. My surgeon and hospital nurses OK'd both

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