I had my surgery 3 weeks ago. Things have gone well until this week.. I have become constipated. I've tried purée prunes, dring water and coffee, milk of magnesia. These things usually worked. I tried to get in touch with my surgeon today but couldn't reach him. I don't want t wait until Monday and have a miserable weekend. Has anyone been told by their doctor they could use miralax or restoralax or anything else and if so, how did it work. I'm desperate.

Yes, my surgeon suggested Miralax if I had problems during those weeks.

My surgeon also suggested miralax

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I've been pretty bound up off and on since I started on solids, too. Haven't taken anything, hoping that it'll resolve as my diet expands...but yeah, the surgeon said Miralax or another stool softener if it becomes too much of a problem.

My surgeon suggested starting with a stool softener, then moving to Miralax. I faced the same problem. Make sure you are drinking as much Water as you can tolerate. It does get better!

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I mix fiber lax in my water bottle every morning . They make individual packets you can mix in just like kool-aid flavors. I don't notice any aftertaste or grit.

I was given colace stool softener, then added miralax for greater issues and if that still didn't work, was told to use benefiber but to be very slow and use small doses of that and make sure you're drinking lots of liquids, especially Water to keep things moving...

If you take opioid pain medication still from surgery or anything else, that can really gum you up. This is my issue so I'm also taking a medicine for OIC - opioid induced constipation

Good fortune

Spicy foods help

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Thanks to everyone for their advice. I tried some prune juice and restoralax (same as miralax) yesterday and it worked. I am going to monitor carefully so I don't get like that again if I can help it. I'm adding benefibre to my water and alternating days of prune juice and restoralax to see if I can get back on track. I feel so much better today