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When can I take some miralax?

I am 6 days post op from gastric sleeve. A lot of the gas has gone but I still have some but tolerable. I have the feeling like I need to have a BM but I have had this feeling for three days. I really feel like if I took a dose of Miralax , I will feel so much better. Should I wait or should I go ahead and take it? I have read on other forums where people have taken stool softeners as early as 3 days post op. Just need some advice please. Thanks.

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    Take 4 Doculax and stay home tomorrow

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    Take 4 Doculax and stay home tomorrow

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    My surgeon office said I could take dulcolax so I took one only... I agree I would have died taking 4 . I was constipated badly , without going into detail. But I feel a lot better.

    @@Bill T thanks for the doculax. I did get some and only took 1 vs 4. Omg I think I would have imploded lol. It worked great and after 5 days it was nice to go. :)

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    definitely check with your medical team. but i was allowed to take stool softeners (they recommended Colace) immediately - in fact for the first couple weeks they told us to take two a day. Then the general rule was if we went more than 3 days without a BM, take a dose of milk of magnesia (they preferred that over miralax early out)

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