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Lise2021    15

Lise2021
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Seriously you could try a brown cow which is milk of magnesia mixed with warm prune juice and butter. Or you might need lactose. But you will curse the day you take that.youll get a cherry red baboon butt from all the wiping, but :) bright side no more Constipation.< /p>

Yeah, but they're trying to get me off the meds. I'll try the juice.

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Coachthex32    166

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Good luck. Keep us posted on what ends up working.

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BigViffer    3,544

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Yeah, but they're trying to get me off the meds. I'll try the juice.< /p>

If you are on pain meds, I'd bet a dime to dollar that is what is causing your Constipation. Oxycotin and Hydrocodone are like cement mixers to my bowels.

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Brandeis    401

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Don't forget the simplest helper for BMs as well: WALK AROUND! walking around apparently aids mightily in digestion, and should do a lot to help with your Constipation.< /p>

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clc9    644

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Be careful with straining too much like you describe too. Combined with obesity, it can give you a rectal prolapse or rectocele if you're female.

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Lise2021    15

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Yeah, but they're trying to get me off the meds. I'll try the juice.

If you are on pain meds, I'd bet a dime to dollar that is what is causing your Constipation. Oxycotin and Hydrocodone are like cement mixers to my bowels.

They're trying to get me off meds to go to the restroom so the dulcolax, colace, suppositories and the like... I stopped pain meds a week ago.

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Don't forget the simplest helper for BMs as well: WALK AROUND! walking around apparently aids mightily in digestion, and should do a lot to help with your constipation.

I go to the gym and walk around the house

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Malin    470

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One of my good friends who had a sleeve done a couple of years ago brought me a present the first day I was home from the hospital after having my sleeve done--Fiber that dissolves in everything. And I DO use it in nearly everything. Make it your new BFF.

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Lise2021    15

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One of my good friends who had a sleeve done a couple of years ago brought me a present the first day I was home from the hospital after having my sleeve done--fiber that dissolves in everything. And I DO use it in nearly everything. Make it your new BFF.

I have a box of benefiber that I use

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One of my good friends who had a sleeve done a couple of years ago brought me a present the first day I was home from the hospital after having my sleeve done--fiber that dissolves in everything. And I DO use it in nearly everything. Make it your new BFF.

I have a box of benefiber that I use

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Thanks!

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Are you on a pro-biotic? I take a pro-biotic every day and eat Protein Bars with pre-biotic Fiber in them and that seems to keep me pretty regular. Obviously things were out of whack the first few weeks post-op before I was back on solid foods. But since then, I haven't had issues.

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Lise2021    15

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I think this is just gonna have to be a trial and error of natural things that I can use. I'm not necessarily worried or freakin out at this point since I'm still new, but it is what it is. I just have to give my body a chance to get used to this new lifestyle. I think because I'm young my team is expecting a relatively quick bounce back, which it will eventually and on top of that I just started on puree so... I'm not even at the "meal" stage.

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Julie norton    2,850

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I certainly recall the initial discomfort!!! I laughed when my husband discontinued binding medication. He recalled it as " passing a tennis ball". [emoji462][emoji462]I have heard women on here go so far as to say " passing a pineapple"[emoji531][emoji531]

However you put it. It seems to get better and there are many suggestions posted on the boards.

Unfortunately... my latest complication is hemorrhoids. Sigh. It is all better than 100 lbs!!!

Good luck. Hoping it gets better and smoother soon!

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LIA-70    136

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I certainly recall the initial discomfort!!! I laughed when my husband discontinued binding medication. He recalled it as " passing a tennis ball". I have heard women on here go so far as to say " passing a pineapple"

However you put it. It seems to get better and there are many suggestions posted on the boards.

Unfortunately... my latest complication is hemorrhoids. Sigh. It is all better than 100 lbs!!!

Good luck. Hoping it gets better and smoother soon!

... try putting some Vicks vaporub on those hemorrhoids (spanish cure for Everything, lol). Had them few yrs ago, tried vicks from sheer desperation, yeah it fealt weird but it worked asap. Good luck.

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RussT    495

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I feel your pain. I had a day like that within my first 4-6 weeks post-op where I sat there for 45 minutes on the bowl and nothing. I had to use a Fleet enema and even THAT took 1/2 an hour to kick in and I still felt like I was giving birth!I suggest you get some Metamucil and be sure to drink plenty of Water. I also use the Metamucil fiber Cookies. They are 2 cookies per pouch and they work too.

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Calizzer    11

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I just have to say after reading and experiencing some of this you really have to go into the WLS process with some sort of sense of humor

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