July 10, 20179 yr Hi, I have a month now from having the gastric sleeve surgery and I'm not going to the bathroom as much as I should I'm in the second faze which is purée and yet nothing is helping for me to go to the bathroom. Anyone has pointers.
July 10, 20179 yr I have struggled with constipation since the surgery (and I am 9 months post-op). If I haven't gone by the third day, I take a dose of Milk of Magnesia, and it always does the trick. I've just learned to live with it. It is par for the course with a keto way of eating as I understand it.
July 10, 20179 yr Author Do you take a full cap of the milk of magnesia ?? Because I took just 30mg and I'm still waiting ?
July 10, 20179 yr Every 3 days I drink a hot cup of Smooth Move Tea at night and works great by the next morning! No cramps or anything.
July 11, 20179 yr Lordy. Timely post. Fighting this today. MOM was a dud. Stool softener was a dud. Md office recommended miralax. We shall see. Blizair09. Really? This is the new norm?
July 11, 20179 yr Constipation was a fairly constant problem for me until I was on regular foods again. Now I can mostly stave it away by having 3 servings of fruit/veg a day and including high fiber starch when I do eat a serving, usually once every other day.
July 11, 20179 yr 1 hour ago, Clarive said: Do you take a full cap of the milk of magnesia ?? Because I took just 30mg and I'm still waiting ? I take 3 tablespoons. It works for me within 2 hours (usually faster).
July 11, 20179 yr 47 minutes ago, Dabearo said: Lordy. Timely post. Fighting this today. MOM was a dud. Stool softener was a dud. Md office recommended miralax. We shall see. Blizair09. Really? This is the new norm? @Dabearo, it has been for me. But I follow a strict keto diet so I have no fiber, my protein is over 120 grams per day, and I only have 20 carbs. It just goes with the territory.
July 11, 20179 yr Do you take a full cap of the milk of magnesia ?? Because I took just 30mg and I'm still waiting [emoji30]I take the entire cap and it always works
July 20, 20179 yr I don't like it. I am 6 months out and struggle with no daily BM. Every three or so. I take colace and or MoM and still nothing. I'll try to include more fiber.
July 20, 20179 yr Magnesium should help. Capsules not tablets. Or liquid like nature calm powder - mix and wait til it's not so fizzy, we aren't supposed to drink fizzy stuff
July 20, 20179 yr Milk of magnesia worked for me. But I would take it when you can be close to a bathroom because DANG it worked. My dr also told me it could take a couple months for BM to get back to normal
July 20, 20179 yr Once you get something to work and clear you out, try adding a spoon full of benefiber once a day. That's what did it for me
July 21, 20179 yr On 7/10/2017 at 7:32 PM, Clarive said: Hi, I have a month now from having the gastric sleeve surgery and I'm not going to the bathroom as much as I should I'm in the second faze which is purée and yet nothing is helping for me to go to the bathroom. Anyone has pointers. Hi I'm 7 weeks post-op. And I have learn that because you do not gave a lot going in (food intake) you will not have a lot coming out (bowel movement). What once was your normal will be a thing of the past. I think that your norm will be somewhere like every 3 days. At least that is what I found to be the case with me.
July 22, 20179 yr I'm at about 6 weeks. Finally have a daily bm with any products to help. Improved with a small intake of fruit and veg. Yeah fiber.
Hi, I have a month now from having the gastric sleeve surgery and I'm not going to the bathroom as much as I should I'm in the second faze which is purée and yet nothing is helping for me to go to the bathroom. Anyone has pointers.