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redhead_che    824

redhead_che
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Miralax or Milk of Magnesia. I use miralax if it’s only been a day or so. I use MoM when I feel real backed up. Which is thankfully not often because that stuff tastes nasty.

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FluffyChix    17,418

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Daily: 2 colace + generic Miralax

If no poop in 3 days: MOM

If STILL no joy, Mag Citrate bottle

Sometimes I am so sick of MOM I do Smooth Move tea instead of MOM.

bahahaha! Aren't you glad you asked?

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it'sonlythefirststep    141

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Daily: 2 colace + generic Miralax
If no poop in 3 days: MOM
If STILL no joy, Mag Citrate bottle
Sometimes I am so sick of MOM I do Smooth Move tea instead of MOM.
bahahaha! Aren't you glad you asked?

Any help I can get I am thankful for


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FluffyChix    17,418

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LOL oh and I forgot, I keep the Fleet's glycerin suppositories on hand now too! :D

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Bhageerah    161

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I had been having issues with things moving like they should! With all the Protein I was locked up tighter than Fort Knox! Mom was a health food nut and told me about psyllium awhile ago, I now take magnesium pills twice a day as well as taking several psyllium capsules a day. The combination of the two keeps me "regular" without having to worry about a complete blow out. (sorry if that is TMI) One great thing about the psyllium is that it also absorbs grease and cholesterol so it is serving a dual purpose!

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FluffyChix    17,418

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@Bhageerah Yes! Sing it my brothah! :D Holy crap! Literally right?!!

Hey so how long post op was it before you started the psyllium? I think half of my issue is I had to stop mine at surgery and I have lost that lovin' feeling from it! :( Can't wait to get to start taking it again!

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AuDBall    32

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One serving of Miralax every other day keeps me regular! I do try to incorporate high Fiber foods, too. Another thing worth noting is it took a few weeks after surgery for it to regulate, at least for me.

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nevermore71    63

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My nutritionist said I couldn't take psyllium capsules. She said due to the nature of the sleeve they could get caught outside the stomach and choke me or something like that. I did use psyllium when I did Keto and they worked well though. Wish I could use them again. Anyways miralax will help keep things soft but not necessarily moving. Occasionally have to take a laxative to keep things moving.

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FluffyChix    17,418

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2 minutes ago, nevermore71 said:

My nutritionist said I couldn't take psyllium capsules. She said due to the nature of the sleeve they could get caught outside the stomach and choke me or something like that. I did use psyllium when I did Keto and they worked well though. Wish I could use them again. Anyways miralax will help keep things soft but not necessarily moving. Occasionally have to take a laxative to keep things moving.

So what about psyllium husks mixed in smoothies? Is that a no-no too? :( I don't really like benefiber. I used to do a psyllium smoothie or psylli tea every day. It was awesome!!!

And the thing I don't get is on the back of the Miralax bottle it says don't use longer than 7 days. But you hear people on here who have been taking it for year. It's propylene glycol! :( I don't wanna have to take that everyday the rest of my life.

Sniff..I know this isn't about me...

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Seahawks Fan    771

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4 hours ago, FluffyChix said:

Daily: 2 colace + generic Miralax

If no poop in 3 days: MOM

If STILL no joy, Mag Citrate bottle

Sometimes I am so sick of MOM I do Smooth Move tea instead of MOM.

bahahaha! Aren't you glad you asked?

You said poop! lol

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nevermore71    63

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9 hours ago, FluffyChix said:

So what about psyllium husks mixed in smoothies? Is that a no-no too? :( I don't really like benefiber. I used to do a psyllium smoothie or psylli tea every day. It was awesome!!!

And the thing I don't get is on the back of the Miralax bottle it says don't use longer than 7 days. But you hear people on here who have been taking it for year. It's propylene glycol! :( I don't wanna have to take that everyday the rest of my life.

Sniff..I know this isn't about me...

She said I could take it in liquid form like Metamucil. If you like it in smoothies that would be okay too.

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FluffyChix    17,418

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Oh that's super news! I hope to get the clearance this coming Thursday to add my green smoothies back!!! Whhoooottt! That will mean I can start my psyllium again too! So happy days ahead!

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Dionne 74    6

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I use milk of MOM if no bm in 72 hours. Miralax makes me nauseous.

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abefroman329    704

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5 psyllium husk capsules in the morning, 5 at night. Miralax every few weeks.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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