What does everyone take for constipation? Trying to stock up medicine cabinet before I have surgery. 7 days away till surgery

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.

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?

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

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

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!

@Bhageerah Yes! Sing it my brothah! 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!

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.

Edited March 16, 20188 yr by AuDBall

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.

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...

Edited March 16, 20188 yr by FluffyChix

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

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.

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!

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

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

11 minutes ago, abefroman329 said:

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

Abe, how early did you start taking those after surgery? TIA!