Bad Constipation and plateaued. I am now 9 weeks post op and still doing the same thing. Water intake is still the same. I work out also but I feel the fact that im constipated will not help me lose anymore. I have no idea where to go from here. Any advice will help. T.I.A.

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Try a suppository or an enema. Also, how is your fiber intake looking? If you eating too much fiber, you may want to cut back on it. Try drinking room temperature water (if you aren't), it helps with digestion.

I have been doing the fiber powder cause the doc said I was not intaking a lot of fiber in. Also, I usually drink cold water cause the warm water makes me queasy. But I eill have to try it cause this is driving me insane.

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After you are constipated for over 5 or 6 days, your body will be so bound up that normal steps to relieve constipation will simply not work. At this stage I normally insert a glycerin suppository up my rear end. It is just that you do not want that to be a normal approach. For me I found that if I eat an apple before I go to bed at night, I generally will have a bowl movement the next morning. But I have to eat the skin of the apple along with the pulp. Apple sauce does not work.

At 9 weeks post-op, my guidelines showed a transition to solids but eating apples began at Month 10 as acceptable according to the guidelines. So perhaps you stomach has not healed to the point that apples are permitted and therefore this might be an unacceptable option.

These are some of the options for constipation provided in previous threads:

Smooth Move Herbal Tea

Prune Juice (warmed)

Prunes (4 in the morning and 4 at night)

Magnesium citrate

Insoluble fibers (Garden of Life Raw Fiber or Renew Life Triple Fiber).

Haribo Sugar Free Gummy Bears (be very careful with this one because it can quickly cause the runs)

Aerobic Magnesium 07

Ground Flax Seeds (but don’t try to grind it yourself). Use 2 tablespoons per glass of water every night before going to bed.

Bowel Clear (herbal blend)

Omg, this is so helpful, I will def do the suppository because I havent had a bowel movement in about a week or so. Then I will try the other stuff to try and have a bowel movement more frequent. I feel that this is why I have plateaued also. Just feel so bloated. Thank you guys so much!

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