5 months after sleeve surgery. Have a problem with constipation and a feeling of pressure in my rectum area. Any one else experience this?

Yes. I'm 6mos out. Dr prescribed me mirelax after surgery and I need to take stool softeners and will forever. Best to call surgeon to see what they recommend.

Chronic constipation is pretty common with WLS patients. A lot of us take a capful of Miralax every morning to keep on top of it. Others use things like stool softeners, smooth move tea, etc. Just experiment and see what works for you.

Yep, welcome to the club. Part of our new life. I take benefits ever day/2nd day & a softener if I hit day 3 without any movement. For a while I had no trouble but then it all went to ‘cr*p’ (or no cr*p) again.

I am 5 years out now, the first few weeks it was explosive diarrhea and then constipation that lasted for year or so but went away after that. For me, the issue was after the period of diarrhea when I really had to hold myself, I developed high sphincter tone and was unable to relax. Had to constantly take laxatives to keep a soft consistency. Over passage of time, tone returned to normal and have no issues now.

I'm 3mos out and still have to take the stool softeners twice daily. Even that for me doesn't help and I still wind up taking mirlax or I use a Dulcolax suppository which seems to work the best for me. I usually only go about every 3-4 days. I'm guessing this is going to be an issue for me forever.

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