Good morning!

how long after surgery was it before you could have a BM? I had surgery on Tuesday 1/30/24 and I am on a stool softener but I still have not had a BM. Any advice?

thank you!

a week - and that's actually pretty common. There's not all that much in there since you've been on fluids. It's good you're taking stool softeners, though, because that first one can be a doozy..

Thank you for your help!

That was the worst when I had my surgery last year. I was advised to take milk of magnesia or Dulcolax by the team to get things moving. As well as to flush out any residual anesthesia. So after 1 week, I tried the Dulcolax and it was easy on the tummy while taking care of the constipation. Which is common after this procedure.

7 days

11 days for me (after i had plastic surgery a year later, it was 13 DAYS omg).

i ended up doing a glycerine suppository.

my pro tip would be to keep up efforts to stay regular, and start taking action after a certain amount of days to avoid discomfort/pain/annoyance/etc.

In the first 6mnths postop, I took 2 tsps of Benefibre every day with my morning protein shake and drank ALOT of water. If i didn't poop in 3-4 days, I'd take a miralax, if that didn't work after a day or so I'd take Milk of Magnesia, if that didn't work after a day, I'd do a glycerine suppository. if that glycerine suppository didn't work after 1 hour, I'd take another one. Luckily, I have never had to figure out what to do if that 2nd suppository didn't work, as to date, it always did, phew.

these days (im 5+ years post op) i no longer take my daily benefibre, and am more or less regular (poop every 2-3 days), but i do get the occasional bout of consitpation, during which i'd employ my old M.O. described above.

its funny-not-funny that pre-wls i had the opposite problem, i would poop like 2-3 times A DAY (sorry, TMI!! lol)

Pooping was my ticket out of the hospital .... to go home I had to go. Since I didn't go fast enough for them , they gave me Miralax and oh boy - I was a volcano erupting 5 minutes ! Let's just say I spent 2 weeks in adult diapers ......... UGH !

I haven't had a movement in 2 weeks and i take senna every night !

I had gastric bypass on the 19th of this month and still haven't had a BM. I've got plenty of gas and feeling that I need to go but so far, nothing has happened. I've been taking the colace stool softener twice a day and picked up some dulcolax last night to try to get some relief. Stomach is hard and feels like I have boulders inside. Am I not giving myself enough time or is something wrong?

On 2/23/2024 at 12:18 PM, SVillalobos said:

I had gastric bypass on the 19th of this month and still haven't had a BM. I've got plenty of gas and feeling that I need to go but so far, nothing has happened. I've been taking the colace stool softener twice a day and picked up some dulcolax last night to try to get some relief. Stomach is hard and feels like I have boulders inside. Am I not giving myself enough time or is something wrong?

This is completely normal, I didn't go for over 2 weeks, you need to try drink as much as possible , keeping hydrated will help

From sleeve to the mini gastric bypass and two weeks later emergency gallbladder removal. I can't stop pooping, this is crazy