Can anyone give me some suggestions. I have been banded 11 months and never had this problems except for the last month. I started taking benefiber thinking that will help but all it has done is made me have gas....

shannon

I struggle with this too. I tried eating three prunes per day and that helped for a few weeks. Then I had to have a colonoscopy which caused diarreah for 12 days! Then no poop for 8 days. I took stool softeners for three days before I could poop again. Yipes. I look forward to seeing other people's responses so that I can figure out what might work.

Sue

Same problem here. Prior to lap band...I was a once a day gal...in fact, my doctor thought that I had IBS because I was going all the time. Now...I'm LUCKY if I go once a week. I was told to increase my fiber, but that hasn't really helped either. I used to have back pains from it, but those have decreased. I guess this is my new way of going...from once a day to once a week. I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one.

Shannon, I soooooooooo understand your problem. I was having a problem too, and since we can't use Metamucil with the band and Benefiber did nothing for me; I started eating Fiber One Cereal with raisins every morning and it corrected the problem right away. It has about 14 grams of fiber and it tastes good, too. Now that I have a good fill, the cereal has staying power.

Good Luck

I can't take credit for this because someone else posted it a long time ago. Eating 10-12 raw almonds a day does the trick. Once I started eating them, I had no problems plus it's got some protein. Of course, you need to make sure you stay hydrated as well... especially whenever you increase fiber intake.

thanks for the replies I will try them to see if it will help.

I too had that problem until I tried a juice called Plumsmart Light. It is in the bottled juice section. It is 60 cals per serving but well worth it. i'll tell ya if that don't make you go nothing will. It tastes really good too. I hope this helps.

I'm having the same problem and definitely don't want to live on milk of magnesia! any additional advice welcome!

I just eat peanuts... any kind works for me! I believe it's a great snack... has ton of fiber and works the next day!!!!! Try it! :grouphug:

Arley,why can't we use Metamucial? I've been using it off and on with no side effects (that I know of anyway). Laura