I had an issue with the "runs" All through my liquid diet and even a few days after surgery. Im on full liquids now..I can eat oatmeal (THIN) and soups (blended) so that basically still ALL liquids.. but now I can't poop! Sorry to be so direct.. but dang.. wahts going on?!

In my preop class they recommended using benefiber. I did not have a problem though so I never used it.

i had and still do occasionally and i was banded july 16th so just a month and some days ago. .

i use benefiber strawberry kiwi mix you put in water and it works fine :biggrin:

Miralax, this stuff works wonders and you can't taste it , you put it in whatever you are drinking.

I was banded 8/13 and also battled constipation. I went 4 days and was miserable! Just as I was getting ready to head to the drug store, nature came through for me. Sweet relief!

When I was on liquids I had the liquid in/liquid out syndrom but then I suffered through serious constipation when I started the mushie stage, I thought I was going to wind up in the ER. I tried Colace, MiraLax, Beneifiber all of them , nothing worked. I took good old Philips Milk of Magnesia and it worked wonders within a short time.

I have been battling with constipation since my surgery in Dec. Now I have bad hemmoroids, and bleed every time I have a bm. I have to see a proctologist. I drink miralax occationally, and it does help, but the damage is done. I hope you don't have to deal with the pain I do...it is very painful. I hate it. Buy hey, down 80 lbs, so I take the good with the bad.

All Bran makes a drink mix similar to Crystal Light that has 10 grams of fiber. It comes in 2 flavors. I've only tried the pink lemonade it's really good and you can have it while on the liquid diet. It helps a lot. Benefiber is good too but one serving only has 3 grams of fiber.