Miralax is a life saver. The first week after surgery I was so constipated for like 4 or 5 days. I couldn't even get the bowel movement to come out. I ended up having to use some fleet. And after a long day in the bathroom I finally went. And taking miralax everyday has kept it from happening again. Thank God. I never wanna go through that again. I'm 2 months and 7 days out.