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BeneFiber is indeed a bulking agent' date=' and can drastically make the problem far worse if you are not able to get enough fluids. More than you'll ever want to know about different laxatives that I posted earlier this week.

Today was day 2 of Miralax taken with apple juice and I was finally able to go, after more than 2 weeks. I had to work at it, but - phew - at least things are moving.

Whooz - absolutely follow whatever your peeps are telling you, but aside from that, it kind of depends on how you're dissolving your Fiber. I put mine into apple juice. Low viscosity fluids like Water and most juice swill be out of your stomach (assuming everything else is OK) pretty quickly. Your stomach contracts to grind/clear contents about every 20 seconds. Things like Water can be pushed right through. I would not add a dissolvable fiber like Benefiber to something like Cereal, or anything that had to be ground up (they hang out a lot longer).

Benefiber also doesn't thicken like some of the others do, hence it's the preferred fiber additive for RNY patients.

HTH!

Thanks for the info! I'm still on mushies and Protein drinks, might try adding some into my Protein Drink. Juice seems to aggravate my reflux right now.

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I take about three table spoons of MOM two days in a roll and nothing. I am gonna try Miralax tomorrow.

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