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Dudes. Yes, TMI, but seriously peeps - I'm two weeks out, and I made the mistake of not taking stool softeners after surgery before things got all bolloxed up in there (plus I wasn't regularly taking my thyroid meds, which didn't help), plus, I should've taken some Probiotics (lack of good bacteria also resulted in oral thrush from the antibiotics, which required another medication), so now I have bleeding hemorrhoids! Eek! Not fun. I need to go out and buy some old lady butt supplies now, heh. Just a cautionary tale - don't leave stool softeners/probiotics out of your post-op care kit!! :)

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I have mine plus I have Fiber choice tabs that I can chew.

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Thank you I will get some before my surgery now which softener pill I could gey

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Oops sorry get

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Do stool softeners help with intestinal gas? My business couldn't be much softer, but that gas that won't budge.

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I will do that thank your

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Do stool softeners help with intestinal gas? My business couldn't be much softer' date=' but that gas that won't budge.[/quote']

Have you tried Gas-X? I looked everywhere but I found the strips vs. the pills. They will be in the bag intake to the hospital Monday. I could not find liquid Tylenol so i bought children's.

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what is the best kind or good one to get???

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I was hesitant to take Miralax even those it's recommended over and over on this page. I started taking Fiber tabs which made things even worse. My surgeon explain that fiber will bulk up the stool but not make it pass. The miralax is a softener that will make it pass. I started miralax after two horrible bouts. Took one dose every night, then moved to every other. Then every 3 days. So on and so forth. It's allowed things to move just about every day ( which I am thankful) if I notice things slowing, I will take a dose and by the next morning, all is good again.

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Guess I'm off to the store to get Miralax today.

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Have you tried Gas-X? I looked everywhere but I found the strips vs. the pills. They will be in the bag intake to the hospital Monday. I could not find liquid Tylenol so i bought children's.

I did buy prune juice also, thinking it would help. Planned to dilute and sip sip sip.

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