Constipation

[Wendi Garcia 1]

It's been a month today that I have been post op and I am very constipated not eating that much maybe only like about 1 meal a day drinking all my Vitamins though. What to do right now I'm felling so bloated.

[erp 2,016]

Ducolax was a life saver for me for the first month and laxatives scare me. Once I was allowed regular food, I started eating All Bran Buds Cereal with my Greek yogurt. When I eat it daily, I have few if any problems. Also the fake sweetener in those sugar-free Ice Breakers sours get me going. A couple of those get my intestines churning. You may discover foods that do that have that effect on you as you reintroduce foods.

[Wendi Garcia 1]

I bought stool softened yesterday and pooped a lil bit. But before that it had been about two weeks with no poop I'm just worried that the lil bit I eat where is it going?

[SleeveFox 10]

Heres a little trick you want to try:

1. Prune juice - Get dried prunes, simmer in hot Water, drink the juice.< /p>

2. Blended Tomato - Blend a full tomato (leave the peel on!) and use it as 'sauce' or just drink it like that.

[Arts137 1,811]

I drink V8 juice every day, and I think it helps. After the first post op week of lower GI chaos (costipation followed by diarrhea) I have been 'generally' regular.

[Wendi Garcia 1]

I'm gonna try the prune juice and V 8 thanks guys.

[PGee 318]

This is going around.......I stir 2 teaspoons of benefiber in my yogurt with some chia seeds and that helps........getting in all your Water helps also......dairy is binding, so if you're taking in a lot of dairy or whey Protein, you may want to change it up. Miralax is also great.......tasteless, mixes in with any hot/cold liquid.......seems to take about 12-24 hours to work....gentle..........dr says you can take it everyday and it won't cause health problems......even 1/2 a serving a day...........Hope this helps.

[7 Bites_Jen 479]

Water water water water water!!! Can't stress that enough!!

Also a little Miralax every once in a while is quite helpful ...

[peachie86 63]

I been taking MOM with only partial relief. I am still at the soft food eating stage.

[julia7665 100]

Mirilax and I have also noticed that my one cup of coffee seems to keep me regular. Before I got the ok to drink coffee I was having a lot of trouble with Constipation.< /p>

[donkey booty 19]

It's been a month today that I have been post op and I am very constipated not eating that much maybe only like about 1 meal a day drinking all my Vitamins though. What to do right now I'm felling so bloated.

I keep hearing people say this but I take a probiotic everyday! It's so good for your digestive I have not once be constipated my doctor andn nutritionist said it's because of the good ole probiotics! Wal-Mart has them for less then $10. Life saver!