Havent had a bowel movement

[courtswartz87 0]

I had my surgery 10/18/13 and haven't had a vowel movement since I went into surgery... Called the doctors office and they told me to take magnesium citrate still hasn't helped... But I just started purred foods today... Any suggestions?

[WorkItWorkIt 39]

Listen to the doctor - you are too early to do anything else. How much of the magnesium citrate did you drink? My doctor's office said to start with 1/4 of the bottle, if no results drink another 1/4.

[courtswartz87 0]

That is what they told me as well

[TurnThePage 220]

So keep taking that dose each day until you get results. Thereafter, you may want to take a stool softener every other day or every day to keep things moving until your body gets a new routine. Right now you have to clear out your system. Walk as much as you can. That will help.

[Mid West 99]

That seem an awfully long time to go without a bowel movement. I guess if you're doctor is not too worried, then it's not a problem but if it goes on for much longer, I'd suggest it needs some investigation. Are you uncomfortable? I hope the medicine works, we don't have that over here so I take extra fibre every day. I'm still not regular but notice if it goes a few days without a BM, I do get quite uncomfortable so I try and keep it regular. I have heard of something called 'getting impacted or an impaction'. I'm not sure exactly what this is but it never sounds great when people talk about it. Let us know how you get on :-)