Serious constipation and laxatives

[Obeasta 92]

Friends please help me. I've been seriously constipated the last week.

Only pooped once and it wasnt a lot. It was kind of like clay and greenish in colour.

I've been having a fee stool softeners, but it isnt doing the trick. Is it safe for me to take a laxative like laxa? I am 9 months post op. never had a probem like this.

Please help!!!

Tried flaxseeds as well, nothing, feel so bloated!

[reinangel 78]

I was going to say try milk of magnesia but depending on where you are, you may not be able to get it.

[Obeasta 92]

Hi there, thank you so much, but i dont know where to get that.

Did anyone get an expressed instruction not to ever use a laxative? Even in emergencies as last resort?

That is what i want to know. If it can cause something terrible in us or not.

Please help out, friends!

[SnowDaisy 73]

I swear by psyllium husks (ispagula) but not sure if you can take this post op...

Try asking the team who did your op.

Hope you find an answer soon

X

[rondeni 11]

Take Miralax. My doctor recommended to me when I was constipated. It took a day but it cleaned me out!

[enjoyinglife 313]

I went through that a few weeks ago, when I wasn't drinking enough Water and eating enough food. To get a movement going, I used a saline douche. Becareful that you don't develop a bowel obstruction. The best advice I can give you: Talk to your doctor.

[mitzie46 116]

I would check with your doctor but don't wait too long. I did and ended up with in the er with a severe bowel impaction. I now take stool softeners and miralax if I need to. Good luck!

[ajustice 484]

Milk of magnesia is safe for us to take if we have to. Not sure if it's readily available in South Africa or not tho. Constipation is terrible. I would definitely try to get some relief and things moving and than maybe pick back up with daily stool softeners. I hope it gets better!

[jeslo1313 2]

I drank a little prune juice and it did the trick. But Constipation usually comes from dehydration.

[sassy14 178]

I have suffered with Constipation and had a bowel obstruction and hernia. I was warned about constipation after the obstruction and hernia were corrected. Turns out I am very sensitive to Iron in the Multivitamin and that was contributing to my constipation. I can have one or two iron tablets ( low dose) a week and that with the meat I eat provides me with good iron levels. You might want to see if the iron is causing the problem.

[harpoandcassius 13]

Has anyone tried Mag07?