TMI- pre liquid diet, haven't had a bowl movement in days

[brown eyed gal 59]

Ok, I have one week left on my very strict liquid diet. Am I supposed to be having bowl movements? Even the day before, when I drink broth but there is nothing listed for a cleaning diet. Is that unusal? Sorry if TMI!

[Algae 67]

I asked this at the GEAR meeting and heard it was pretty normal. Are you feeling ill or like you need to go but you just can't?

[Jersrose43 837]

Take some Phillips milk of magnesia and a stool softener

[angierue 214]

My dietician actually addressed this today at the pre-op diet class. She said to get Miralax, that it'll keep things moving.

[winning_by_losing 107]

How many days are you talking about?

In the classes leading up to my surgery they warned us about this and said after 3 days to take something and after 5 days to call the doctor.

On the flip side - you're getting used to it. After surgery it is very common to be down to twice a week.