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After a severe case of constapation and a stall that I believe to be a side effect of being literally full of.....you know.....I've decided to go back to the begenning of mostly liquids until I see my surgeon next week. I'm in some pain from all the hours of pushing and straining (tmi...sorry) plus a night of coughing and vomiting up all the nothing on my stomach.

I just pray nothing inside is messed up or leaking! In the meantime, Protein OD, here I come!!

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I haven't been out to get any but I will get some when I go to the store Monday.

The night I was coughing and vomiting I had my last everything around 8pm. It was like 3 am when this happened. The last Thing I had was applesauce.

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@@laurenella82 Do you take a PPI? Def get that tea! Im having some right now. It's the only thing I use. Make sure you let it sit for About 20 mins before you drink it a it has time to steep all the med out!

And drink it at night before you go to sleep That way it will work for you the next day!

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Ok thanks. What's a PPI??

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Ugh Constipation is such a b!+£#!! Smooth Move tea works well, but I hate having to wait that long, so usually I take some milk of magnesia to speed things up a bit. I don't feel right if I don't go for too long! Feel better girl!

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Hope you are feeling better! I don't know what the acronym stands for but believe PPI is an acid blocker like Pepcid like my doctor prescribed for me to take for 6 months. So far it's worked!

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PPI is a proton pump inhibitor like protonix, Prilosec, etc... Constipation had been the worst part of this journey so far. I have tried a whole list of stuff too. The Smooth Move tea had me up all night cramping with no results. Uugh! It's a whole trial to see what your body likes. I think I am finally starting to figure mine out. I'm taking colace twice a day and occasionally a shot of milk of mag. So scared to go back to feeling like I was giving birth. Lol. Oh and I think my stall might be over. Lost a couple pounds when I checked this morning! Hopefully my scale isn't teasing me lol.

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I was given omeprezol.

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