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Hi, I have a month now from having the gastric sleeve surgery and I'm not going to the bathroom as much as I should I'm in the second faze which is purée and yet nothing is helping for me to go to the bathroom. Anyone has pointers.

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I have struggled with Constipation since the surgery (and I am 9 months post-op). If I haven't gone by the third day, I take a dose of Milk of Magnesia, and it always does the trick.

I've just learned to live with it. It is par for the course with a Keto way of eating as I understand it.

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Do you take a full cap of the milk of magnesia ?? Because I took just 30mg and I'm still waiting 😩

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Lordy. Timely post. Fighting this today. MOM was a dud. Stool softener was a dud. Md office recommended Miralax. We shall see.

Blizair09. Really? This is the new norm?

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Constipation was a fairly constant problem for me until I was on regular foods again. Now I can mostly stave it away by having 3 servings of fruit/veg a day and including high Fiber starch when I do eat a serving, usually once every other day.

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1 hour ago, Clarive said:

Do you take a full cap of the milk of magnesia ?? Because I took just 30mg and I'm still waiting 😩

I take 3 tablespoons. It works for me within 2 hours (usually faster).

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47 minutes ago, Dabearo said:

Lordy. Timely post. Fighting this today. MOM was a dud. Stool softener was a dud. Md office recommended miralax. We shall see.

Blizair09. Really? This is the new norm?

@Dabearo, it has been for me. But I follow a strict Keto diet so I have no fiber, my Protein is over 120 grams per day, and I only have 20 carbs. It just goes with the territory.

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Do you take a full cap of the milk of magnesia ?? Because I took just 30mg and I'm still waiting [emoji30]


I take the entire cap and it always works


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I don't like it. I am 6 months out and struggle with no daily BM. Every three or so. I take colace and or MoM and still nothing. I'll try to include more fiber.


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Magnesium should help. Capsules not tablets. Or liquid like nature calm powder - mix and wait til it's not so fizzy, we aren't supposed to drink fizzy stuff

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Milk of magnesia worked for me. But I would take it when you can be close to a bathroom because DANG it worked. My dr also told me it could take a couple months for BM to get back to normal


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Once you get something to work and clear you out, try adding a spoon full of benefiber once a day. That's what did it for me


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On 7/10/2017 at 7:32 PM, Clarive said:

Hi, I have a month now from having the gastric sleeve surgery and I'm not going to the bathroom as much as I should I'm in the second faze which is purée and yet nothing is helping for me to go to the bathroom. Anyone has pointers.

Hi I'm 7 weeks post-op. And I have learn that because you do not gave a lot going in (food intake) you will not have a lot coming out (bowel movement). What once was your normal will be a thing of the past. I think that your norm will be somewhere like every 3 days. At least that is what I found to be the case with me.

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