Constipation

[amandawood1978 1]

Had my sleeve done 3 days ago. Have not had a bm since Wednesday. Can I take stool softeners/laxative?? Or does it have to be a powder? ?

[Yolanda Smith 8]

Nothing moved me until the doctor prescribed me the fleet suppositories worked in a hour you can also buy this over the counter for about $4.

[amandawood1978 1]

Nothing moved me until the doctor prescribed me the fleet suppositories worked in a hour you can also buy this over the counter for about $4.

Are they a one time thing or on-going

[mylighthouse 782]

It is common not to have a bowel movement for several days after surgery. You are only taking in liquids at this point, plus you had major surgery, which slows things down. I would give it a couple more days and then if you want to take something, you can do a suppository like Yolanda mentioned, or you can safely take a dose of milk of magnesia or Miralax.

[Yolanda Smith 8]

It is a one time thing but remember because of the Vitamins and pain medication you're going to be constipated so I allow myself go five days and then use one some weeks I had a bowel movement on my own so I only used three suppositories overall so far and you might want to add more Fluid and more walking to aid you in a BM!

[amandawood1978 1]

Thank you ladies [emoji1419]


Amanda Wood
VSG 10/12/2017
HW: 363
SW: 259.8
CW: 251.4

[my600lblifeinreverse 1]

I'm 4 days out and was told no Vitamins or medicine or shakes until next week... am I the only one doing it like this the first week? And I finally had a bowel movement,..... I think the beef broth did it

[Doreen0716 105]

I was allowed 1 softener 2xs a day and if nothing after 5 days i drank milk of mag

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[Youcangirl3 23]

Add benefiber to your drink 3 times a day. I had a horrible problem with Constipation in the beginning I am 3 months post. I don’t have a problem anymore.

[njgal 535]

I'm 4 days out and was told no Vitamins or medicine or shakes until next week... am I the only one doing it like this the first week? And I finally had a bowel movement,..... I think the beef broth did it

I was told to start back up on my vitamins straight away. No need to crush either if it went down well, which it did.

[BDME 138]

Had my sleeve done 3 days ago. Have not had a bm since Wednesday. Can I take stool softeners/laxative?? Or does it have to be a powder??

I left the hospital with a liquid stool softener. I had my first Bm today. It was small, but painless. And I’ve only consumed the softener once. I was sleeved on Friday and had a BM on Friday right before the surgery. Hope this helps!

[Amburmist 55]

Had my sleeve done 3 days ago. Have not had a bm since Wednesday. Can I take stool softeners/laxative?? Or does it have to be a powder??

My surgeon told me to take the stimulant Milk of Magnesia if i want to force my body to go. Then after taking MoM and 'cleaning out' he said i could go on Miralax to keep my BMs consistent. Miralax isn't a stimulant like MoM so it wont force the stool out, its design is to make the poop easier to pass since it pulls Water to ur stool.
Whatever u decide, good luck! Nothing worse than not having regular, easy to pass BMs.

[Tat19808 35]

I am 3 weeks post op tomorrow. Was not able to do a BM until post op day 4. Pre-op was only shakes, so nothing was there. After that I only went every 2 days.... then....last week MAJOR Constipation hit I had to use an enema :-(

my advice- take 2 stool softeners a day to prevent that. We are not eating enough Protein to keep it going, and it's hard to drink water.... so take my advice and start stool softeners! I plan on doing that until I am on soft foods when I can hopefully eat more Fiber

[Tat19808 35]

.... I have Miralax on standby!

[Mytimenow17 99]

I have been getting more and more constipated every day. I can usually go like every other day, but getting harder to go each time. Today was absolutely awful and painful! So I went straight to Walmart and bought a stool softener. A nurse where I work told me I can take one a day for as long as I need to.