Constipation! (graphic)

OMG!  I am full of it!  I have only one complaint about my RNY and that is this constipation.  This Miralax kills me to take it everyday cause it is not the best tasting stuff but I guess I better.  I just gave birth! OMG!  I past out in the bathroom, sweating to death and gave birth.  This is enough, I have got to get a handle on this.  I need to start marking a calendar or something.  So now the left side of my stomach is killing me, like something has been pulled or twisted.  I have to work tomorrow at the hospital so I guess if I am still sore in the morning I better have it check out by one of my docs.  The kicker is, I have not taken any Iron for two weeks cause of this issue.  I did up my protein by massive amounts per my NUT. PAST OUT FROM A BM!  Good Lord!  I need sleep after this, I feel like someone has kicked my ass, I am beat!  Pray for me that everything is normal in the morning! Thanks for listening. Hugs Kristen PS: It is bad to get on the scale after this and loss almost 5 pounds.  HOLY HELL!

Kristen, I can totally relate with what you are going through.  The truth of the matter is you need to up the fiber intake to help you on a daily basis.   I have had it really bad like this too.  I take benefiber 3 times a day everyday as per my surgeon and I have upped my water intake to help.   I have had the pain on the left side too not fun! I hope you get to feeling better soon. By the way at least you are not "full" of "it" anymore!  LOL

hmmmm.....and I'm on the other end of the spectrum with my liquid diet........I feel your pain though :(  *HUGE BEAR HUGS* Aaron

Aaron I had IBS before my RNY and I just can't get with this end of things.  IT IS KILLING ME!

I have always had problems with my bowel...even as a child.  I wonder if it has something to do with how we carry our fat?  I carry my weight very low (I guess you could say I got birthin hips LOL) and I just wonder if all the body mass piled up around the large intestine to the colon could cause a lot of that?  Isn't there a medication to help with IBS?  Especially if you're still having it after WLS?

There is plenty of meds for IBS but that is not the issue anymore.  This is nuts. I am headed to bed. Aaron thanks for all your support here, I really enjoy it and you are too funny. Hugs Kristen

LOL, I'm so sorry for laughing but you come up with some of the funniest one liners I've ever heard of, a 5 pound dump?  Dang, girl, what you been eatin?  Seriously though have you tried this stuff, I think it's called Benefiber?  It's the stuff that is supposedly without a taste and can be mixed in anything.  I think the commercial shows a woman putting in in spaghetti sauce ("Surprise DH, I made spaghetti just for you!").   I had the same problem in the beginning right after my WLS but a little of this stuff on a daily basis and things were...ahem..."running smoothly", soon thereafter.  Good luck hon.

Bonnie I honestly feel better this morning.  It hurts a little to sit down but nothing I can't live with. OMG! That was not fun, not at all.  I have to work at the hospital today and then I am going to try and run.  So my tummy is not hurting but I am still having my tea, we will see what happens after this.  Call me this week so we can do lunch. Hugs Kristen

I had very similiar problems at about a year out.  I tried all sorts of stuff and got lots of advice.  I finally started to get relief by a combo of upping my fiber intake a lot, drinking almost constantly (seems we can be dehydrated very quickly and never even realize it), taking daily probiotics (I get a month's worth of acidopholus pills at the supermarket for $5, and using miralax in apple juice at the first sign of trouble.  The dehydration issue was one that I had assumed would be accompanied by massive thirst but it wasn't.  I didn't realize I was dehydrating and could do it very, very fast.  The acidopholus pills help to keep the proper levels of good bacteria in our bowel so food breaks down properly.  You need the ones that are coated so they don't disolve until they reach the bowel.  As for the Miralax, the combo of it in apple juice seems to work best.  Apple juice itself helps to move the bowels and it covers the flavor of the Miralax nicely.  If you can detect the texture of the Miralax in the juice try apple cider instead.  Good luck.  That kind of constipation and impaction is the one and only thing I absolutely cannot stand.  I'm right there with you kiddo.

I know this is a late reply but I really want to let you know then only thing I have found that works for me.....every single day (and I have had this ok with my docs)  I take 4 stool softners, Currently berkey & jenson brand that I must have gotten at bj's . I take them every nite before bed and then every 3rd day I ake 2 correctols.   I have been doing this for a few months and now I am pretty regular...not nessecarily daily but regular.   before this I tried everything and I mean everything even down to bowel prep liguids and still nothing for days....luckily I didnt have any pain (except when I actually did go) and I think the only reason I noticed I wasnt going is because I right everythind down on my daily callendar and noticed I havent #2'd in 5 days and then 6, 7   all the way up to 12 days  and still no pain.    on the 13th day I took 6 stool softners, & 4 correctal and the finally went but nothing 5 pound ish :-)   almost like normal surprisingly.     I dropped all the doses until I found the combination that worked for me....no cramps....no gotta go now....just regular. I wish you luck Diana RNY 9/17/03 Dr Roe 360/191.5/forever aiming for 180