3 weeks after vsg

Stats unchanged, 31 pounds lost.  Getting in all my fluids and 30 grms+ protein.  Urinating well but haven't sat on the toilet for a week!  Started eating linseeds as a stool softener.  Any ideas??

I am not a VSG but RNY. I started having bathroom "issues" when I started eating less several months before surgery. I think it's partly a matter of "critical mass"  Not enough income for enough "outgo".

I recently brewed a big cup of "Smooth Move" herbal tea.  It seemed to work. I bought it at Target and GNC.

Good Luck.

Thanks for that.  I'll look for an equivalent in the UK.  It's hard to go from a three times a day man to less than once a week....

HA!  Got you beat!  I was 4-6 a day!  

Most of the time now I'm a once a day person.  Occasionaly put out, pun intended, an extra one or two but not usually.  Will miss a day every now and then no biggie.  Went three days back in October after gall bladder was removed but that was due to the anesthesia.

Hi there.  They say the Americans always have bigger and better! lol.  I'll see how things go as I increase the quantities of food that I can eat.  Until then I'm adding roughage and a stool softener to my daily requirements, or I'll need an iron bar to bite on when I do eventually go!!

30 grams of protein doesn't sound like a lot. I thought it's at least 60. 

I agree it's not a lot of protein.  I am trying to increase it, but my stomach doesn't like any of the shakes I've bought and increasing the number of meals will compromise my fluid intake - I'm on a pureed diet for another week.  Looking forward to protein bars in another three weeks.

One thing I've noticed is that my stomach seems to get tired after about 6pm, it tolerates less and less liquid or food for more and more wind.  About 8pm I can't eat or drink anything until the next morning.