If not able to swallow pills early out, what stool softener do you use?

knitterme
on 1/21/09 7:05 am - Bowling Green, OH

I used milk of magn. a couple of times. Pills weren't too difficult for me right after surgery though.

Dianne

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waitinggame
on 1/21/09 8:20 am - Bowie, MD

Thanks everyone. I totally forgot about Milk of Mag, Benefiber and Miralax. I have two huge things of Benefiber on the fridge right now. I'm hoping to be in a good place going into surgery, if you know what I mean. At least I don't want to start with a problem anyway.

Good also to know of the small size of some of the other pills.

Thanks for the help!

Denise

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laura9488
on 1/21/09 9:41 am - Denville, NJ

Don't forget to stay up on the fluid intake. That is where I went wrong. I had surgery in July in NJ. Hazy, Hot , Humid. YUK. I wasn't drinking enough and it was HOT. So that is when the problem started at about 6 weeks out. But probably could have been prevented if I worked harder at getting my fluids in.

Brook K.
on 1/21/09 8:35 pm - Kalkaska, MI

miralax does work really well and i keep milk of mag pills on hand too. i also started taking three doses of benefiber a day. they make a pretty tasty no sugar added pill. good luck!

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If not able to swallow pills early out, what stool softener do you use?