Vaseline Balls for Constipation?

I am a retired RN. Vaseline is a petroleum based product. I would never take or use it internally. Try Milk of Mag. Get on a regular bowel routine after you have a bm. Stool softener(colace), fiber product like Benefiber, Miralax. If things aren't moving, then MOM. Regards, Rose PS: Lots of liquids!

I am still pre-op, but I just cannot imagine a Dr recommending that to a WLS patient.  I would be terrified that it would get stuck and block your stomach.  If it is frozen it would be like swallowing a jaw breaker I would think.  And if you let it thaw, it may work like gum and block you up then you are blocked in two directions!  I'll be praying for ya that you don't have to result to that. 

Keep gylcerin suppositories on hand too - they are gentler than an enema and help just as much.  This is one of those things the docs don't usually tell you about.  Between the low fiber, the tons of calcium, and lots of protein we get in a bind.  Add magnesium to your pill routine, maybe take one every time you take a calcium, try two stool softeners with meals, and lots of liquids.  You have to mess around with all this stuff to figure out what works for you and then stick to it.  I finally go every day .. but I pass rocks.  I'm just happy to go!  

I would be afraid of the Vaseline myself.   

 

Good luck!