Oh the gas pains...How do you stay regular?

i take 3 stool softeners, 6 tsp benefiber, and a dose of miralax every day of my life and have no problems.  if i leave off one of them....i have a hard time again!  best wishes to you!

Wow, .2 to goal!!!! you are really close. 

Thanks, I did take an extra colace last night and it got things moving eventually.  Will make that daily thing to try. 

I used to take 2 fiber pills a day, then I added lots of fresh veggies into my diet. I don't have problems anymore, and actually started losing weight again really fast. I didn't eat fruits and veggies for a long time because of the carbs, but now I allow healthy carbs, and it has definitely changed things.

Great point, Shannon.  I was eating a ton of fresh fruit from the farm stands over the summer and had no problems.  Since then, big problems.  Looking forward to fresh fruit, meanwhile I do fill up on my protein and do not eat many veggies.  I am thinking prunes though...maybe the individually wrapped ones so I can do one here and there.

I take absolutely no laxatives but do eat a lot of fiber in veggies and fruit form and in whole grains ( i eat brown rice and whole grain breads too occasionally ) .

One trick I DO use is a dried fig a day ... I find it really helps if needed . Old Mediterranean remedy ... that and a LOT of water lol .

I have never had constipation issue post op .

now gas -- I NEED a probiotic a day in order not to occasionally clear a room in the most socially unacceptable manner lol ....

honestly its not THAT bad but the probiaotic solves that problem 100 % . When i eat broccoli eggs or beans i also take gas x just as a preventative measure ....

for me the " smell " post op was a BIG concern .. well im happy to report that regular probiotics solve that problem ....

I eat 2 prunes 3 times a day and it keeps me regular since surgery 7 months ago.

I take one colace at night and two in the afternoon.  I added a pill- 400 mg of magnesium (got it at CVS and it's called MagOx) to my afternoon regimen. Also take one Citrucel at night and one in the morning.  Knock wood-it seems to be working 99% of the time.  Now the issue is more, when I'm ready to go, it's immediate.
Janet

Benifiber in my protien shake, lots of water, fruit every day, ground flax seed in whatever I can put it in, yogurt with live cultures every day. If I do that, I don't have a problem. I never take laxitives. I also have no carbonation. Some people can handle it, but I am not one of those people.