Painful

OK so I took the Miralax yesterday and a cupful today and still constipated it finally came out with lots of straining and very painful so scare dont want to go any more so I think am going to buy benefiber hope that help.

I wonder if its the protein shakes that making me feel consiptation

i'm also struggling.  i'm taking colace and that helps (not instant but in a day or two).... i might start the benefiber too.

that what the miralax said it takes up to 12 to 72 hours to work but damit i took that sucker yesterday am my poo almost killed me painful.

try taking the Miralax every day without fail. be caredul with the Benefiber cause it can bulk you up too much and you really won't be able to poop.

My rectal surgeon told me to take *only* two teaspoons of Benefiber in *only* 8 ounces of liquid ever night. I am to take the Miralax only if I havent had a poop by the evening.

I would suggest you take the Miralax every night until you are going softer and easier then add the Benefiber.

protein,even shakes,is constipating but we hve to have it so all we can do is take enough *poop helpers* to make it easier to go.

also Plenty of fluids will help.
GL

Iron is constipating also! I'm having the same issue so I now put miralax in my morning protein shake everyday- starting to help- finally!! It is MISERABLE!!! Hang in there! I had to do the miralax multiple days before I noticed any real results.

thank you so much i been so scare to drink protein because was thinking if that's what making me constipated

Oh  honey, i am a month out and just started having the same issues, luckily i am a nurse and knew what to do. Miralax is not a good rescue drug. It is good if it is taken consecutively every day, not a dose here and a dose there. You should start taking 2 colace tabs at night, and by the 3rd day you should have some relief. I had to go to the extreme of an enema followed by a glycerin suppository...It was not fun, it felt like i hadn't gone in a year......this is definitely not the upside to weight loss surgery.......hope it gets better,
michele

 I will be 3 weeks out tuesday dont know if i can take the colace cause its in pill but i thought about the suppository it really hurts but like you said i took the mirlax nothing yet so i will take it for a few more days i always brought benefiber cherry drink its said just add to water i will try that later, thank you so much for the advice god bless you

So soon out this is a possible problem. One thing that has helped me recently when Benefiber and Mylanta were no longer doing the trick, was a probiotic pill. I brought one by Nature's Bounty for $9.99 at Walgreens and you just take one a day. That was for a bottle with 100 pills in which is over a 3 month supply.

Keep drinking all your water and then some and hopefully these things will help. Best of luck to you!