advice please

i am almost a year post-op now and i am having trouble with constipation. i don't know anymore what to try to make it better. Does anyone have any ideas? I am sure that part of the trouble is from the surgeries that I had so close together,but surely by now I would be all healed from all of that. I don't want to go to the er for their help unless I have to, I don't like spending 4 hours in an er.

Steph, this is what I do for constipation since I have been having increased issues since my surgery. I make a smoothie with 4 tablespoons of chia gel, 3/4 cup of almond milk or soya milk (could use skim milk too), 1 tablespoon of benefiber, 1 tablespoon of restoralax (miralax in the US), 1 and a half to two cups of frozen fruit such as blueberries and strawberries and two scoops of protein powder (I use Visalus Body by Vi sweet cream powder). I buzz that up in the blender and it is like having a milkshake every morning. The other piece of this is that I do also drink my 64 oz of water daily. I was really struggling until I started this and I have been regular for almost three weeks now.

I hope this helps.

thank you for that. I will try that tomorrow. I am waiting for the magesium citrate to work tonight. I don't want to do too much all at once, that could make things worse than they are.

Remember to drink tons of water because if you don't, you are liable to clog things up worse. And the other thing to know is that this took a few days to start working for me.

By the way, we do have another hostess on here that by increasing her fiber, it makes things worse. She needs to stay away from high amounts fiber. You will need to figure out if you are a gal who needs more fiber like me or one that needs to stay away from it.

My gyn years ago said Citricel could be used regularly without messing up your system. It's easy and it works.

Thank you so much for you ideas and advice. i am really looking forward to not feeling so bloated and miserable most of the time