Going to the potty BM when on liguids??

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How is one to have a BM when they are on liguids when no real fiber is being introduced? I have never encountered this -problem ...as regular as clockwork but nowwwwwwww seems like a struggle. What am I to do?:help:

Hi, I was banded Friday and according to my discharge instructions, if I went more than 48 hours w/o a BM then I needed to look into a laxative, stool softener for something of the sort. Then in the next paraghaph it discussed the liklihood of loose BM while on the liquid diet and advised Kaopectake (sp?) for that.

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Banded 8/3/07
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aluckygem, are you post-op? If so, the narcotics and the surgery itself can slow your intestines to a crawl for a while. One thing I found that worked was to get baby apple prune juice, it comes in little 4 oz bottles which are the perfect size and I drank one per day, that helped keep things moving until I was on pureed and I ate a jar of babyfood prunes a day.

As the poster above me said, don't be surprised if once you get going again, you have the liquids in=liquids out experience.

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Small AP June 21st, 2007 by Dr. James Wagner @ Hurley in Flint, MI