Hi and thank you. I recently threw in the towel with miralax. It was daily forever from trying two heeping capfuls to 10 and then to entire bottle in 64 oz of gaderade. It has PEG in in which I endured till after 15 pounds of weight loss and passing very little. At age 66 all I received from miralax was a huge bloated stomach, severe indigestion and gas. PEG causes me severe gastric issues.
I’m sure I will go ahead with the surgery the end of September unless PT and acupuncture changes my bowels. I’m now on Philips milk of mag, started a new regimen days ago. My eating is better but still never going without medication. I’m constantly thinking about how much I’m eating so I know I need to stop and pass something. Then it’s Philips. Living like this is just awful. If I could wrap my head around getting this surgery for severe constipation and a severe motility issue I might feel better. It just seems something should work and yet as I’ve written I’ve tried it all. I do know people who have had part of their colon removed and said it wasn’t easy but best thing they ever did.
I also read on here “don’t do it”. I think we all recover so different. I’m sure it will take 8 weeks to be back on my feet 100%. Ive had so many surgeries and have run into some issues but almost always say I’m far better than before.
I do hope to connect with someone with advice about getting through recovery. I’m waiting and both my pcp and surgeon are reaching out as well. I understand some folks simply prefer not to talk about it. Best of luck to you. I will be on here giving all the advice I can to help someone to get through recovery as to how my first 48 hours went. I wish you well and hopefully a prescription med will help you….Joanne