Milk of Magnesia every day?

Hi everyone,

I am 3 weeks out from my TC. I have been feeling great but I have had a few slow days BM wise, and it is making me uneasy. I feel like I should be going a lot more this early out of surgery to take out my whole colon! Yesterday I went to the bathroom in the morning, and didn't go again all day. I took some miralax mixed with juice before bed, but when I woke up today at 5am, I only went a TINY bit. So I drank some low calorie gatorade and took a small dose of Milk of Magnesia and went back to bed.

I woke up 2 or 3 hours later and had a fantastic BM, and have had several more since then. Mostly liquid. This is what it feels like I should be doing. Ideally I would prefer not to take anything, but if it becomes necessary, is it ok to take MOM every day? Or at least a few times a week?

It worked SO well, but if I used it often would my body get used to it? Or since I have no colon now would that be less likely to happen...

Also - is it bad for you to take often? When I was in the hospital they actually gave me magnesium pills because they said my levels were too low. But I don't want to take too much MOM and have the opposite problem. This is all so confusing but I am hoping someone will have some advice. I have an appointment with my surgeon tomorrow so I can ask her what to do when I have a few slow days in a row...but I have to be careful about how I ask because my mother will be with me and if she finds out I used a laxative she will flip out. She is so worried I'll go back to the way I was. But the thing is, MOM never worked for me before. Last night I took a very small dose and it worked SO WELL. I am just trying out how to feel as good as I can.

Hugs to all,
Ali