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Hello Group,

I have a question for you. How much fiber do you all take in every day and what

type? I know the citrucel but I have also been hearing you talk about benefiber?

Is it possible to be getting too much fiber? Also do you have to take a stool

softener? If so what name? And what is smart water? Are any of you on the

Estrogen patch? How do you know when your body needs more or when you are at the

right level?

Thanks,

ELLEN BYRNE <ellen4@...> wrote:

Thanks Tj

I admire your dad for being able to down the metamucil. I don't drink gatorade

as I'm a type one diabetic and there's just too much sugar in it for me. My

drink of choice is V-8 and I just can't bring myself to put metamucil in that.

lol

I can get Benefibre here in Toronto and they have one that is also sugar-free.

I'll take your hint to add it to any thing I drink as I know it doesn't add any

flavor and doesn't thicken.

Thanks again

Elle

Re: Citrucel, Metamucil and all that other " good "

stuff.....

I do take my citrucel, being in the states I have no excuses, but I

also mix Benefibre in most everything I drink - can you get that in

Canada? Honestly, I gag watching my dad drink Metamucil. He says it

doesn't set up in gatorade, so maybe that's something to try - two

for the gag of one! Tj

> Hi All

> This is my first message post as a post-op. Next Monday I will be

> one month post op. I have lost about 20 lbs so far, but this was

> really within the first two weeks. Since then I have been

bouncing

> up and down 2-3 lbs.

> My concern today is the fibre med. I live in Toronto, and Citrcel

> is not available in Canada. So I bought metamuci and have been

> trying very hard to take it at least twice a day. (I'm still

having

> loose stools and/or diarrhea.)

> Currently, I mix the metamucil with about 3-4 ounces of orange

> juice. I find now that it is getting harder and harder to get it

> all down. This morning I got about 2/3 of it in and started to

> gag. I couldn't finish the last bit. Or to be more honest, I

chose

> not to finish it for fear of vomiting.

> Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get this horrid

> stuff into me ? LOL. I know how important ALL our meds are and

this

> is the only one I am having trouble getting down.

> Thanks in advance for your help.

>

> As always,

>

> Elle