Make sure you drink enough fluids during the day while taking Miralax. If I am 'good' about it, it solves my problem....then I get lazy, 'forget' my Miralax, and plug up with river rock, resulting in a rear end approach to solve the issue (most unpleasant).

I too, have gastroparesis. It is best if you can sip fluids all day long, don't load your stomach all at once, or you can lower your blood pressure, vomit and just generally feel awful.

I found out by accident, after having an IV contrast and barium contrast CT yesterday, that the barium contrast part makes your bowels move.....they did not bother to tell me that. So little makes my bowels move, so I was not really all that worried. I thought, well, if you are average, it makes your stools loose.

As I was leaving from the CT they asked me how far I had to drive. I told them. "22 miles, country, freeway". Here I had planned a nice stop for coffee and a donut, after being NPO for 4 hours and missing my morning coffee.

They said, 'You may get loose stools', as I trotted out the door.

Well, I managed not to poo on my new Subaru, by divine intervention alone. I want to keep that new car smell for a while. I just got that car a few months ago and have been OCD about it. It is my 'last' car.... I burst into the house, plowed past my 3 loving labradors, with 12 entangled dog legs of every color fumbling with my feet, flying as fast as a roadrunner.

I made it to the throne, where I delivered something. I didn't look.

I remained in a Depends for a few hours after that, with many more forays to the restroom, punctuated by short naps and cramps. I do not recommend this as a cure for constipation.

I am fine now, really.

Miralax should help.....and yes, bowels become part of your daily conversation. I know my husband loves me, because he asks me if I pooped today. If he had thought that this would be part of his daily routine 36 years ago when he married me, hmmm, I wonder.....