I started Metamucil the day I left the hospital, on the advice of my surgeon. It’s been good for 19 years so far.

Metamucil can be taken and I was also advised to take it right away after takedown by my surgeon. You should also try and resist the urge to defecate, as long as reasonably possible, which will expand the Pouch and thereby increase the fecal  storage capacity of the Pouch.

great, thanks for the feedback, I have been taking loperamide in the morning and at night since my take down.

Would it be ok to still take it (loperamide) and the psyllium husks or will that be too much for my system?

Some people find both are necessary, but I’d suggest doing enough testing on yourself to find out if the loperamide is needed all the time. I use Lomotil (which works somewhat like loperamide) at bedtime to get a better night’s sleep. I’ve tried it with and without a number of times to make sure it’s worth taking. Otherwise I only use it if I’m going to be away from a decent bathroom for a while, such as before getting on a boat.

I started taking ten mg of psyllium husk powder last week and today I went over ten hours before a BM.and my bms are well formed.

This psillium husk has been amazing my bms have at least halved and great large stools.my wellbeing,energy and skin has improved also.

How much do you take and when do you take it?  And do you take it with food, before or after?

I take it after my dinner once a day and sived into a small cup of drink.ive uped it to 1 tablespoon but it is great.i tried stopping my 2 loperamide  in the morning but noticed but burn increased so I continue  taking it as I think you need to slow your output to reduce butt burn.l