I got miralax before my surgery for constipation but I didn't have any problems with that because my doctor had me on amoxicillin along with the pain meds and they work as their own laxative. I recommend this ice pack it was life saving when I started to get ear pain around day 3. It comes with 4 ice packs so I would be using 2 and had 2 in the freezer for stand by. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FSCLPPI?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share