dVH/RALH three days post op

That's what it feels like anyway! Please tell me this is normal!

Eva

I'm 5 days post and just starting to poop. The gas bubbles have taken on a life of their own & have tried to kill me. So far I'm winning. Are you taking stool softeners & drinking lots of water (64 -80 ounces daily)? The bowel system seems to take days longer to wake up than
our other organs. Let your doctor know if you haven't had action within the next 2 days.

I'm with you though, I swear I'll never poop, and I honestly wish I never had to again, lol.... I'm scared!!!

Milk of magnesia (MoM), stool softeners and Gas-X were my best friends initially (after DH). Still on narcotics, so still taking colace and MoM.

Keep up the fiber and water, and use a heating pad on tummy after the "big event".

Gentle hugs...

I am post op 8 days and finally had the special event today. It is sooo much better now! Good luck!

It's good to know I'm not out of the normal range. I've been taking colace, metamucil, citrucel, ex-lax, lentil soup and drinking gallons of water and tea and so far no action at all. At some point I'm going to just explode and it will be a tragic mess for my poor widowed husband to scrape off the walls.

Pooping was such a huge event for a couple days I would come out of the bathroom and make an announcement to the family about how things were going in there. I got applause when I finally pooped.

My hysterectomy was Tuesday, four days ago, and I am battling bubbles and gas constantly. I think that is where most my pain comes from. What is weird is that I had diarrhea all day the day after my procedure. Every time I took a bite, I had to go to the restroom.....at least ten times. It was VERY painful. Now, I can't seem to go at all. Maybe that was a blessing in disguise. ???? Should I continue my pain medicine or just take stool softeners? It looks like this is fairly normal. I'm worried about going to work in 8 days.

I am 4 days post-op and I am going to explode! How many stool softners and laxatives can a person take???And then I had a tiny bowel movement---Why didn't it ALL come out? and my poor husband has been trying to deal with my pain

Oolong tea finally helped me. I think it was the caffeine in the tea.