LSH Unconscious Bowels

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Originally Posted by Maxell YIPEEE!!! I had the first "normal" bowel movement this morning in 4 weeks! No straining, no pellets! But still a lot of discomfort just before its exit with internal twinges and crampy type of pain which presumably is the BM traveling over the internal surgery area. I hope this gets better over time? Argh! So, now I don't know what did it! I've been on 1 teaspoon of metamucil, 6 colace per day, 100 oz water, walking (well...that's a stretch. More like strolling!!) a mile every day, eating high fiber (flax meal, pears, kale, broccoli, etc etc.) and those yummy bears. Oh and lube up rectally so it didn't hurt and didn't irritate those hemorrhoids. It's taken 4 weeks for this to happen but if it can happen to me, it can happen to all of you Sisters! I was told that it takes a week for every hour you are under general anesthesia to get the medication/gas out of your system. My surgery was 3 1/2 hours so perhaps this is some truth to this? Happy Pooping SIsters!

Yay!!! It's like the angels started singing in your bathroom huh? It is hard to try to figure out what concoction worked out maybe your bowels just regained consciousness :-) I'm hoping things just continue to get better.

Coffee does it for me. Although I make mine sweet. I have my husband asking me If I was coffee with my creamer because my coffee is almost white lol

I am 6 days post op and still have not had a bm. I am hoping it come soon as well. I think I might try some of the dolcolax that was from my bowel prep for surgery.