Day 4 post hysterectomy no BM augh!

I'm now 2 wks post op as of tomorrow from having a LAVH taking my uterus and tubes only. I didn't have my 1st BM until last Friday which was a total of 8 days backed up. I was taking 3 stool softers everyday but it didn't work. The pain got so bad, that I had a temp of 100.5 and went to the ER. Once they did all of their testing, diagnosis was Constipation. That was on a Weds night. I had a drs appt that Fri and she was SHOCKED that I hadn't had one and told me to get an enema and Milk of Magnesia (MOM) that day to get things out. It was so painful, it hurt so bad to sit--as you could imagine. When I got home from my appt, my body was trying to get rid of it and I sat on the toilet for 2 hours sweating, dizzy, hot, cold and in PAIN as my body tried to eliminate it. I have 2 children already and this felt like I was giving birth--NO LIE! I finally got to the point where I could use the enema and about 1 min after using it, I was able to deliver my "baby." I was so exhausted and my body so sore that I had to take a nap out of exhaustion. I felt that there was more in there and later that same day, I birthed my 2nd baby. The softers really didn't help me. But I will say that it's the ABSOLUTE worse thing to go through! Have an enema or suppositories near..as well as MOM. Good luck!

I just posted on a similar post my funny cure. Plenty of water, green tea with molasses. Then I got desperate and ate an entire can of pork n beans, that helped. Good luck.