It's been 5 days and I am very uncomfortable. Called dr last night and he said I can take a laxative. I feel like all I need to do is push some but afraid I will hurt something internally. Sorry, so tmi but help!! LOL

if its been 5 days, and if i was you, i would take a laxative and let it do its thing...come on out GF.....

if you push *hard*

you could tear a smidge and be very uncomfortable afterwards.

hang in there kitty.

I feel for you, but I agree with Carolinagirl. You do not want to hurt yourself and pull a stitch. Try laxative!!Good luck. Karen

Yep, don't push really hard. The laxative will work believe me. Drink a lot of water. Worse comes to worse, ask Dr about Fleet Enema or Glycerine Suppositories.

I had my surgery last Wednesday 10/24. I was a little worried myself so I bought the suppositories (on Saturday) however I never used them. My hubby seems to think that since I've been taking in nothing but liquids there was nothing for me to push out!

Well my first BM was yesterday (6days later) and it actually occurred while we were enduring hurricane sandy. (TMI I know)

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If you want a laxative pill dulcolax (sp) is a very small pill like the size of a baby aspirin or smaller

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Milk of Mag and prune juice. Black and white makes it right. Just sayin....

You can also try one of the teas on the market, they can be a little more gentle than laxative pills. The worst part of pushing too hard is that you may develop hemorrhoids, and those are miserable!

I feel for ya I had surgery on tues and went on friday..it wasnt much but had three small ones since..i would go with.the fleet enema if I was you..

Unfortunately, this is all normal too and many of us experience this. You are not taking in much/any Fiber and probably not drinking your full recommended amount yet either.

As able, try to up your liquids. That helped me a lot so I didn't have a reoccurence of what you are experiencing!!!!

In light of all my corny jokes that my kids roll their eyes at..... I won't say "hang in there" and instead "hang loose" my friend!

This is a common problem. I am 1 year out from surgery and still need to take stool softener twice a day and Miralax once a week. I just discovered that using Stevia sweeter in my drinks works great. It is not unusual to go 5-10 days at first because of the low food intake. Keep up the liquids and as stated above, hang loose and relax.

The first month until I was on solids I used a single serving packet of a fiber supplement 2x each day mixed in diet hot cocoa, tea or even water. You cannot taste it, smell it or even know its there. It kept me quite regular.

Thank you everyone!! Sorry I am just responding now but I was without power and internet due to the hurricane. Thankfully thanks to the laxative and stool softner I was able to go the day after I wrote this!! I have gone every day since. This is way tmi but when I go its ALOT!! Like probably 1lb of poop. So sorry girls and any guys. But just wanted to know how much more I have backed up? LOL

I guess I am having the opposite problem. My surgery was last week on 10/24 and I haven't had a regular bowel movement yet, the ones that I have had have been really really really soft, sometimes it's actually diarrhea. I asked my doctor about it and he said that it could be just my body reacting to the barium drink. I am getting concerned because I really want to make sure I eliminate waste. I don't want or need to take a laxative, any other insight that you all may have would be helpful.

I guess I am having the opposite problem. My surgery was last week on 10/24 and I haven't had a regular bowel movement yet' date=' the ones that I have had have been really really really soft, sometimes it's actually diarrhea. I asked my doctor about it and he said that it could be just my body reacting to the barium drink. I am getting concerned because I really want to make sure I eliminate waste. I don't want or need to take a laxative, any other insight that you all may have would be helpful.[/quote']

I was the same way & actually had to take Imodium. I never knew if it was gas or something else.lol

YES Maddysgram! You know exactly what I mean

...ok, I will try Imodium, this is awful!