Okay, first of all I'm so sorry to have to ask this question, but.....Did anyone experience constipation after surgery? I am 3 days out of surgery and have just figured out that I havent been to the bathroom in 5 days. Now my body wants to and I can't. I think the pain of THAT is worse than the pain of surgery!! I have been trying to get enough fluids, adding fibre to my water and today have used 2 glycerine suppositories, and nothing. I am in real need of some tried and true solutions:help: .Can anyone help?

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The ONLY THING that worked for me (and I tried Benefiber for days, juices, water ect) was ex lax...

I wouldn't worry about it. If you are on the liquid dietm then it may be a while before you have a real BM.

Post-op think stool softener, not laxative...also think warm, warm drinks, warm bath...don't forget to move, walking gets stuff moving.

Post-op think stool softener, not laxative...also think warm, warm drinks, warm bath...don't forget to move, walking gets stuff moving.

Careful about the warm bath. My doc said no warm bath for - I can't remember how long. I didn't remember because I'm not a bath girl. Give me a shower every time.

Any one out there remember how long you're supposed to wait before you submerge your body in Water? I'm thinking you should wait until your port wound scab falls off? Sorry, can't remember exactly.

My instructions say to wait 2 wks for a bath, but I'm going to wait longer. I love a shower anyway. :biggrin1:

How's your problem CLOE? Mine was solved yesterday.