When I was in the hospital, I asked my dr. about a bowel movement. She said it might take a week to ten days. I had surgery on Monday, home on Tuesday, and haven't even felt like I need to move them.

I am gassy and can feel things moving aorund in there, but no pressure or any constipation like feeling. I"m wondering, how long did it take after surgery before you had the first movement.

I gotta say, I sort of miss it. I was regular as clock work, and it has sort of thrown off my days.

Thanks

I am three days out and today was my first one... now that I share my poop scheduled with you how r you feeling? LOL

To be honest I don't remember. But my surgeon did tell me to not get constipated under any circumstance. So I probably took a dulcolax tablet. Which I normally take one every few days to keep things moving along anyway.

M

This is why I love LBT. Where else can you get this kind of honesty? I feel like I know every scenario I could possibly get into after this surgery. That is thanks to this board.

Prune juice. Pure prune juice. A glass or two a day will have things moving in no time.

I took about 3 days and then since I was on liquids... well you get the point. It took about 2 weeks to get a nice regular bm. Now I bm once or twice a day (but they are small)....

Oh and the 2nd week, I got constipated... almost went to the emergency room, but took some milk of magnesia... NOT FUN! so drink that water!

I am 3 weeks and 2 days out :rofl:

I BMed the morning of surgery, and I think my next one was 4 days post-op. I'm almost 5 months out and I BM maybe once a week. Sometimes twice in one week, sometimes less than once a week.

Robinem--

If your not uncomfortable that's a good sign...but if you hear it rumbling it will break forth soon I'm sure....besides prune juice I actually used Maalox Max.....but it really loosened things up!!! But it worked!!

God Bless,

melody

Banded 3/20/06 -70lbs

When I was in the hospital, I asked my dr. about a bowel movement. She said it might take a week to ten days. I had surgery on Monday, home on Tuesday, and haven't even felt like I need to move them.

I am gassy and can feel things moving aorund in there, but no pressure or any constipation like feeling. I"m wondering, how long did it take after surgery before you had the first movement.

I gotta say, I sort of miss it. I was regular as clock work, and it has sort of thrown off my days.

Thanks

You probably don't need to make one because of your pre-op diet...didn'

t you have to drink that stuff that empties your bowels??? (can't think of what it is called off hand)

And anesthesia takes a while to come completely out of your body I was told in somes cases it takes months....so it shut down your need to make a bm (that is why we don't make potty while we are out..lol) so it may take awhile.

Best wishes on your journey to the "new" you!!!:clap2:

Bowl Prep. I didn't have to do one, even though my admitting nurse said that up until about a year ago all of their WLS patients had to. Thanks goodness I didn't! I watched my mother go through one of those, and I would not want to be in her shoes, chugging that nasty stuff then trying to keep it down.

ugh you are so lucky i think i have to do one!

Oh dear. I was kind of hoping that things had slowed down for everyone else. Now I'm worried. I used to be pretty regular - same time every day. But since I got banded, it's more like once a week. I convinced myself it's because I'm eating so much less. I've started taking a dulcolax softener (gross!) with my vitamins every day because when the plumbing started working again, it was painful to go. Now I'm wondering if I have a major problem. Everyone else seems to have got back on track.

sleepyjean, I'm right there with you. I used to be a few times a week. Not I average maybe once. When I do go, it often hurts, almost like it's too big to get out or something, or it gets... well... you kind of have to have no shame to have this conversation, but it gets "stuck". Like comes out a little, but refuses to go any further, so I have to suck it back up and try again later.

I bought some stool softeners, without thinking, and ended up with capsules. I managed to get some of the liquid out and mix it into some apple juice but it was SO nasty... not only did I literally gag on the tiny sip I tried, but it HURT. It burned/made my skin tingle for like an hour afterward.

There are two times when I have a "normal" BM. One is when I start my period. A few hours before I start I have to have a significant BM, every time for the last 19 years. I asked my doc once why and she said it was hormonal.

The other is when I'm going to PB, or as I now refer to it, PBM. Right around the time my back starts to hurt, I'll get that intestinal pressure that says, "Yep, we want to come out and play too, so plan on dropping some kids off at the pool in the near future!"

I've always only gone once or twice per week. Took me about a week post op and very liquidy...sorry if that grossed anyone out.