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7 days post op Bowel movement

I haven't had any Bowel movement at all. Is that normal?

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  • @@ssarduy Get some "smooth move" tea and drink it! I'm not big on using medications and it's natural and actually works!

  • Unfortunately it is. Between the high protein diet, the anesthesia and the pain meds, the body can get a bit backed up. You may want to ask your doctor for a a prescription for a stool softener like c

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Unfortunately it is. Between the high protein diet, the anesthesia and the pain meds, the body can get a bit backed up. You may want to ask your doctor for a a prescription for a stool softener like colace before you start to get uncomfortable. If you do a search on the forums there is a wide variety of alternatives that others have used. This is also one of the reasons why getting in all your water is important as well.

Yep, it is a cause for freak outs, magnisum supplements help and so do stool softeners. (And we all mentioned it in the small print before you had the surgery) ;-) It's really OK, things will start moving again in a few days.

@@ssarduy Get some "smooth move" tea and drink it! I'm not big on using medications and it's natural and actually works!

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