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sanjumelts    170

sanjumelts
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**TMI alert***

Guys, this is super embarrassing but I need to know. I am at day 7 and while constipated for the past few days, today I've been dealing with impacted fecal matter that will not say bye. For a play by play, there have been 7 rounds and it's currently 7 feces - 0 me.

The surgeon has told me to to take dulcolax to try to fight it, but it's been 7 hours, and I have gone a few times only to have some spurts of loose motion, but the impacted matter is killing me and not exiting.

Did anyone else experience this? Or similar. I was feeling so much better but the flexing of my core during the episodes have left me very lower energy.

Best,

Sanju

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M!@    320

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two words..."squatty potty". I was having the same issue, and no medicine worked for me. But the squatty potty was, hell still is wonderful. And it was a non medicinal way. I had even tried a enema, which when you are compacted is not nice.

I know I sound like a commercial but I feel your pain, and my longest bout was greater than 21 days. With my special friend, I don't hardly have to struggle or push at all.

Oh and this is not TMI, it is a real issue many of us experience.

The is a thread you should check out: You and your post op ass. It is hilarious and true

Best of luck and release to you. : >

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sanjumelts    170

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two words..."squatty potty". I was having the same issue, and no medicine worked for me. But the squatty potty was, hell still is wonderful. And it was a non medicinal way. I had even tried a enema, which when you are compacted is not nice.

I know I sound like a commercial but I feel your pain, and my longest bout was greater than 21 days. With my special friend, I don't hardly have to struggle or push at all.

Oh and this is not TMI, it is a real issue many of us experience.

The is a thread you should check out: You and your post op ass. It is hilarious and true

Best of luck and release to you. : >

Thank you very much. I am still waiting for "the passing" round 8 and 9 have shown some promise. #prayforme

Best,

Sanju

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sanjumelts    170

sanjumelts
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two words..."squatty potty". I was having the same issue, and no medicine worked for me. But the squatty potty was, hell still is wonderful. And it was a non medicinal way. I had even tried a enema, which when you are compacted is not nice.

I know I sound like a commercial but I feel your pain, and my longest bout was greater than 21 days. With my special friend, I don't hardly have to struggle or push at all.

Oh and this is not TMI, it is a real issue many of us experience.

The is a thread you should check out: You and your post op ass. It is hilarious and true

Best of luck and release to you. : >

Thank you very much. I am still waiting for "the passing" round 8 and 9 have shown some promise. #prayforme

Best,

Sanju

Did you Pray? Because 10 seconds after posting, the release was real. I love this forum.

two words..."squatty potty". I was having the same issue, and no medicine worked for me. But the squatty potty was, hell still is wonderful. And it was a non medicinal way. I had even tried a enema, which when you are compacted is not nice.

I know I sound like a commercial but I feel your pain, and my longest bout was greater than 21 days. With my special friend, I don't hardly have to struggle or push at all.

Oh and this is not TMI, it is a real issue many of us experience.

The is a thread you should check out: You and your post op ass. It is hilarious and true

Best of luck and release to you. : >

Best,

Sanju

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caligirltt    60

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What's a squatty pot?![emoji52]

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caligirltt    60

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[emoji33] should I order this pre surgery?! Pain meds make me really backed up...

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4MRB4PHOTO    3,900

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I hope everyting came out all right in the end.

The title of this post would make a pretty crappy title of a Dr. Seuss book.

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KindaFamiliar    3,867

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Congrats on ridding yourself of the burden mate...

That's gotta be a load off (so to speak)...

That's the OTHER 'dumping syndrome' of which we often speak in here..

Ok ok...

It was a sh*tty attempt...

I know..

I'm going...

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mia150    43

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Guys you don't have to buy it, you can use any step stool you have at home :)

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perfectlyimperfect44    46

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what is squatty potty? I'm four months post op and tend to have this issue?

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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