When did you start doing poop?

[katiechap 3]

I'm 8 days out and have been so constipated! I've been taking a chewable probiotic since day 2 and colace for 5 days. Dr. Recommended an enima which helped get out a few hard pebbles, and have only gone one other time of the same. I'm feeling so bloated and have only lost 4 lbs

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[Shrinkinqtpi 202]

I talked to my doctor and he prescribed a gentle laxative to help. Was better that night.

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[The Candidate 3,215]

I was in the hospital for four days and still hadn't pooped. It took a full week for me, and I definitely experienced bouts of Constipation for the next few months. I started taking s stool softener three times a week. I still do at over a year out. It's been very beneficial.

I expected to be dealing with this issue for a long time. I was wrong. Now I'm amazed at how often I go. Sometimes 2 or 3 times a day. No constipation, no straining. Now I'm regular to a fault.

[Sai 785]

Seven days post op, then each daily so far.

[Icantbelieveit 955]

About 5 days and was a chore. Then I had an impaction about a month out. Now at 4 months po, no real issues.

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[rhaya sunshine 8]

3 days and boy was it gross

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[GSleeve822 394]

Stools softeners take a few days to work.. plus when you're not eating, there's nothing to poop!

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[LisaMergs 2,857]

Can being constipated hurt where they create the new intestine in the new stomach? I am so scared of this!

Not likely. Your colon ( large intestine) is where the poop is stored. You have about 5 feet of large intestine. Around 23 of small intestine. The area they worked on is on the uppermost portion of the small intestine, so your poop would need to be backed up almost 28 feet to cause pain where the surgery was!

Now, things can move slowly, for sure- but I equate this to what babies who nurse do- it's called "gathering". Breast fed babies don't have the bulk and fillers that formula fed babies do- consequently, they poop differently. Because it is mostly water- their intestines will "gather" the fecal matter until such time that there is enough to stimulate the large colon to pass it. The babies are not in pain from it- it is simply their form of normal.

Being on a liquid post op diet is akin to this and the colon requires more volume to stimulate a need to expel it.

Hope that helps

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[#BirdDog 604]

Took about 4 or 5 days for me, then I went a couple days without going. And I went again today. It's slow, but things are getting back to normal.

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[Danielle Rhodes 7]

I know it's the worst feeling ever 4 days for me. It felt like I won the lottery lol

[beezy8 41]

Less input means less output. Give it time. No need to obsess about it. All will come out in the end. I add Benefiber to my Water to help keep things more regular.

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