Moving bowels

[ItsMermaidTime 5]

Surg 12/13, last BM 12/20. Has anyone gone 2 wks no BM? I don’t not have pain or well the urge to go. This just doesn’t seem normal. I know I haven’t ate much food only have introduced eggs so far.

[orionburn 1,023]

27 minutes ago, ItsMermaidTime said:

Surg 12/13, last BM 12/20. Has anyone gone 2 wks no BM? I don’t not have pain or well the urge to go. This just doesn’t seem normal. I know I haven’t ate much food only have introduced eggs so far.

I'd talk to your doc. Two weeks doesn't seem normal. It is common to have issues with Constipation and not going that much, but you should be going from time to time. May need to work in some more Fiber and/or a laxative. Give your doc a call and see what they recommend. Last thing you want is to get an impacted bowel. Good luck!

[James Marusek 5,244]

Normally after surgery, your diet consists of liquids. Liquids in equals liquids out. One thing that might help is taking Probiotics. When you are in the hospital for surgery, they routinely administer antibiotics to kill any bad bacteria. But the antibiotics also kill the good gut bacteria. It is important to reestablish these colonies of good gut bacteria after you come off the antibiotics. That is purpose of probiotics.

[Sosewsue61 3,185]

Anesthetic sort of puts your intestines to sleep and it takes awhile to be regular again, but you should go at least some about every 3 days. Take a stool softener like colace or Miralax and lots of Water.

[ItsMermaidTime 5]

I'd talk to your doc. Two weeks doesn't seem normal. It is common to have issues with Constipation and not going that much, but you should be going from time to time. May need to work in some more fiber and/or a laxative. Give your doc a call and see what they recommend. Last thing you want is to get an impacted bowel. Good luck!

Just leaving Drs now she wasn’t overly concerned. Laxative and stool softener here i come.

[orionburn 1,023]

11 minutes ago, ItsMermaidTime said:

Just leaving Drs now she wasn’t overly concerned. Laxative and stool softener here i come.

Good that she's not too concerned. I had a lot of issues with Constipation the first few months. Hopefully you don't have the same! It's common to have issues going after surgery so you're not alone in this.

[abefroman329 704]

I didn't have one until about a week after the surgery, but then my surgeon's office said I need to take a laxative if I go for more than two days without one. Since then I've been going every day just to get SOMETHING out, but I haven't gone yet today.

[_Kate_ 2,224]

I tried all sorts and nothing worked until I tried Dulcolax.

Hope you feel better soon 🙂

[wadeswife 7]

I take one Senna every three days . Sleeved 9/21/17. It seems to do the trick along with Water and a little walking .

[GotProlactinoma 458]

Yes take the colace etc for the week’s post surgery. Also try tsp potato starch in a small glass of Water, stirred, start with jut a few sips a day and work up to the glass of water with the tsp. Tasteless. This is a starch that feeds your gut bug population (can research resistant starches online) until you get to the point in recovery where you can eat Beans, seeds, etc. to feed your gut bacteria.

[EagerPenguin 159]

17 hours ago, James Marusek said:

Liquids in equals liquids out.

Well, not necessarily. In my experience, both personally and professionally, a liquid diet can lead to Constipation. We can easily assume the OP has been on an at least mostly liquid diet since she's so early post op. She's clearly constipated, so in her case, a liquid diet has at least contributed to constipation.

[LadyfromtheMountain 1]

Miralax was a life saver for me. I take it everyday and have had no issues with Constipation. It's tasteless, odorless and works !