First and second stool *TMI* but please help

[trinjen 32]

Early evening yesterday I had my first bowel movement it was a tan/white color.
Late evening I coughed and swore I ripped something on the inside but surgeon said as long as the outside is fine I am fine.
This morning I pooped again but this time it was the darkest green almost black... Is this normal? 5 days post op.

[Frustr8 7,886]

1st stool,maybe left over from clear Liquid Protein days, 2nd I would guess either left over surgery effects, you might have had a small bleed during surgery, have you had anything purple or grape flavor?, grape always makes green. Or simply hung around inside you so,long everything built up or got super-digested? No better answer, just my guesses.😢

[redhead_che 824]

TMI response but my BMs have been darker than they were pre surgery and my surgeons office said it was fine.

[johnsons13 359]

For the first 5-7 days after I got home I had diarrhea which isn't like me. I had to get my husband to give me a suppository in the hospital. Today, my bm is hard and looks like dirt. TMI, but when I wipe it looks like I've wiped the ground. I bought some Smooth Move tea before surgery and I'm going to have to drink some soon. It helped.

[Sleeved36 356]

Dark poop post op could be from increased Iron supplementation.

Take Miralax, it is gentle and will mix with anything. Miralax will not interact with other medications and you can't OD. Just take it daily until you feel more normal.

laxatives can mess with bowel motility in ways that miralax will not