A continuation of our Summer 2018 Check-In thread...

Welcome all Summer 2018 Surgery Post-Op Patients! As we make our way into the Post-Op zone, let’s carry on the conversation and support.

Everyone is welcome, if you had surgery in the summer of 2018 jump right in!

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Turns out I’m really backed up. Nothing will come out ???

6 minutes ago, Megan Sadler said:

Turns out I’m really backed up. Nothing will come out ???

That happened to me. It was really BAD. I had to use an enema. I would recommend trying Milk of Magnesia or if you want immediate relief use an enema. After that, I used Miralax daily for a couple of weeks.

Good luck!

I’ll see if I can get those picked up. Omg this is horrible.

1 hour ago, Megan Sadler said:

Turns out I’m really backed up. Nothing will come out ???

Drinking Miralax even as we speak. Do your vities have iron. Men those are HARD on the guts!

It hurts so bad... ??? I’m picking up my kids then we’re heading to the store to buy miralax. If that doesn’t work I’m heading to the ER because it’s not just constipation it’s impacted... it was stuck stuck.

I haven’t eaten today either it’s so bad

1 hour ago, photogirl70 said:

That happened to me. It was really BAD. I had to use an enema. I would recommend trying Milk of Magnesia or if you want immediate relief use an enema. After that, I used Miralax daily for a couple of weeks.

Good luck!

How do you take Miralax? I dissolve in water. Yuck.

1 minute ago, Megan Sadler said:

It hurts so bad... ??? I’m picking up my kids then we’re heading to the store to buy miralax. If that doesn’t work I’m heading to the ER because it’s not just constipation it’s impacted... it was stuck stuck.

I'm afraid you might need something more than miralax to get things going. I found MoM to be pretty good for a next day fix when I found I had gotten backed up a 2nd time. But, like I said, I had to go with the enema the 1st time because like you, it wasn't just constipation. I'm eating and won't go into detail but you can get yourself unimpacted with an enema and little work. I don't ever want to go through that again which is why I used MoM when I didn't go for a couple of days. I no longer use the miralax since I've been pretty regular for the last few weeks.

16 minutes ago, ellie123 said:

Drinking Miralax even as we speak. Do your vities have Iron. Men those are HARD on the guts!

4 minutes ago, Megan Sadler said:

It hurts so bad... ??? I’m picking up my kids then we’re heading to the store to buy miralax. If that doesn’t work I’m heading to the ER because it’s not just constipation it’s impacted... it was stuck stuck.

I know this pain. Sorry you’re going through this. Hope you get relief soon!

1 minute ago, ellie123 said:

How do you take Miralax? I dissolve in Water. Yuck.

yes. I use a pretty small glass for it too! LOL I didn't find it to be terrible. I don't think I got one with any kind of flavor.

21 minutes ago, Megan Sadler said:

It hurts so bad... ??? I’m picking up my kids then we’re heading to the store to buy miralax. If that doesn’t work I’m heading to the ER because it’s not just constipation it’s impacted... it was stuck stuck.

Fleet Enema girl!

My stomach is so swollen right now... hoping I didn’t injure it.

3 minutes ago, Megan Sadler said:

My stomach is so swollen right now... hoping I didn’t injure it.

You will be fine once you go to the bathroom. I could feel mine and basically following the hard knots along the path of my colon/intestines. I was very concerned but it took a couple of days to clear out and then I was fine.

Thank you @photogirl70 I tried again but nothing coming out. Looked at the bank and had to leave the money there it’s enough for gas till October to get the kids to school. I’m almost out of food. Idk what to do at this point.

@Megan Sadler Dollar General, Walgreens, Walmart, etc have enemas and they are $2-3.

Walgreens has a single enema for $1.89.

Edited September 12, 20187 yr by photogirl70