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I went for 8 days and decided it was time for an intervention. I went out and bought a bottle of Miralax and it worked great--right before I took it, I had a BM!!! I guess just the threat to my bowels
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Get on a regular routine and blow the doctors phone up!
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It was at least 5 or 6 days after surgery before I had anything to "produce" and even now, 3 months post op, I often go several days without a BM. Given the fact that not much is going in, it wou
So its been a week and one day since my surgery and I haven't had any kind of bowel movement yet. I left a message with the surgeon but haven't heard anything back. I'm kind of freaking out. Is this normal?