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How many days did it take for you to have your first bowel movement after surgery?! On day four and nothing yet.

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I had a movement the day after surgery.

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As soon as my eyes opened in the hospital. I had the worst diarrhoea all that day. Then I went about 15 days. Oh boy was that was a nightmare

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i think it took about 5 days for me. I had my surgery 4/12/23 and still deal with Constipation. Most of the time it is not bad though. I think i go either every other day or every 3rd day. One problem i noticed with this is you cant weigh yourself everyday if you cant poop everyday! 🤣 I do notice i weigh less on the days i poop!

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I pooped at the hospital, day after surgery. Right now it is 2-3 days between, I am 9 weeks post op. If I hit 3 days I start taking colace or dulcolax.

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A week to the day. Now, about 4 times in 2 weeks. Not solid yet.

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One week, then once or twice daily after that. I take 2 stool softeners every day on the advice of my doctor. Softener is not a laxative, so your bowels won't become dependent on it. Keeps things moving. I never have Constipation but notice if I don't have my daily movement, my weight stalls.

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Day 3 post op and then the next time was day 5.

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It took me 5 days from surgery to go. Mostly regular once or twice a day, at most only skip one day. I was good not really experiencing Constipation for the first 6 months. Then the literal 6 month mark and it happened twice in about 3 weeks and I nearly died, lol. Not literally, but that's what it felt like. Both times, I wasn't exactly 100% on track (off my eating/drinking routine) and most likely not enough Water intake. I am hoping to not repeat that again. I was already taking stool softeners since day 1, but have now added in a green juice, a little extra Fiber and some ACV pills.

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It took me 2 long weeks! Pretty sure I took Colace and still had to strain when going. Then another 2 weeks. It was still hard at the time to go, but soon after things went back to normal. I did have to try a home enema, but what worked best was glycerine suppositories, also Prunelax cleared me out the last time I was backed up. So much so I've been regular since.

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10 days after surgery for me, if i remember correctly.

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I went 5 days after surgery (had been on month preop before that and had some gaps as well). Was told to take still softener twice a day after surgery and that still wasn’t cutting it. Advised 7-10 days is normal but I could take Miralax or milk of magnesia if I was uncomfortable. Milk of magnesia did the trick in about 5 hours.

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