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Re: It's me again....? bowel movements
From: Robbie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Jan 31 21:17:50 2006
How much are you moving around on a daily basis? Walking about? Also
think of it this way...often we have lots of excess fecal material in
our bowels. It doesn't come out on a daily basis, at least not
completely. If you did a bowel prep before your surgery you have
emptied your bowels. You may take a couple of weeks before anything is
moving. Have you tried a stool softener? Not milk of mag. Depends upon
how in depth your surgery was if they had to move around your bowels a
bit it may take longer I had it take about 10 days the first time that I
had a lap. Increase fiber slowly, lots of fluids and perhaps something
like metamucil. Excersize is KEY in making our bowels move. If you lay
down (not that YOU are doing that) most of the time or even sit down it
will take longer for your body to respond.
At Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Tara wrote:
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>Milk of Mag takes sometimes overnight to work. (It never works on me
>personally.) The problem I have with what you have said is we are going
>into day (6?) post laparoscopy and you have not had a BM despite eating
>meals and everything. I would definitely call the office back and
>explain that this is concerning you if the milk of mag hasn't worked in
>24hrs. You may need to take something stronger, or may need to be
>evaluated in the office without a BM in a week. I know this may be
>difficult for you, but an over the counter Fleet's enema may work to get
>you moving again too. ***Please call your doctor first before you try
>laxatives and these other methods first though. I don't know if your
>doctor did anything to your bowels during your lap and you need to be
>careful. Don't let the office blow you off either! Ask to speak to your
>doctor if the nurse gives you an attitude! (I'm a nurse and I can't
>stand talking to some office nurses over the phone. They act defensive
>or irritated somtimes:) Never mind the pain from the lap, now
>constipation...EEEEKKKKS! Eat or take some extra fiber and lots of water
>in the next days to follow. Hope something works for ya!!! Good luck!
>
>At Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Becca wrote:
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>>Hey all, I'm finally forcing myself to be supermom - no choice with 3
>>little ones and hubby went back to work :) I ran out of energy and had
>>to nap a couple times today. So, tomorrow a friend is helping me out.
>>
>>Anyway, I had my laparoscopy last Thursday morning and have not had a
>>bowel movement yet. Is this normal? Eating hasn't been a problem - I
>>ate immediately after the surgery and have continued with my regular
>>diet. I don't feel like I have to do a #2. I'm a very thin gal, but my
>>gut is soo bloated. The nurse told me to take milk of magnesia (I did
>>that 8 hours ago) and still nothing.
>>
>>Any advice? Should I be worried?
>>Thanks
>>Becca
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