HI, I JUST READ A FEW POSTINGS ON NOT HAVING A BM AFTER SURGERY, MY
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN, WITH 4 AB SURGYIES...MOST OF THE TIME YOU
CAN ASK FOR STOOL SOFTNERS, NOT A LAXATIVE AT ALL, ALSO ASK YOUR DOCTORS
IF SOMETHING NATURAL LIKE PRUNES, TO GET THE BOWELS MOVING, I ALSO DRANK
TONS, AND TONS OF WATER, WALKED ALOT, RUBBED MY BELLY ALOT, YOU CAN ALSO
LOOK UP THE IN THE ARCHIVES INFO ON THIS MATTER ALSO....WEBSITE, ETC..I
HAVE GONE 5 DAYS, WITH NO BM....I FINALLY GOT THEM TO WORK MYSELF, WITH
SOME OF THE INFO ABOVE, DUE TO THE COLITIS I HAVE ALSO, I NEED TO BE
EXTRA CAREFUL WHAT I INDIGEST INTO MY BODY..SO CHECK WITH YOUR DOCTOR,
AND GET THEM MOVING..TAKE GOOD CARE, AND HOPE THE WEEKEND IS GOING OK
FOR YOU ALL...A FRIEND CINDY SHRUHAN