Ok, this won't be a pretty post but I feel it's relevant. I started taking stool softeners 5 days before I had the surgery. This "preloading" was recommended by all my nurse friends since the pain meds will stop you up. I'm glad I took them because I can't imagine what that first BM would have been like if I had not. I won't go into vivid details but let's just say it took several minutes of "concentration" on my part. After that relief, it took 5 flushes to get it to go down (I kid you not).
Stool softeners - TAKE THEM! Start them at least 5 days before you go under. You won't be sorry.
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Ha ha ha! I started them last week with my iron pills because iron does that to me...but I had to get off of them...let's say a little TOO soft but I will start them up again Sunday! Thanks for the laugh. :D
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