Where is my poop!?!?

[Briannicole]

3 days post op and no BM, I am able to pass gas. I tried smooth move tea and miralax with no results. Giving it until Monday and then I am going to call my surgeon just to be on the safe side. I know I don’t have much in me but there has to be something... Right???

 

[3momchaos]

I had the same thing happen. I’m still experiencing very few, and small, BM’s and I’m almost 2 weeks post op.

 

[Smalldog]

3 days post op and no BM, I am able to pass gas. I tried smooth move tea and miralax with no results. Giving it until Monday and then I am going to call my surgeon just to be on the safe side. I know I don’t have much in me but there has to be something... Right???

Patience, you just had major surgery an put to sleep. I think we all have had that problem, it does get better believe me.

 

[WazzuCoug]

No huge worries, I think it took 5 or 6 days for me and then the doctor had me take some miralax and then I had the opposite problem for 3 days, then it switched back to nothing for a few days, then the other, and then once I started more regular food things seemed to balance out just fine. Everybody reacts a bit different, but its not uncommon to go a few days. It takes a long time to condense protein drinks down into something solid and stimulating enough for your bowels to let it go, and generally we are a bit dehydrated, so that makes thinks a little harder.

If you get concerned, just call your bariatric team and they'll provide some good guidance if you need to add a laxative or something.

 

[TraceyT]

3 days post op and no BM, I am able to pass gas. I tried smooth move tea and miralax with no results. Giving it until Monday and then I am going to call my surgeon just to be on the safe side. I know I don’t have much in me but there has to be something... Right???

Hi Briannicole -

With 3 days post op and your probably on liquids - nothing in / nothing out. You would think educated surgeons would let people know that until you are putting some food in the poo won't be coming out.

A lot of people ask that same question. When I had surgery - I was told not to expect a significant BM until I started the pureed stage. The PA said it may take a few weeks to get things moving in the right direction again. She was right. Contact your surgical team - they can tell you exactly what you need to do.

Best of luck! May the POO be with you!

 

[eladams2015]

I was 21 days out on my first... there's nothing solid going in... nothing solid is gonna come out

 

[MTGRIZ]

that is normal, i believe i did not have my first one for like 5 days. I do take some fiber chews now just to get some extra fiber in me. But I still go 2-3 days between BM's and i am now 4 months postop.