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10 days after hemorrhoids surgery (hemorrhoidectomy), unclear effect of stool softener on my BM

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During the past 10 days after hemorrhoidectomy, I suffered from extreme pain due to constipation, and terrible irregularity of BM ( frequent bowel movements sometimes even 6 times a day.) I decided to take a stool softener (docusate sodium) 24 hours ago. After taking the stool softener, my feeling for BM totally disappeared! It is a good feeling that I don't need bm anymore, but I'm extremely worried what's going on with my disappeared BM?! Should I wait? and especially should I continue to take the softener if there is no bm?

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