4th day out from surgery.
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Had a BM oddly in the early evening yesterday. Odd that, as i never go any time other than the morning. There was a small amount of blood in the stool yesterday, but very little on the toliet paper. Yippee! I took a little miralax yesterday evening to get things going. It worked. This morning I went WITH NO blood that I could see in the stool or, on the toliet paper. *However, I do have a small amount of cramping pain on the left side.Most of my pain is actually on the right side where the incisions are located. Is cramping a bit normal after this type of surgery? Should I have not used the miralax? I called my doctor and honestly the man seemed a bit annoyed😟😟. I wasn't expecting that to be honest. He's been quite good thus far, but his attitude today put me off. These surgeons all seem to have the personality of my tea kettle. I'm paying him a fortune you'd think he could take more of an interest! I haven't had any cramping until I used the miralax, so perhaps that was a bad call. I asked my doc prior to leaving hospital if it was okay to use it if I felt I was a bit constipated. Anyway, I'm obviously new to all this and honestly this has been quite a scary process. I ecstatic that there no more blood, but I'm concerned about the cramping. Have any of you lot experienced a small bout of cramping after surgery? Any and all advice appreciated.
Cheers,
Jacob
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Abbyg3424 jacob0373
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Hi Jacob,
I am glad you are doing so well. I was told that taking miralax was fine. It is gentle on your system . I have used it and not had any cramping. Everyone is different though. I don't believe you have done anything wrong in taking it to hurt your progress.
With your resection you will most likely have a change in bowel habits and may go more then once a day at different times then you were use to. I am still figuring that out myself and I am in my eighth week of recovery.
Was wondering if your doctor had an answer for your cramping and did he tell you to stop using the miralax?
jacob0373 Abbyg3424
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No, he actually said nothing about cramping. He literally blew me off saying there would be pain after surgery. No sh*t sherlock😒. This was the first time he treated me with this type of attitude. Ever since i went poo this morning it seems as though i have an uncomfortable rectal feeling? I guess I'm fairly annoyed at the moment if I'm honest. All I can do is watch it, and if it gets worse go back to hospital. I have no temperature, or nausea, etc. I reckon everything is different since I'm now pooping out of my descending colon and not the binned sigmoid colon.
I've watched the robotic xi surgery many times on YouTube and I'm literally trying to understand how it all works out. They stick something called an Anvil into one part of your colon and connect it to a spike which pulls the two intestines together to make the reconnection. I wish surgeons had more of an obligation to explain the intricacies of a person's surgery. More's the pity I'm afraid. The sensation I'm currently feeling reminds me of the postoperative annoyance s/pain I had with DD. I'm just slightly worried and annoyed tbh.