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What else can I do for my constipation?

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terrie95434
terrie95434

Hello brave people and hemorrectomy patients. I say brave because this is not an easy surgery. I am now 9 days out from surgical removal of several hemorrhoids. I am in the bath while writing this. I had no idea that this would be so painful and difficult to manage! My heart goes out to all of you.

I am drinking close to a gallon of water a day and have been taking stool softeners but still, I think I am constipated. I have eaten very little since the surgery: banana, white rice, protein shake. I do expel with great pain, a small bit of stool but not much. I added Miralax today and will take it again tonight. After one week of over the counter stuff, Tylenol and Ibuprophen, I started taking 2.5 mg of hydrocodene every four hours. I feared taking this the first week due to the possibility of constipation.

Honestly I am not sure what is going to happen next. I am doing everything that my doctor's nurse advises. I am very worried. I am a 69 year old female who developed hemorrhoids during childbirth. Any advice that you have will be appreciated.

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  • tioung
    tioung terrie95434

    Posted

    Eating very little is said to be one of the many causes of constipation. Try eat more and give it some time.

  • 4girls
    4girls terrie95434

    Posted

    just had surgery 5 days ago Iam not coulping well as of now every time i walk a little I have to poop just a blob comes out and the pain ome any tips

  • arramiah1
    arramiah1 terrie95434

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    I had my surgery 10 days back. It is still burning pain, but goes away with OTC pain killers. Sleeping at night is hard, and I need to go to the toilet frequently, which causes more pain. I am taking paracetomol for pain.

    For constipation, for the first 4 days, my bowels did not move. Only on the fourth day it started moving painfully. I still have to go many times a day and have to strain a bit since I have stenosis (narrowing of the anal canal).

    I also had problems urinating, since my sphincter did not relax to pass on urine. I still have to go bent down, standing.

    What I found is drinking a lot of water helped, even though it does cause you to urinate more.

    I found bananas helped - 3, 4 of them got the bowels moving.

    Fiber supplements help. Mainly the goal is to keep the stool soft even if it means more bowel movements, I think

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