I'm glad that you got over that speed bump! Did you take something or did it just happen on it's own?

I know once I went the first time I started to feel better right away, not great but at least human again!

I only needed the dilaudid the first night. The belly gas was gone through the night and the other stuff is more uncomfortable than painful. But now it's over five days since I went to the bathroom. I feel bloated and even though I have no problem farting, it stills feels uncomfortable. Has Dr b told anyone they could take stool softeners after the surgery?  I bought Senokot and it comes as a liquid so that shouldn't be bad. Just don't want to mess anything up. Otherwise I will wait until Monday to call the office. It just seems so long away...lol

Hi, I remember when I had my children and was given pain killers after my C Sections I was also given stool softeners right away and with each pain pill I also got a dulcolax (side note- I thought that it was senekot that I finally took but just realized it was dulcolax they were little red gell pills) to help combat the constipation that goes with the narcotics. Surgery itself puts your bowels to sleep and that can cause constipation on it's own too. I took stool softeners 9 days after surgery and that was awful and too long for me I wish I had had them right away I know it would have saved me a lot of misery.  I even tried two glycerin suppositories before getting the dulcolax. If your worried about your stomach and taking meds, call Dr B's office but considering he probably sent you home with some Dilaudid or what ever, I don't think that some dulcolax would be that bad for you. If you are worried about it ask Dr B or your pharmacist. passing gass is normal for a while and should be a good thing. I don't think anyone's gas and pain are the same, I don't remember cramping after burping, but I couldn't really drink much and it's pretty much a haze for me after 9 months. I do remember that every day got a bit better so I hope that the same goes for you!

hi,

i had soreness for couple weeks.  i know i pulled a stitch at one point at week 2 so i was tender for another week or two after that.  i was off work approx 2.5 months as i had dehydration problems and actually i was not able to get things in chec****il this last year.  i could only drink about .5-1.0 cups of water a day. now im up to 5-6 cups and so proud lol (doesnt take much)

i was lucky, and although i experienced dizziness and nausea after surgery i never actually threw up til a year later when i had gall bladder attacks. i was warned it would be a different experience than from before surgery and it was lol. funny how it changed.  i cannot imagine being sick right after. i had to cough several times and thought my stomach was going to open up. hurt.  i must say i had a better experience than you all it seems.  in bathurst they keep you in a few days and i was in for four (it was a holiday weekend). things went smoothly, nice bed, my own room, nurses did leave me pretty much to myself but if i needed help they didnt take long once i rang the bell. they were always walking by the room and would peek in.  i went walking around the floor couple hours after getting some sleep. it was couple years ago but i remember being obsessed with getting my earrings in after surgery i was sure they would grow over (lol good drugs)  i slept in a chair for bout 4 nights then for the next few i was propped up in bed to make things comfy. i tried walking as much as i could cause it alleviated the gas pain so much. 

Thanks for your experiences. I found that the nurses were definitely understaffed!  When I rang the nurses it would usually take a half an hour before I saw one. I through up at one point in a facecloth that I was holding and the nurse got mad at me and said that's why I had a pan and should have been sick in that. Times like that though we aren't thinking clearly!  Anyway, gas left me last night so now it's just the soreness around the stomach.  Maybe some from all the throwing up and some from the swelling of the stomach itself.  Hopefully this soreness doesn't last as long. What is your guys experience with that part?