Urgent question

 Hi all..

Well my surgery was done last Tuesday and all went well and I came home Thurs. afternoon. Went on the clear liq. diet followed by the full liq. yesterday and today per orders..

Since yesterday I have and am experiencing lots of urination and also lots of gas rumbling in the the intestine leading to very loose stool being expelled...its not controllable by me which is not fun...

Anyone have this at first..I expect the freq. urination but not the other..all my  take home instructions talk about constipation..


Other than that I feel fine am not on any pain meds..
Thx for you support on this...

jude

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Yes, I had diarrhea a few days post op as well. Didnt last long though. It will get better and the urination is normal you are g etting rid of all that extra fluid. Keep sipping though!!


Michelle

I don't know what type of surgery you had. I have RNY and had diarrhea for a few days. It was not a pretty sight. lol
I did not pee to much at first but now I'm back to normal as far as that goes.
Hang in there the trips to the bathroom will be less in a few days.
As for the gas I thought I would blow up the first few days. I guess a lot of gas from the surgery was still in me. I just knew it would pop my stapleline or something. Still got some gas but better.
David

yes its normal, I think mine lasted a couple of weeks. Also don't know if you have had this or not yet, just be careful of the gas, its not always gas.....

Jeff

Urination is normal for all the fluid they put in you.  I remember having to drink 700 ml of liquid before they would discharge me...to get the liquid in I had to go to the bathroom every two sips.  I was overloaded on fluids and couldn't get anymore in unless I let some go...LOL...now I know what a sink feels like.  As for the gas, I had lots of gas because of a problem with a clamp during surgery....it slipped and allowed lots of the gas anesthesia they use in the mid-section during the operation into my intestines.  So, I was very uncomfortable for a few days.  Walking helps it move and gets it to dissipate from the body. 

Brid 

 Thank you so much you guyzzzzz and girlzzzzz!
My anxiety level has dropped.

Had the RNY by the way. Had the lap-band done in 07,  and it didn't work so it came out as the first event of   this surgery.

j

You might be lactose intolerant now. For some it doesn't last long, for others it's permanant. I know I was in the hospital and was in horrible pain from milk. Had to switch to soy in there. I was a bad rumbling. I also know I had the runs that when I had to go, I had to go right then.

Good luck and glad you are home.

For me it was a byproduct of the anesthesia. I never had frequent urination then but I do know.  One of our mantras is NEVER TRUST A FART.

 Man..do I know that now!!!

This whole conversation has made me crack up!  I had lap band on 3/18 and experienced the same fart/not a fart thing.  It stands to reason that we'd be loose because we'd been on a liquid diet for several days.  As for the gas pain, it took about a week for it to go away.  My partner and I got some bad news the day I was released from the hospital so I had lots of stress on top of gas pains and everything else.  This aggravated the pain and may have caused a delay in getting better sooner, but regardless, I did get better and boy, was I glad!

So use the time trotting to the bathroom to pee as an opportunity to walk off the gas.  There's a twofer for ya!

Best of luck to you and congratulations!
Barb