I have shat!

I coulda played the Hallelujah chorus. I have shat! I had my surgery Tuesday, and I was beginning to worry that as of noon today, no poo. This has been a good day. Have felt better, upped the water and the ol' pipes are working. One word of advice: Have the air freshener at hand; it will save your marriage.

Alright!! As they say - shat happens!! 

Not bad... I had my first at 5 days out... wasn't much either but it was a relief.  But it's good that you had one, it shows that your insides are working correctly and nothing is being blocked or twisted.

If you'd like to shat on a regular basis daily, take stool softeners. I lived through months of torture, until I leanred some things from my support groups. One was to take stool softeners daily. I asked how often, and the most common reply was twice daily. So I take 2 at night, and one early in the morning. Houston, I proudly now shat twice daily.

How do we know what type without Baja chart .  Congrats man       Nick

Sorry... been putting in too much OT at work

I must be a weird super-shatter because I went on day 2 in the hospital and have been pretty regular ever since. I have been taking one stool softener/day since being home which has helped keep them nice and soft.

Now the issues with having these peanut-butter colored "ghost poop", that's a whole different story.

Thanks for posting this.  I had surgery on Monday and was wondering how long it should be.  I guess I better go get on the  and get busy.  I just didn't know what the hell could be in there with being on liquid for the last 3 weeks.  But the gas works just fine as long as a window is open.

It took me a couple days.. but after that... I had the explosive runs for a few days.  Didn't know whether it was just gonna be a fart, or splash down.. LOL... It eased after a couple weeks.. but the smell never left.. Yep... I've grossed out a dog too.. LOL.. you know it's bad when the dog starts blinking, and leaves the room.. LOL... as for the family... it's still a race to the bathroom.. they see me get up and head for the door.... it's .. 'wait DAd! let me go first!!!!" Dale