A Painful Moment!

Jan 21, 2009

Yikes, last night was not good.  I am not normally a gal who likes to discuss bodily functions but I will say that before the WLS I was very regular in the BM dept - every day like clockwork.  However since the surgery I am lucky if I go every 4-5 days.  Last night when I got home from work I was in severe pain, I had terrible stomach cramps and had a terrible urge to push, almost as if I was giving birth, but different area!  I realized that no matter how much rocking back and forth on the toilet, how many warm showers, and how much pacing up and down the hall landing I did, nothing was going to help with the severe constipation.  I also worked out that it was at least 10 days since going to the bathroom.  Anyway a couple of suppositories and spoonful of milk of magnesia later still nothing happened, other than my stomach contracting and severe stomach ache.  Needles to say I spent a good 6 hours in the bathroom and by 1am this morning I was exhausted.  Finally I got the relief I was desperately looking for at around 7:30am  and  I have never been so glad to have a BM in all my life!  I weighed myself after said event and I had lost 3lbs!LOL.  Anyway, I have been researching the lovely topic of constipation on the internet and WLS sites and it appears it is very common,  so I am going to work on a recipe to be taken at the beginning of each month to help keep me more regular, i.e prune juice, milk of magnesia and a couple of suppositories!!!  If anyone has some advice on this topic, please let me know.

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