Oh bowels

amymitches
on 3/29/11 1:00 am - Beverly, MA
So I havent gone since friday morning...was in ER all weekend with gallbladder attack...it is coming out tomorrow but its been four days and I know once they put more narcotics in me tomorrow God knows when ill go, nurse suggested I try to get something out today or tomorrow to avoid discomfort....help....ideas please, I am not terribly hungry and cant eat anything after midnight tonight and can only have 12 oz of clear liquid in am
    

                               
Sue M.
on 3/29/11 1:38 am - Nantucket, MA
I suggest Milk Of Magnesia.  That's always helped me with the worst of it.  I also regularly add Benefiber to my shakes and take stool softeners at bed time.

Call your surgeons office to check with what they would recommend for this situation.
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heygiz00
on 3/29/11 7:20 am
Metamucil or Benefiber...works good for me...got me "movin" in about an hour!
    
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