Home from surgery.....again....

Jun 16, 2009

So I got released saturday and all was well until Sunday night.  I was having some extreme pains in my abodomen and I didn't know what was going on.  The doctor told me to go to ER.  I went and after test and xrays, we found out that I had a foot of barium sitting in my colon blocking me from having a BM.  So all the gas was causing the pain.  I'm not a gassy person so I had never experienced gas before.  This was horrible!  I don't know how people deal or live with having gas like that!  I was going crazy.

So they admitted me to stay again overnight and gave me vitamins and fluids.  With the help of  some other meds, I was able to have a BM and felt 300% better.  LOL!  I would recommend for anyone coming out of surgery to add chewable fiber tablets to their list of viatimins to take every day.  The pain meds makes you constipated so maybe the fiber will counteract those effects.

Well, now I'm off to search the message boards for recipes and coping with nausea.  If you have any tips or advice for me, please let me know.

Thanks,


~Jewlz

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