Hi all. I've been reading for a while, but just joined.
I had surgery on Friday to sew up my unhealed episiotomy and while they were there, sew up two fissures that have been hanging around too long. I was put on 300mg of docusate (even after I told the surg that 400mg does nothing...) and 25ml of lactulose every 6 hours in order to induce diarrhea, then to lessen the dose until soft, easy to pass stools occur.
So on Sunday, I had the largest, hardest, most uncomfortable BMs of my life after about 4 hours off and on the can, with much screaming and crying.
Monday I popped out a turd a rabbit would have laughed at after 40 minutes of work.
Tuesday, I passed a few more rabbit turds, but it was hard and uncomfortable and required much work on my part.
This is insane, right? Where is the 8 weeks of diarrhea I was promised?
I added one dose of PEG3350 (Miralax, movicol, restoralax, etc) on Monday and again last night and still nothing. I'm drinking 4L of water a day and eating a fibrous, but not super high fibre diet.
Any ideas, insights or words of encouragement?