So, I'm post op LIS day 1 now.
Surgery was uneventful. Moderate pain in the evening as the Marcaine they injected during the procedure started to wear off. Ate regular meal after surgery. Lots of fibre plus miralax.
This AM after breakfast I had my first BM. Sadly it still felt I was quite narrow up there and was mildly uncomfortable plus the additional pain from the incision. Some blood. we'll see how it goes tommorow.
Pain is well controlled with paracetamol and ibuprofen every few hours. Doc gave an opioid painkiller but I decided not to take it unless necessary to avoid constipation.
My other problem is I have gas quite a bit. I can control it but of course it has to come out eventually and it does feel warm or burn a bit so it seems to be lacerating my sphincter every time...
Just hoping things start to improve. I'm slightly concerned cause the calibre of stool still seems quite tight and not improved from Pre LIS yet. We'll see tho. Will update.