by Rosa M » 04 Oct 2011, 19:40
Wow, thanks so much for the warm welcome everyone. Toby, thanks, we have something in common, the day we were given a chance at a normal life again. I am doing ok at the moment although the recovery process is a slower one than i would prefer. How are you doing at this point? Andrea, I do have my feet up for most of the day. I am really trying to be careful to do things in my power for healing. I have been taking Miralax since the day of surgery. It does work but I seem to be at that point of watery stools which have gotten irritating to the incision so I cut back to half dose tonight. I'm scared to cut it out completely even for one day as I fear hard stool more than anything I can think of. As for pain relief, at this point I'm taking only Advil. I took very little of the Vicodin prescribed to me after surgery because of my fear of constipation. I do not recommend going without pain meds as there was at least one day and night, the day after surgery that was extremely painful. I should have been smarter about handling the pain but never having taken Miralax before, i wasn't sure it would do the job enough to keep my BM soft. Live and learn, i guess.