If I can offer one crucial bit of advice for surgery recovery after anesthesia: Fibre Water Laxatives.

If I can offer one crucial bit of advice for surgery recovery after anesthesia: Fibre Water Laxatives. If you know, you know.…

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Community comment#1

Anaesthesia shuts the bowel down so, yes, start on the laxatives straight away! Nightmare otherwise!

Community comment#2

I learned the hard way. This “problem” as well as not being prepared for nausea were the worst part of the first week.

Community reply · In reply to an earlier comment#3

I keep zofran from my last surgery and also good for colonoscopy prep. That will keep your nausea down. I had no side effects from it.

Community reply · In reply to an earlier comment#4

I've had other surgeries before and never had nausea until this one! I'm so happy I got the zofran!

Community comment#5

I learned the hard way, 9 days was not fun.

Community comment#6

Milk of magnesia will work in a couple hours. Mg Oxide or Mg Citrate will work overnight. I have a lifetime of constipation from a connective tissue disorder, and this works. I'm on motegrity now, but the above does work.

Community comment#7

I started with miralax twice a day and a gentle laxative at bedtime 2 weeks before my surgery Continued thru out recovery