Bowel Movements after Resection for Endo

Hi YDI,

Strange isn't it??? I'm desperate to go to the bathroom and you just wana stay away!!!
I was hoping to lose some weight from surgery but haven't, even though I barely ate for the first 2 weeks!!

Let me know how you go after seeing surgeon. If he tells you what youre going through is normal, whats my doc going to say cause we are totally opposite!!!Good luck.

Hey
I will definitely keep you posted. Im so over it! Im starting to remove certain things from what i am eating to see if it helps settle the bowel movements. Its insane at how frequent and uncontrollable they are. Im eating loads of brown rice and vegies and just about to send my fiance up to get some more wholemeal bread (its sad that i cant even go up the shop after a month!!).

Will let you know what my surgeon thinks of my progress... take care

Hi,

One thing that I have found the most difficult is that I wasn't told what I could and couldn't eat other than stay away from red meat, spicy food and multigrain bread. They said try to eat bland and soft food. So I don't know if what I'm eating is okay or not!! Bowel surgeon said to eat whatever I wanted and see how it goes!! :wall:

I see my bowel sugeon 2moro so I'll let you know what he says.

Hope you had a good weekend and managed to get out of the house for awhile :D

Hey LJ

How did you go?

When i lef thte hospital they told me my diet should be one that consists of high fibre / low fat... lately ive been increasing the fibre but today ive been running to the bathroom with stomach pains. i cant go anywhere as my bowel movements 5 weeks on are still very very loose and very frequent!

im praying this regulates!

Well, I went to the bowel surgeon today and he said most people will have bowel movements atleast 5 times a day after surgery! He told me to start using a laxative (Agarol) to try and get things moving and that I should not stick to high fibre diet cause that could be blocking me up. He said I should start eating most foods (including red meat) but to chew it really well and also to start walking more than I have been. My stomach is still feeling very swollen and hard and he said it may be distended cause of the constipation. I'm due to go back to work in 2 weeks and I can't imagine wearing anything other than tracky dacks at the moment. My belly is swollen so nothing fits me!!

I have to see him again in 4 weeks and if my constipation hasn't improved he wants to stick a camera up there to see how the bowel is healing (haven't I already been through enough!!!!!!!) :(

I see my gyno/endo specialist/surgeon in 3 weeks.

How are you feeling today?? Better I hope.:D

Hey LJ

Hope you are feeling better. My appointments is tomorrow morning so i will keep you posted. Are you drinking lots of water?

Its tough i know, but hopefully your constipation etc will ease and you wont have to go through with all the other stuff on top of what you have been through.

Hi YDI,

Thanks, yeh I am drinking heaps of water. Luckily I like water cause I've been drinking so much that even I'm sick of it!!

Good luck 2moro, I hope everything goes well. How are you going to cope leaving the house to go to the doc?? It could be interesting!! LOL

Well tomorrow will be very interesting! my running to the bathroom seems to limiting itself to the afternoons at the moment so if it stays that way ill be ok for tomorrow mornings appointment!

I too have had nothing but water for 5 weeks! i am craving chocolate and pepsi max like you wouldnt believe. I have lost a lot of weight through this and dont fit into any of my clothes so i need to try and get out before i return to work to buy a belt lol!

i had brown rice for dinner last night (staple food at the moment) and was up at 2am with horrible stomach pains. feeling bloated today so fingers crossed it doesnt get too painful.

are you contactable on email or just through here?

He he, hope everything is ok for 2moro morning!

I haven't had rice at all, maybe I should have? I've been having lots of vegies, brown bread, soup, little bit of chicken. I haven't lost any weight :( feel like I've put it on!!

Sounds like you've had heaps more pain than me. My stomach is sore, and I get a sore back but I haven't had the stomach pains and cramps that you've been getting. Maybe you can change what you eat too which might help (see what doc says?)

I've sent you my email address, let me know if you haven't got it in case I did it wrong!!!

For anyone who has gone through a bowel resection for endo i was wondering if you have experienced something similar. I was in excruciating pain last night for hours as after each BM my rectum had a horrible throbbing pain that had me in tears. Yesterday I went to see my bowel surgeon for my post op appointment and as i had not had this pain before i didnt bring it up with him. He said that things were going well for what i had done and gave me some imodium to provide relief from the diarrohea i was still getting 5 weeks on. The part of the bowel i had removed was the end part of the small bowel which apparently is the part that absorbs water.

This pain that i got last night was intense and i hope it doesnt stick around :(

YDI - I can relate to what your going thru . I had major endo surgery in Oct last year which involved the bowel. I too couldn't eat and had severe pain for several weeks. I lost about 10 kilos and actually was scared to eat in the end as I knew what went in had to come out :doh::(

My surgeon didn't seem too concerned saying that it could take up to two months before I was completely painfree. Well it probably lasted about 6-7 weeks then I slowly was able to eat. My portion size was childlike at first.

Then I fell pregnant. Yep. 2 months after this surgery. After feeeling like cap for months after the surgery and being extremely underweight - Go Figure !!

I'd say mention it too your surgeon if you can and see what he says but after all you have had major surgery and things may well be tender and still healing. Hope this helps a little.

I wish you all the very best in your recovery.

Thanks Joels Girl
Im still in a lot of pain. Seems that the pain is ocnstant and worsened whrn i eat and then more pain again after the bathroom so I cant win.
im hoping it subsides within the next couple of weeks so i can atleast try and resume normal activites.
This has been like a big nightmare!

Hey Joels Girl,
I cant PM you so thought id just post it here if u read it bonus :)
i have started to get really painful bowel movements and the pain is how i imagine labour pain to be... wondering if you experienced pain as sever as this and if it was alleviated after a BM?

Hi YDI
I had a bowel resection on the 2nd July and after reading your experience I have had a very easy recovery. I had to run to the toilet regulary for the first couple of days while I was on a liquid diet in hospital post op but once I started on normal food the motions stopped for about four days, now almost 4 weeks on I am going about once a day and if anything I feel more towards constipated then anything - though not uncomfortably so.And I am pretty much back to my normal diet.
I saw the surgeon yesterday and he said some people take a few months to get to this stage. Mind you an hour or so after I eat I have extreme wind. It sounds as though your body is having a tough time adjusting and if I were you I'd ring the surgeons office and double check if that level of discomfort is something to worry about.

Janine

Hi Janine

How much bowel did you have removed and was it large or small bowel?

I had 40cm removed and the most ive heard people have out for endo is between 20 and 25. Ive been told my level of recovery is about right for how extensive my surgery was but its very frustrating.

Hi,
I had about 20cm removed right at the end section. I can imagine how dificult it must be for you. Maybe talk to your doc about some pain relief. Hopefully it will be worth it and you'll be free from the endo symptoms! Best of luck, Janine

YDI - How are things going ??? did you receive my PM ??

Hi,
I'm new to this but I recently had my second Lap. I was first diagnosed with Endo five years ago and was placed on Zoladex. I can safely say that this was the worst 6mths of my life, the sideaffects for me were terrible.

Over the last 5yrs the endo has been getting worse with an increase in bowel symptoms including quite severe rectal bleeding on two ocassions. 2 weeks ago I had the second lap in order to resect the endo but when the gyny went in he found that I have stage 4 endo in my bowels (this was not previously diagnosed in the first Lap 5yrs ago). However on the positive side it seems that I have no endo in my reproductive organs.

I have my first appt with my bowel specialist on the 10th and I will find out when I have to have the resection of the bowel. I'm pretty confused by it all and scarred about complications.

I have found that after this recent lap my bowel symptoms are worse, I feel horrible pain when I go to the loo, I get bloated very easily and early last wk I had my first period after the lap and this was extremely painful. My bowel movements are still not normal and am taking senna every night at the moment.

Can anyone give me some ideas / suggestion of what to ask the speacialist??
Those that have had this procedure..was this through laparoscopy or laporotomy?? I have been told that I will need at least 8wks off work is this right??

anyway look forward to hearing from people...