TMI, bowel movements

[amanda4166 16]

I know this is TMI, but we are all friends here, right? I'm 5 days post op. All I've had is SF Popsicles and Water until yesterday I had some chicken broth. Holy cow! It went straight through me. Fast! Is this normal? Today I had beef broth. Same thing! Am I going to have to eat at home for a while? This is annoying!

[joatsaint 2,814]

Yes, it is completely normal. I went through that stage too. My toilet bowl looked like someone had thrown a Water balloon filled with chocolate pudding in it! After I got on purees, (week 3 post-op), it stopped.

Keep Pimpin' that Sleeve!

I know this is TMI, but we are all friends here, right? I'm 5 days post op. All I've had is SF Popsicles and Water until yesterday I had some chicken broth. Holy cow! It went straight through me. Fast! Is this normal? Today I had beef broth. Same thing! Am I going to have to eat at home for a while? This is annoying!

[itsnevertoolate 9]

TMI alert !!!! I am so glad to see this post. I'm 4 days post-op and was feeling pretty good so I decided to go to the store. OMG I actually couldn't hold it and I pooped my pants. I don't think I can stay in the house for the next week and a half until I go on pureed foods. Is there any option other than living on my toilet for the next 10 days?

[amanda4166 16]

It's pretty bad. I don't understand how that much liquid poop can come out when hardly anything is going in. It hits me so fast. Don't ever think you are going to just fart either, odds are it's more. My friend said once we get to the puréed stage it gets better so I guess we will have to "tough it out". I've always had an awful phobia about public restrooms so I'm planning my "liquids" around where I am. I know I am shopping tomorrow so I'm just drinking Powerade zero until I get home. That's it. I'll eat the broths when I get home so I'm near my toilet. Sad story but it's the truth

[Branmuffin 190]

I wish I could go! I'm having to take laxatives to go and still nothing !

[VSG AJH 499]

I wish I could go! I'm having to take laxatives to go and still nothing !

Tell me about it, Branmuffin (appropriate name here, by the way!). In the almost three weeks since my sleeve, I've had to use stool softeners, Miralax, MOM, enemas, and green juice just to clear out. I've been able to take care of business a few times since surgery, but it's been mUCH more work than before. I just this week ordered Squatty Potties for each of our bathrooms, and hoping they work as miraculously as promised.

[Branmuffin 190]

Lol what are squatty potties? I've never heard of these

[Sydney Susan 333]

They help with rectal problems rather than the whole of your gut, so may not give full relief. But girls of a certain age (read post-partum and post menopausal) need to take care of that part of their body, so it's a good investment.