Bathroom issues....TMI

[beckyloo4 40]

Ok, this may seem like too much information, but I need to know if I'm the only one....

While on the two week preop liquid diet, I was in the bathroom at least once every 45-60 minutes to empty my bladder. I'm now 8 days post op, taking in 60+ ounces of fluids the same as before surgery, and I'm lucky to visit the bathroom 4 times a day. When I do go, it's not much.

Is this normal with anyone else?

[2biglamb 65]

Yep same thing happened to me! I am 2 mths post op now and still only go a few times a day.

[beckyloo4 40]

Yep same thing happened to me! I am 2 mths post op now and still only go a few times a day.

Ok, glad to know I'm not the only one lol

[Bigjkzgrl 40]

I would bring it up at my next doctors visit just the same if I were you. Could be nothing but can't hurt to ask about it.

[beckyloo4 40]

I would bring it up at my next doctors visit just the same if I were you. Could be nothing but can't hurt to ask about it.

I plan on it. I have my two week post op appointment on Tuesday.

[Wallflower7522 328]

Same thing happened to me. What I read about it is that your carb stores in your liver hold on to Water so when you're doing your preop diet you're flushing out a lot of excess carbs and water.

[Kookichu 113]

Same thing happening to me. I just consider that pre surgery, I drank a LOT of diet Pepsi and now it is a steady intake of Water and milk. I chalk the change up to the fact that my body is somehow using the water and milk whereas before it was flushing out the gratuitous amount of diet soda I used to drink.

Edited March 30, 2014 by Kookichu

[sharondamagby 2]

My doctor told me during my pre-op that my bathroom habits would change. Drinking the liquids, along with the laxative, was helping to flush your large intestines before your surgery. Question for you...were your bm's watery during your liquid diet?

[beckyloo4 40]

My doctor told me during my pre-op that my bathroom habits would change. Drinking the liquids, along with the laxative, was helping to flush your large intestines before your surgery. Question for you...were your bm's watery during your liquid diet?

I wasn't given a laxative pre-op, just had the two week liquid diet. I had a bm about a week after surgery and am now back to my normal schedule like before surgery. The only thing that has changed is my urine output. It's a LOT less.