I'm like you, I get constipated. Count yourself lucky because it may keep you from getting to severe diarrhea during chemo, especially if you ever end up on irinotecan (FOLFORI). I know constipation feels like poo (no pun intended) and you should be able to go back on the miralax (I use it too, it'...

My surgeon advised a bit of prune juice -I was about 5 days out of surgery and hadn't had a BM yet. Worked like a charm. Thanks for the info. I did indeed buy a big jug of prune juice and had some this morning. I guess I shouldn't complain as I have had bowel movements the last week, it is just thi...

I have another question, since earlier today I felt like I had to have a BM but went in and nothing happened. Tried 2-3 times but didn't want to really strain. Now this afternoon I have this feeling of fullness in I guess would be the rectal area. I mentioned constipation to the surgeon and all he s...

Like the others have said, I'm really happy you got right on it. I hope it will heal immediately. The antibiotics MAY give you some issues with diarrhea (they may not, too, not trying to worry you), but if you do get antibiotic induced diarrhea, let your docs know right away :wink: Wishing you a re...

This happened to me about 10 days after surgery. I, also, called my surgeon's emergency number early one Sunday morning, and he said that as long as the fluid was clear, pink, or rusty it was fine as long as I wasn't running a fever or seeing more redness around the incision site. I had a hole abou...

Mine leaked for a good 6 weeks. I called the doctor and he wasn't concerned. On my followup appointment, he explained to me that he put the sutures far apart so the stuff could leak out. Better to come out than to create a pocket inside and get infected. He told me it was fine as long as the fluid ...

Thanks all of you. When I went to the ER today I talked to the DR on call about it , He looked at my legs. It is both legs, feet and ankles, told him I was on HCTZ 12.5 mg and said I could take two a day instead of one as they also make a 25 mg. He also had said it is quite common after surgery and ...

Thanks so much all of you!! :o I did indeed go to the ER. The ER Doc said it did look like it may be infection because of the redness was starting to spread out and he pushed on the place where the discharge came out a few times, and said it looked like some of it was thicker. He took some cultures ...

Had my Colectomy on the 20th. I was just sitting here at the computer a bit ago and felt wet down there.....went to look and I was leaking...it was actually draining down like a water pipe. (slow) It is light to medium pink. I did call an urgent care clinic. She said I could either bandage it and wa...

SBL You're quite right. Most of you know that the process for all new posters is to have a certain number of posts moderated before the poster is allowed to just post without approval. I see a fair amount of posts from 'new' people that are very ambiguous - things like 'hi i'm new here" and I ...

Hey thanks so much for your response! LOL, you are right, we are all more concerned than anyone else about our own symptoms but Dr's n Nurses should be LOL I am on the hydrochlor........oh Ihate that word haha :lol: It helps to raise my legs .........just worrying about complications like oh you kno...

I found this site when the first Dr felt quite sure I may have colon cancer because it was such a mess, mass etc..........but turned out to be severe diverticulitis. Please forgive me if this is a board only for cancer but the following question I haven't gotten any response on a different forum. I ...

Yes, I had a colonoscoy last week and they had to stop as said there is a blockage. Tomorrow I go for my Barium Enema and we see what happens. I'm staying positive as I feel fine. Back in October I had a parital bowel obstruction this is my 4th, last one was about 9 yrs ago, I'm now 46. The reason ...

Hi, I had a colonoscopy and the Dr said he couldnt get through. They also tried a Barium Enema and that wouldnt go through very far either. He wants to do surgery and says I have a 50% chance of it being cancer, the other 50% diverticulitis or both. Mass on the right lower pelvis, blood from vagina...

I understand the stress and part of my advice would be try not to worry ahead of time about what has not been confirmed yet. I find if I can compartmentalize and separate what is known from what "might be", and shut down worrying about what "might be", I do better. I wouldn't wo...