NHMike wrote:ValZen wrote:Hi Mike, I'm glad to hear you're seeing improvement and your control is getting much better! That must be a relief, overall. I'm 3 weeks post-op now and find my daily routine is still all over the place, but know it goes with the territory. I'm back at work as well. I have days where I go 5-6 times and start feeling a bit cocky like "I can handle this! This is nothing..." ...then wham! The next day (like yesterday) I'm going every hour on the hour - just major clustering all day with strong urges. I alternate between the upstairs and downstairs bathroom at work so I don't feel so conspicuous. Fortunately, I've worked with my same co-workers for over 20 years and they're more like family. Today, I'm not having the strong urges and am more like every 2 hours. Go figure. I hope you can get some good sleep in there and today is a good day for you... It can be slow progress, but at least we're moving in the right direction! Take care.
Glad you are doing well enough to work. I may stay home for the full day as a good chunk of it is over.
I alternate bathrooms as well between five of them. There are four additional bathrooms but they are some distance away.
The change yesterday resulted in pain if I held it in for too long which is why I kept going. This morning the pain is gone and I can hold things in for longer. But I don't know if that will remain the case.
Mike, et al- I've not been following what you have tried post-reversal, so apologizes if this is redundant/you have gone this route already. Have you tried bulking up the stool with metamucil (and also starting on immodium)? For me, the first two weeks were rough and horrible- loose stools, constant going, etc. I stayed home from work then... then tried about 1-2 tbls metamucil in the morning and it was like a switch turned on. Stools bulked up and output went way down. Enough that I flew on a plane for 3.5 hrs, 4 weeks out post-reversal (mine was late sept 2017). Because of the travel, I also added an immodium on the flight home- wow that was a huge step also.. so now I take 1/2 tab immodium daily plus the metamucil still. I still have clustering, but it is all very doable, esp. with work... My surgeon recommended the metamucil originally...