Basil wrote:Still little movement on the BM front. From my research here and elsewhere on the web, I expected to be going a dozen times a day (although I recognize there is a bit of selection bias in that effort). It's been quite the opposite. I've been eating very little for no other reason than I'm not hungry and losing 20 pounds would do me good. I've introduced fiber supplements and some prune juice and had a small movement today. But I'm not processing a lot of food and my gut has been mostly quiet.
I'm not sure if this is great or bad but I'll assume the best. I'm out and about - school, errands and a Rockets game tonight, with little fear about a bowel mishap. It just hasn't happened.
I don't think there is a blockage. I've been passing gas and had the occasional BM. There's just very little of it. My GI is probably still recovering from surgery.
So far, so good.
Basil wrote:Weirdness continues. I've been starting to get worried about the lack of BMs 10 days out from surgery. Had much fewer than before surgery.
NOTE: my bowel function was pretty eradic before diagnosis and then beautiful once FOLFOX killed the tumor. Now learning a new normal.
Had three smallish ones today. So things are moving in the regular course, I think. But overall it's been good. I haven't had any signs that going out in public would be dangerous. Quite good on control.
Lee wrote:Good luck, hope there are no problems.
You may already know this, butt will pass along just in case. Some people keep a change of clothes either in their car of office , or both. Just in case
Good luck, sounds like the prune juice might be the thing to drink.
Lee
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