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I should have been a bit clearer in that my instructions were to not eat anything after midnight on the day before surgery. We ate normally for dinner, not a heavy meal, and I also drank a 32 oz bottle of regular Gatorade 2 hours later, about 8:00. There was a type of Gatorade that was not...

I was drinking Gatorade before surgery, the day before and the day of. The nurse and doctor both said they found that people did noticeably better after surgery when they had some fuel stored up to help the body start to recover. I believe it helped quite a bit, since my general sense of well...

Sandwich and ice cream, sign me up! Well, constipation is thankfully not the problem, from what I can tell. They believe it is that the food/fecal matter is not passing easily by the sutured site where the bowel was joined back together. The doctor said my belly felt less hard and looked a...

A great point about teeth, I was in the hospital for five days and only thought about my teeth on the fourth day, then started brushing. Would take floss next time. Best not to lose ground on good tooth care... Saw the surgeon today along with his understudy(?). They both felt that I was one of...

I was a little surprised too. When I left the hospital the day after surgery, the orders said regular diet! I had instructions to not eat nuts, or raw fruits or vegetables, generally eat food that is well cooked and easy to chew. Well, we did that and more. When I called the surgeon's office...

Enlarged prostate, like many men who are close to 60. Just discovered Flowmax after surgery, when was having difficulty urinating and had to admit was struggling some with that before surgery. My father carried the radioactive implants for at least fifteen years to deal with his prostate cancer...

Fortunately, my one month follow up from surgery is tomorrow afternoon. I know there are no magic bullets, but hope he has at least a silver one!! Heading out now for another long walk, since that is what helps me feel best and the nurses and doctors both said exercise was critical to recovery.

Update: In two days it will be a month since my surgery. From Saturday through Thursday of last week I was in the hospital after vomiting up dinner on Last Friday, then not being interested in eating or drinking on Saturday. After a day and a half on IV fluids finally started to pee again. Was...

I just had a resection for Crohn's two weeks ago, about 8" came out, trailing end of small bowel and beginning of large. It was laparoscopic and went very well. Not sure how that compares to how much you might need removed, but I can say that techniques have made great advances. Only in hospital...

Update: Tonight is 16 days after surgery and feeling physically quite good, except no bowel movements for 5 days. Did fine for a few days, after waiting four days, then nothing. Have been taking MiraLax once per day for the last two days and will again tomorrow morning. On advice of surgeon...

I'm grateful for the feedback from forum members. It has provided some useful perspective on where I am in the process. Once again I'm feeling very fortunate, both to have found this forum as a resource and for the soft but relatively normal bowel movement this morning after a 20 minute walk...

Thank you for the feedback, it's very reassuring to hear from someone who has been there. I have no nausea, thankfully. Had a talk with the nurse today and she reinforced what you said. The general message was if passing some gas and no nausea, keep getting exercise, be brave enough to eat a...

I'm eating some food. Had a turkey sandwich, jello and broth day after surgery, then yogurt and banana smoothie and chicken broth with tiny pasta yesterday. More chicken broth today and in a fit if not thinking (2 oxycodone), a banana muffin with chocolate chips and walnuts at 2:00am last night...

Gee, I love my spell checker on my iPad. Had a resection, not spending any time thinking about erections lately...

Three days ago I had a laparoscopic erection, terminal ileum, valve and cecum. They took about 8" total. Now I just have a little gas at the third day, feeling a little bloated. How long might be before I start to see BM's? I feel pretty good, however am concerned about lack of activity and do...