Last week I had a horse accident and as a result I was hospitalized, was put on morphine and had surgery for the first time in my life.
Naturally, I was worried about having a bowel accident laying in my hospital bed (having on the average of 6-10 diahrea bms per day normally). I was not familiar with problems associated with morphine, a histamine releaser. Turns out it totally froze my intestinal tract.
I was not surprised that the nurses and doctors were not the least bit familiar with masotcytic enterocolitis and when I would try to explain it to them, they looked at me like I had grown two more heads on my shoulders.
In the time between my accident and surgery 28 hours, I never had colon spasms or a need to use the bathroom. I was on ativan and morphine. After surgery I realized how terribly bloated I had become. I had no urge to use the bathroom which turned into lack of appetite and a horrible feeling of gut distention. 5 days later, after I was home, I administered an enema after milk of magnesia, given 2 days earlier did not get things moving.
Today, 3 days since the enema and 1 week since my accident, my bowel movements are as close to normal as they have been in 5 years. I even drink coffee in the morning.
Why have these changes occurred? Will I stay close to normal?
Naturally, I was worried about having a bowel accident laying in my hospital bed (having on the average of 6-10 diahrea bms per day normally). I was not familiar with problems associated with morphine, a histamine releaser. Turns out it totally froze my intestinal tract.
I was not surprised that the nurses and doctors were not the least bit familiar with masotcytic enterocolitis and when I would try to explain it to them, they looked at me like I had grown two more heads on my shoulders.
In the time between my accident and surgery 28 hours, I never had colon spasms or a need to use the bathroom. I was on ativan and morphine. After surgery I realized how terribly bloated I had become. I had no urge to use the bathroom which turned into lack of appetite and a horrible feeling of gut distention. 5 days later, after I was home, I administered an enema after milk of magnesia, given 2 days earlier did not get things moving.
Today, 3 days since the enema and 1 week since my accident, my bowel movements are as close to normal as they have been in 5 years. I even drink coffee in the morning.
Why have these changes occurred? Will I stay close to normal?
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