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@heavyphil

I’ve been down this road and I’m STILL on it! But I won’t digress…
Most posters have given you excellent advice- Miralax is pretty good. But you CAN’T PUSH after surgery! I did and wound up bleeding from every surgical incision (robot) plus the drain and the penis; wound up with an incisional hernia and corrective bladder surgery from it.
An enema is an excellent remedy to get you out of the impaction phase you are heading into if you don’t poop soon. After you administer it, try to hold it in as long as you can otherwise you’ll just excrete water.
Also, remember that you’ve been placed on a soft diet post op and that contributes to
Decreased stool production.
I recently purchased a ‘squatty potty’ on Amazon snd it is extremely helpful in aiding your leg/abdominal position and giving you a built in push posture that reduces straining on your part. Best!

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I am almost a year scones last chemo for lymphoma B
Tumour pet scan shows complete remission
I found that I was always constipated, drug store remedies did not always help
My oncologist suggested I try a couple of dried prunes followed by large Glass of water then half hour later small bowl of oat meal Then wait half hour before having a cup of coffee
Bingo it works 90% of the time with in the next hour
Sometimes I do not need the coffee and I am finding more so lately that I returning to a normal regularity
Anyway it worked for me Oncolgist explained that the my poop was drying out and this routine was helping to lubricate things
Give it a try for a short time and see if it helps also exercise your bowel muscles