Good to hear things are getting better for you!

Regarding the BM’s…how’s your appetite? Are you eating enough to kickstart things?

I had my surgery on a Wednesday, and had my first BM on the following Saturday, and then at least one a day after that - very small ones for probably two weeks, then they slowly got back to my pre-surgery experience.

During my first few weeks of recovery, I had a pretty good appetite and I ate quite a bit. All soft foods for the first several days (tomato soup, applesauce, pudding, yogurt) - I didn’t eat a lot at once, but I didn’t eat just the three meals, either - I grazed all day, so to speak, lots of small meals, if you’d even call them that.

That helped me, I think, along with the walking. Good luck!