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Bowels rebooting post surgery? Never trust a fart!
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My experience after surgery over 15 months ago is that my bowels have never returned to normal since then. Not sure anyone else has experienced similar, but I've had constipation since my surgery. It definitely started at that point and no one has been able to explain why.
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@ramblinman (normal bowels)
I had the same thing, & my oncologist suggested MiraLax (Costco: LaxaClear), which I've been on ever since. I adjust the daily dosage to have the desired consistency.
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@ramblinman I feel for you. Hoping time eventually gets you there.
Read your comment and decided to open up the bottle of prune juice I bought pre-surgery. Funny thing, I was in supermarket checkout line buying two bottles of prune juice and bananas and ran into someone I knew. They did a double-take on my cart items....stuttered for a second but then kept chatting. I said nothing because what to you say in that situation.
I've been trying to go high fiber food wise (smoothie, oatmeal, bananas), but may have to kick it up a notch.
Have you heard of prune butter? https://www.verywellhealth.com/warm-prune-juice-and-butter-constipation-11716135
May go there next.