@lizduffey, I'm so sorry that he's going through this (and you too, in a different way). I see that dilaudid was added to the mix; that's what I was going to recommend, based on the various pain meds I was given in the hospital after my Whipple. I was also allowed to take dilaudid 2mg, 4x/day, for a week after my discharge.

Apologies for asking about something that's probably been addressed, but -- has someone on his team ensured that he's taking something OTC (Miralax or Colace) to counteract the binding effects of some of the pain meds?