My husband had his reconnect about 4 weeks ago. This first week he did great. We were shocked at how well he was feeling. Aside from the burning and pain from the surgery he was doing well. He even planned to go back to work. Unfortunately that didn't last. He began having trouble "going". He would feel the urgency but then when he would sit on the toilet nothing would come out. He would get these horrific cramps or spasms throughout the day/night that would put him in the fetal position on the couch moaning in pain and the cramps would get even worse when he tried to go to the bathroom. I am talking excruciating pain. My husband is a tough guy so to hear him yelling from the bathroom breaks my heart. He also has trouble urinating and has stool come out when he urinates. He has found "icing" down there and taking Ibuprofen helps. He tried to sit to urinate but he could not go that way. He eventually realized that he could actually "go#2" if he did it standing up. He still feels like he is not emptying completely and it takes about 4 trips to the bathroom to finally feel empty. Is all this part of a normal recovery? I know it takes a full year of recovery but to have to poo standing up seems to be not a normal thing. I have read about people squatting on the toilet but he has tried that and it does not work. He has had a CT scan which did not show anything unusually and this week we are scheduling an MRI. The Dr. seems to think it could just be swelling that will go away on its own but I don't believe he understands just how much pain he is in and the severity of him not being able to go to the bathroom naturally. Please help! Has anyone else experienced this?
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Krittyd, I am going on four years post takedown and I do remember what you are describing. I was good for the first two or three weeks, and then the gas, pain and urgency started. I would feel tremendous urgency and gas pain but nothing came out. I found that, if I stood with bent knees and sort of hovered over the toilet, I was able to get some out. Some yoga poses helped, too, like getting on the floor on all fours and lifting the tailbone towards the ceiling, then tucking it under, back and forth. This went on until I was put on Cipro at around six months. The urgency went away and so did the pain. I feel for you and your husband. It's awful to be in such discomfort and feel like your doctor isn't taking it seriously. I hope he gets relief soon.
Thanks for your response. Do you know what causes this problem and why the Cipro worked to stop it? What made your Dr. finally put you on Cipro after 6 months? I hope my husband doesn't have to suffer that long! No one should have to go through that! Fortunately, he has a job that he can do most of it from home or we would be in BIG trouble. I will let him know about the yoga poses too.
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I can rarely expel gas on the toilet (if his pain is from gas). I have to lay on my side with knees bent. This helps release gas without releasing stool.
Maybe he has cuffitis?
Maybe he has cuffitis?
I had the same trouble and pain that he is describing. When the pain hit, it immediately brought me to tears. For me, they thought for sure the pain was my uterus getting in the way of the pouch but finally over the past 3 weeks or so, the pains are starting to go away. I've had a stretch of 6-7 days without pain and then I will get them back for a day or two and they go away again.
I had other people say they experienced the same thing and it just went away at about the 6 month mark, which is about where I'm at.
Maybe it's nerves that were severely damaged during surgery? I'm not sure but hopefully, time will help heal everything for both of us.
I had other people say they experienced the same thing and it just went away at about the 6 month mark, which is about where I'm at.
Maybe it's nerves that were severely damaged during surgery? I'm not sure but hopefully, time will help heal everything for both of us.