Hi there, my husband had his takedown on 5/2 and remarkably, he was out of the hospital by 5/4. He was keeping foods down and he had a bowel movement right away on day 3.
So far, everything has seemingly gone well. Except for these mind numbing pains he gets. The pain is intense for maybe 10-15 seconds and then it subsides and he feels fine again. Most of the time after the pain we can hear gurgling and things moving through his intestines. Upon doing some research, I am guessing this is gas pain?
His doctor gave him hydrocodone with acetaminophen for the pain but warned him that it could cause constipation. He doesn't take them very often because we're not convinced they are actually working? But oddly enough he's not actually going to the bathroom all that much.
His tummy is a bit bloated but not terribly... and we can hear the gas inside him but it never seems to come out? His pouch is working and he is having movements but not nearly as many as all the stories I read. I heard on the boards that the normal is like 15-20 times a day but his is much much lower. The first and second day he was doing maybe 7-8 times but today he's only actually gone about 3 or 4 times. He's not having urgency problems and the stool that is coming out is actually a mixture of solid poo and liquid at the same time. He told me he also seems to have to push quite hard and really focus on what he's doing to get stuff to come out.
He doesn't have a huge appetite yet. But I am trying to make sure he's eating something at least 3 times a day and drinking water. Could the pain pills be making him constipated? I also got him some Gas-X but I'm not sure if that is helping either.
Will this pain eventually subside on its own or is he always going to have these gas pains? And how come he doesn't actually seem to be farting even though we can hear it gurgling around in there?
Thanks!
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