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I'm HOME!!! Without a bag!!

just4Brooks
just4Brooks CSN Member Posts: 980 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Hey.. I made it home okay.. Now I'm just waiting to poop. I'm eating a reg diet sense lunch and liquid diet yesterday and this moring. I'm trying to drink and walk to help get things moving. You you have any ides to how I can get things to pass more quickly please let me know.

Lov ya
Brooks
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  • lisa42
    lisa42 CSN Member Posts: 3,625 Member
    #2
    gum
    Hi Brooks,

    I'm amazed that you're already home- that's great! I don't have firsthand experience with your surgery, but I did read somewhere that chewing gum gets the whole digestive system going & that supposedly, people who chew gum in the hospital after GI surgeries get to go home an average of 1-2 days sooner because things got moving sooner. Try it!

    Take care and rest up!

    Lisa
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  • dianetavegia
    dianetavegia CSN Member Posts: 1,942 Member
    #3
    Hip Hip Hurray
    Glad it all went well. Hope the spirit moves soon. ;O
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  • lcarper2
    lcarper2 CSN Member Posts: 635 Member
    #4
    dianetavegia said:

    Hip Hip Hurray
    Glad it all went well. Hope the spirit moves soon. ;O

    glad to see
    you home and doing so well just don't rush the healing take it easy
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  • AnneCan
    AnneCan CSN Member Posts: 3,673 Member
    #5
    Congratulations, it sounds
    Congratulations, it sounds like you did well to be home so quickly!
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  • karguy
    karguy CSN Member Posts: 1,020 Member
    #6
    Glad
    I'm glad your finally home ,and doing ok.I think if you keep walking,and eating,it will eventually start to come out.Good luck.
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  • just4Brooks
    just4Brooks CSN Member Posts: 980 Member
    #7
    karguy said:

    Glad
    I'm glad your finally home ,and doing ok.I think if you keep walking,and eating,it will eventually start to come out.Good luck.

    Maybe if I
    Tried a Shop-vac and Duct-tape?
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  • tootsie1
    tootsie1 CSN Member Posts: 5,044 Member
    #8
    Yay!
    Awesome, Brooks! Hope everything "goes" well soon!

    *hugs*
    Gail
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  • Jaylo969
    Jaylo969 CSN Member Posts: 824 Member
    #9
    just4Brooks said:

    Maybe if I
    Tried a Shop-vac and Duct-tape?

    congratulations!
    Sounds like you are in pretty good spirits.Hope things get to moving soon.

    -Pat
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  • Kathleen808
    Kathleen808 CSN Member Posts: 2,342 Member
    #10
    Yeah Brooks!
    Yeah, you're home!!! Yes! Praying everything is good real soon.

    Aloha,
    Kathleen
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  • John23
    John23 CSN Member Posts: 2,121 Member
    #11
    lisa42 said:

    gum
    Hi Brooks,

    I'm amazed that you're already home- that's great! I don't have firsthand experience with your surgery, but I did read somewhere that chewing gum gets the whole digestive system going & that supposedly, people who chew gum in the hospital after GI surgeries get to go home an average of 1-2 days sooner because things got moving sooner. Try it!

    Take care and rest up!

    Lisa

    Chewing gum


    Yeah, I heard that too. But make sure it's not bubble gum, and
    don't swallow it! The bubbles will stick to your underwear and
    make life really difficult.




    Good luck, ehh.....!


    John
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  • Patteee
    Patteee CSN Member Posts: 945
    #12
    wow you are home already?
    I
    wow you are home already?
    I would be careful on the regular food until your bowels wake up, if you start vomiting, you will know it was too soon
    I was in the hospital a week after colostomy take down- that is how long it took for the bowels to wake up and get a moving. My surgeon said ahead of surgery I would be in 7 days- that that was pretty much the average on getting bowels to move.
    Good luck
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  • Sundanceh
    Sundanceh CSN Member Posts: 4,392 Member
    #13
    Amazing!
    Unbelievable turnaround, can't believe you are already at the house.

    Can't believe they let you out of the hospital before you pooped either - that's usually standard protocol.

    Normally a 7-8 day period for the bowels to wake up after surgery.

    WTG - Craig
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  • coloCan
    coloCan CSN Member Posts: 1,944 Member
    #14
    Sundanceh said:

    Amazing!
    Unbelievable turnaround, can't believe you are already at the house.

    Can't believe they let you out of the hospital before you pooped either - that's usually standard protocol.

    Normally a 7-8 day period for the bowels to wake up after surgery.

    WTG - Craig

    Waiting to flow with the go? heh
    Keep a bedpan nearby if you can't get out of bed yet; remember you're on your own now when ya gotta move....Hope pain is beerable....steve
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  • Marauders99
    Marauders99 CSN Member Posts: 22
    #15
    Congrats Brooks. When I had
    Congrats Brooks. When I had my reversal I did took a lot of short walks but still got backed up, to the point where I had an 18 hour period of vomiting about 3 days post-surgery. What ended up getting things moving for me was lying on one side for a few minutes then flipping to my other side after a few minutes, back and forth. It was completely by accident that I flipped once, heard some gurgling down then and a little movement so I kept flipping. A few hours later things were moving. Totally unscientific and maybe only worked for me, but it might be worth a try if nothing else seems to be working.

    Scott
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  • PhillieG
    PhillieG CSN Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #16
    Hmmm
    maybe they can send your belongings to your house. Oh, THAT kind of bag!
    Great news!!!!
    Sometimes Mexican food does it for me but then again, it can burn on it's exit...
    -p
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  • RickMurtagh
    RickMurtagh CSN Member Posts: 587 Member
    #17
    John23 said:

    Chewing gum


    Yeah, I heard that too. But make sure it's not bubble gum, and
    don't swallow it! The bubbles will stick to your underwear and
    make life really difficult.




    Good luck, ehh.....!


    John

    laf
    laf
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  • RickMurtagh
    RickMurtagh CSN Member Posts: 587 Member
    #18
    OUTSTANDING!
    Glad the procedure was uncomplicated. I hope things get moving for you very soon!
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  • lizzydavis
    lizzydavis CSN Member Posts: 893
    #19
    RickMurtagh said:

    OUTSTANDING!
    Glad the procedure was uncomplicated. I hope things get moving for you very soon!

    Great News! Glad you are home.
    Great News! Glad you are home. Prune juice works for me.
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  • Aud
    Aud CSN Member Posts: 479
    #20
    Congratulations...
    ...Brooks. I don't know why but whenever I browse in a bookstore, I gotta go.
    Aud
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  • geotina
    geotina CSN Member Posts: 2,111 Member
    #21
    Hey Brooks
    Gosh you sure got home quick and I hope the bowels wake up quick also.

    Take it easy, walk a little.

    Tina
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