It's finally done

...that all is going pretty well for you.  I had my surgery on 2/19...had a few complications but a month later I'm in  pretty good shape.  I will tell you this....I was like you.  I was passing gas and my stomach was rumbling but nothing else was happening.  It took me about four or five days after I got home from the hospital for anything to happen (and that was using a stool softener and chomping on prunes).  But when it DID happen, EVERYTHING felt better.  My back.  My sides.  It's really when I turned the corner and started feeling like each day was better.  So, hang in there.  Once the magic happens you'll start feeling much better and hopefully will start feeling those daily improvements.  

Were you discharged after only 20 hours? Did they put stitches to seal the drainage hole? It's already a few days later but don't strain yourself.  I can't quite remember but I don't think I had moved after 17 hours I was just lying on my back tubes in each arm and cathatar (I had a problem with my blood maybe that made it worse). Anyway it's good news everything has gone well now you are just on the slow road to recovery.

Congratulations on it being over!  To answer some of your questions, at least from my perspective.

I also passed a considerable volume of pee, and continue to do so to this day (my surgery was in June, 2016), but I drink a lot of water as I exercise a lot).

I think I had a bowel movement two or three days after the surgery.  It's not unusual after a total anesthesia to have it take a little while for your bowels to wake up.  Once you make the movement, the discomefort will go down quite a bit, as will the nausea.

Some of the other discomfort is likely from the gas that's pumped into your abdomen during surgery.  Some of it remains trapped inside for a while.  The walking you're doing is the best medication for that.  I remember iwth each of my surgeries, the discomfort from that gas asn't in my abdomen, but in my right shoulder.  Funny how that worked out.

Regarding the drain, that wasn't a big issue for me.  It felt very, VERY strange coming out, but I didn't have any discomfort.  Now the catheter coming out, that was an entirely different thing.  I was familiar with how it would feel coming out and, truth be told, I didn't have any fears going into the surgery other than that damn catheter.  I'm guessing it was invented by the Marquis de Sade.

Best wishes for a good get together with the doc on Monday.

Don't forget about your breathing exercises!  Don't need pneumonia from breathing too shallowly.  The first couple of weeks are rough, so allow yourself plenty of rest.  Things heal up much quicker externally than internally, so keep in mind the stuff you can't see is pretty pissed off right now.  Just think, all your inards have been pushed, pulled, cut, yanked, stitched, etc and all the while screaming HEY.....what do you think you're doing, GET OUT!  Be kind to yourself, take it easy, and glad to hear your bowels are finally waking up.

Donna~

So glad you are through and you pooped!! Lol. That pain can be worse than anything. My experience was beyond awful lol. Here's to a slow, but uneventful healing stage!!!! You did it!!!!