2nd step completed and I'm hungry

Ok so I'm in the hospital and just went through my 2nd step of closing my stoma on Wednesday. The surgery was a success; however, I've been throwing up a lot of stomach acid. I feel the anesthesia and the pain killer was too strong for me. They used morphine and I thought the nurse decreased the level drastically at once. It's Saturday and sometimes my heart still beats fast at times and I feel nauseas and throw up lot of acid but afterwards, I feel better. I'm hungry now but doctors say no food till next week. No question but I noticed my intestine have a sort of spasm? It really hurts bad and I feel like my ovary area hurt too. Does anybody experience this?

ByeByeUC thanks for your input. I feel better knowing that it's not just me. Doctors here can't seem to figure out where the vomiting is coming from . I'm glad I posted on here and read your reply. Thank you :) As for the spasms, I guess they are normal . Listening to your comment made me more optimistic.

Liz brings up a good question about passing stool or gas. If you are then that's good because the vomiting and nausea may just be from the anesthesia and pain meds like mine was. But sometimes after abdominal surgery the intestines go to "sleep" and that is what they call an ileus. Hopefully it's just from the anesthesia. I was really surprised about those spasms too but don't let them freak you out....they will go away! Keep us posted...

Thanks everyone. It really does help to have support...thank you...yes, I have been passing stool (but all green watery from IV) and gas is just...only a little comes out when I use the bathroom. Yes, those spasms are killing me...it may be gas? I'm not sure. What did you do when you felt bloated? I started walking a little hoping it will help. I've been wanting to pass gas while laying down but am afraid that stool may come out as well so just been putting a pad there and pass gas in the restroom. And yes, I did have a tube through my nose that connected to my stomach. I think they used it to take out all the acid. Ugh.

Yes I also feel bloated like you but I feel most of the bloating is up towards my stomach. It's so hard to let out gas, really. I do let it out when I use the restroom but even then I sort of have to wait or push it out. It wasn't like this when I had a stoma. Well of course since I wasn't using my bum but still. I feel like this second step is a more complicated one. They finally said ok to sipping water or tea :) They're going to keep me for another ten days I think. But the spasms are really painful . Thank u for your advice and stuff ...I appreciate it. So you're completely eating normally now then? I mean I see u had takedown 3 yrs ago . How different is it from your stoma days?

yea, my hubby was only in for his step 2 a total of four days as well. dont be surprised if the stomach spasms continue for a while. my hubby didnt have any step two complications aside from the incredible stomach spasms. i believe it lasted about three weeks. he had to take vicodin at home to cope with them.

it was all basically gas pain though... he was going poop but it seemed like the gas just stayed in there all the time and rumbled around. till one night about a week or so after his surgery, he went to the bathroom and i kid you not he farted for like two minutes straight. it was the most hillarious thing... we laughed and laughed. but he felt a ton better afterwards!

in the hospital he only had one episode of nausea but it was because of the morphine they gave him. we had them immediately take the pump down and only give him tylenol and after that he didnt have any nausea.

sorry to hear you are having a problem with your tummy. i hope it clears up soon.

my hubby is only about a month out but he can basically eat whatever he wants. his doctor told him to eat as normal so his system would get used to everything. only thing he was told to stay away from was raw veggies for a few weeks ... he even ate a bag of popcorn the other day with no problems.

he also goes to the bathroom 3-4 times a day but we have been told he has the superman of jpouches and his results are not typical.