Pancakes!!

The surgeon just visited and said everything is going great especially because i'm going (8 or 9 times since 5 am). No further instructions, however, just that i need to experiment with what i can eat.
Could you post the essentials from the instructions you got when you were released? about holding it and waiting and training the pouch. My bowels started moving about 30 hours after the surgery, liquid and not entirely controllable. I have to pay attention to every body feeling and no one here is giving advice. Thanks in advance.

Hello! I posted to your other thread, but will comment in this specifically here. So sorry I missed your first few post op days. :-(.

As far as the training goes....kegels, kegels, kegels....but I know that you know that. Things starting up after 30 hours is great! For the holding it and training the pouch: I did not worry about this for the first 2-3 days. I just went when it felt like I had to. After that though, I started going in to the toilet, sitting down, but practicing holding it in for a minute or so before I let things out. As I became confident in my ability to do that, I increased the time a little bit. All of this while sitting on the toilet so if my attempts to hold it in failed, I was already in the right place and no big deal about things coming on out.

Once I had that down, I started holding it and waiting a minute or two before I got up to go to the bathroom. Gradually, I was able to extend that time. You will too! Just give your body time to adjust to what is going on and use the Immodium as you need it.

On the food front, things got much better for me pouch wise once I was able to get something in me that was more substantial than ice cream or liquids. Peanut butter sandwiches, mashed potatoes, grilled cheese sandwiches, crackers....adding these into my diet a few days into my hospital stay made a huge difference for me in terms of frequency. Try slowly advancing to these food with small portions to start and see if they help you.

I will check in more frequently in the coming days, so please post anymore questions you have.

I do know that things went exceedingly well for me. However, that doesn't mean your situation won't improve. As for the holding, I wouldn't try to do it in bed, etc. Just, if you feel an urge try to hold it in once you sit on the toilet even if it's only a few seconds. Obviously, there isn't much to be done about the times it catches you unaware aside from staying on top of those kegels. It sounds like you are doing well with food. Don't be too jealous of the ice cream....it was just those little plastic cups of fakey ice cream and not very awesome at all. ;-)