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Posted 6/11/2011 10:25 AM (GMT 0)
I'm not having a problem with it, I'm back to my morning bowel movement as normal.
It's the pain. It's like your colen swells from the waste inside and puts pressure on the area where the prostate use to be.
Ounce I have the bowel movement, the pain is gone. I'm taking stool softeners.
Is this normal? Pain can be pretty intense.
Thanks, Dave
Posted 6/11/2011 10:43 AM (GMT 0)
For a guy that is four days post surgery - yeppers - sounds normal to me. It should go away soon enough.
Posted 6/11/2011 11:02 AM (GMT 0)
No worries...I'm over three weeks out from open RP, still taking softeners, and still having some discomfort. It gets less painful with time but isn't normal yet. Hang it there...it'll get better!
Posted 6/11/2011 11:15 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the quick replies.
Posted 6/11/2011 1:57 PM (GMT 0)
Fwiw, I am now almost a year out, and my bm's are not quite back to "pre-surgery" normal, but I can detect small improvements over time. I predict that within another six months, I'll be 95%.

I'm sure this varies with the individual, diet, activity,....

K
Posted 6/11/2011 8:35 PM (GMT 0)
SOnus normal to me. It took me 2 days to have a BM after surgery. I Had discomfort and remember sitting on the toilet so long my feet went to sleep.
Posted 6/11/2011 8:46 PM (GMT 0)
I started using Metamucil.

I take one large rounded teaspoon with water, and follow

with another glass of water.  I am very pleased with the results.

The stool softener made me go like a rabit.  Metamucil is ensuring

I don't back up.  Softeners don't make you go, but metamucil does.

Posted 6/11/2011 8:54 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, it is most definitely normal.

You will probably find in general that you will have a new normal.

Mel

Posted 6/12/2011 10:05 PM (GMT 0)
My first BM didn't happen until19 days after surgery. So as far as I'm concerned you are luck to be able to go at all. It will get easier with time. Hopefully the next hurdle( incontinence) goes easy.
Posted 6/12/2011 10:12 PM (GMT 0)
Think I was 7 days out of open surgery before I had a real BB, I remember having some of that type of pain as you mentioned, and my uro assured me it would resolve it self over time, and for it did shortly after. I think you are doing fine so far, and hope you continue to heal well.

david in sc
Posted 6/13/2011 12:38 AM (GMT 0)
I suffer from constipation from time-to-time. Fortunately, my first BM was about 2-3 days post-surgery. That "took a load off my mind!"

Also fortunately I did not have that problem during SRT and I've been fine since then in that area.

Mel

Posted 6/16/2011 8:35 PM (GMT 0)
New guy here so hope I'm not butting in.....surgery a week ago Wednesday at Hopkins. Have had regular BM every day but one since the second day post-op. Attempt this morning scared the hell out of me as quantities of blood spurted out around catheter but I'm assured that's something that happens.

I've been on a regimen of Milk of Magnesia and Mineral Oil (recommended by surgeon) everyday except missed yesterday which made today a bit harder and hence, more troublesome. All worked out well later in the day though still some blood.

I think most important is to watch diet carefully, avoiding things that are binding, sticking to stuff like fruits, fiber, berries, etc.
Posted 6/16/2011 10:21 PM (GMT 0)
^^^^^^^

Ditto on above post regarding diet. Watch what you eat initially and you'll be much more "comfortable".

steve

Posted 6/16/2011 11:21 PM (GMT 0)
It took me a few days to have a BM.  When I did have a BM I would get blood.  This lasted for about 3 weeks after surgery.  Not all BMs produced blood but many did.  I didn't push very hard because I thought I would rip the anastomosis.  Even after the blood stopped during a BM, I thought I could feel my anastomosis pulling for a few more weeks.  I was real easy on the BM muscles for over a month.  The Uro never told me to be easy on the BM muscles but I really thought I could feel the anastomosis stretching sometimes during a BM.
Posted 6/16/2011 11:35 PM (GMT 0)
I had blood today during a BM and it totally freaked me out even though I was aware of that possibility but it hadn't happened before. Guess i just thought it would be a little bit but this was a gusher! When i tried to complete things later, still got a little but not nearly as much.

I cannot express how pleased I am to find these forums. Hearing others experiences is not only education but very comforting, both because I see others dealing with the same thing but also because the experience of those who are days or weeks ahead of me provide a great roadmap as to what I can expect.

I guess I ought to put together one of those charts a lot of you use, at least as much as I can.

Thanks.
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