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    Default I think my belly is going to EXPLODE

    I'm seriously wondering if I need to go to the E.R.

    I had laproscopic surgery yesterday to remove a cyst on my fallopian tube. I hadn't had a B.M. in two days because of anxiety and I have some IBS issues. Okay, well, pain meds make it even worse. So as soon as I got home from the hospital I took two laxatives and drank water all day long. Nothing happens. Before bed I took two more laxatives. Woke up this morning drank a pot of coffee and felt some churning but still nothing. Not even gas! I took two more laxatives this afternoon and still nothing but churning. I literally weigh 10 pounds more than I did yesterday morning and I look 5 months pregnant. I am starting to really get concerned!

    Any experience/advice???




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    Default Re: I think my belly is going to EXPLODE

    i really think your only option is to go to the hospital and have something done. that cant be healthy!

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    Go to the emergcy room Your bowels are not moving, call your doctor let them know whats going on! Now hurray up and call the doctor if you have to page use your cell phone for the return number and had to the ER
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    Sounds like a bowel impaction... ER..... Like now....

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    I hope you are getting off the computer and heading to the emergency room now!I can not stress this how important is is that you go to the Er NOW. You need to seek medical help now because you just had surgery and the swelling in your stomach could be from your bowels not moving or your surgery and since we are not doctors we do not know! GO to the emergency room now!
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    Default Re: I think my belly is going to EXPLODE

    I have moderately severe IBS, but I get the squirts instead of constipation...I don't know if that's better or worse, actually...But when I'm having a flare-up, my tummy is ROCK HARD and hurts like...I don't even want to think about it. For me too, I rumble but get nothing to show for it.

    Anyways.

    Could the fact that you haven't has a B.M be due to not eating prior to the surgery? If not, bloating up like that could be a serious problem. It never hurts to go back to the hospital for an emergency follow up.

    As well, the "swelly belly" seems to be pretty common after such a surgery:

    http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Ovaria...ages/3763.html

    My solution to weird medical issues is to call Healthlink (it's a Canada-wide 24/7 hotline staffed with registered nurses...I call them when I'm wrestling with the idea of going to the hospital or doctor). I don't know if hotlines like this exist in the US (and they should because it costs you guys money to go to the doctor) but if there is, give it a call.
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    And if I'm not mistaken....pain killers are known to cause bowel impaction. Screw my last post. GO TO THE HOSPITAL NOW!
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    Default Re: I think my belly is going to EXPLODE

    what causes IBS and how do you know u have it?

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    I had to go to the emergency room for this a couple of years ago. By the time I got to the hospital, it was so bad that I couldn't pee - my bowels were so full it had pinched off my urethra. Not peeing can kill you if your bladder ruptures. I was in the ER all night. They gave me a catheter to relieve my bladder, and a laxative that didn't work (I had already tried laxatives at home), and two rounds of IV fluid. Eventually it was the IV fluid that did it. Hurt like hell, but the alternative was surgery. You should definitely go to the ER.

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    IBS is mostly genetic...personally, everyone on my mother's side has it to some degree. Some have even had part of their colon's removed.

    It's extremely difficult but possible to be formally diagnosed. I never got through the diagnotics (it's a brutal round of specialists, diets, anal probing..and it took 4 years to get nowhere) but every doctor I've ever had has guessed that I have a moderate case of IBS complicated by a lactose intolerance. It can also be confused with both colitis and Crohn's Disease, which are also very painful and make life miserable.

    In milder cases you can control it by diet (and you learn what your trigger foods are very quickly if you're affected) and more severe cases require medication. I should actually be taking meds but they really fuck up your liver and I'm only 20 so it's not worth it yet.
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    OK all, you've got me freakin out a little now. Going to call the nurses station....I'll keep you posted!




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    I really think you should go. An impacted bowel is the last thing you want, and it's a pretty common occurence not only after surgery but with the use of painkillers.
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    I hope everything is ok!

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    Come to think of it....the Canadian Healthlink is a 1-800 number...so it's possible for Americans to call it for free too, right?

    It can't be that easy. Beating the system is NEVER that easy.
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    Its not unusual to not be able to potty after a surgery. First, most painkillers tend to be opiatic, including the morphine they gave you under anesthesia, causing temporary constipation. This is especially common after a laproscopic procedure, where they will pump air into your abdominal cavity to seperate your peritaneal wall so they can get at the fallopes without hitting the intestines. By taking laxatives and all that coffee, you are trying to speed up a process that would have resolved itself. At this point, just go to the doctor I guess, I don't know, not an expert.

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    If you are not throwing up, try this at home first....a bottle of magnesium citrate, a dose of milk of magnesia, and a couple of fleet's enemas. When it starts to work, you will have the worst stomach cramps of your life, then your butt will explode and you will feel a lot better. If you start vomiting, get yourself to the ED.

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    Wait. It's only been one day since she's had a bowel movement?

    The swelling is most likely due to the surgery itself. The introduce air into the abdominal cavity to move everything away from each other so they can see and perform the surgery easier. It can take a few days for the body to get rid of it.



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    OMG, finally relief. I got some Magnesium Citrate and drank pratically the whole bottle. It took until this morning but OMG it felt really good. My belly has deflated too. I should have taken pictures!!




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    MagCit is a godsend. Tastes like shit, but works like a charm.

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    Glad you're doing better!

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    Glad you're doing better!

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    I am so glad you are ok! I had a simlar situation but I couldnt hold anything down and when I went to the er my boewls was not moving at all! Oh I went threw hell! I am so glad you are ok !
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    I have IBS too (I've said it before), and when I'm bloating, it's not uncommon for me to gain 10 pounds in water weight. It really is hell. At times I have gone I think 6 days without relief...It's Hell and a half.

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    Going through that hell myself right now

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