Bowel movements

AB002 26 days ago

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Hi there,

I am almost 6 weeks since my anterior resection and all went well. I have recovered well and bowel movements seemed to have settled pretty well. I have been eating normally for the last 2 weeks. However, 10 days I had some slight constipation of sorts, which has led to piles, I have never had them before! I now go to the toilet and pass a stool but then left with the sensation that I haven't finished and need to go again. I am also now going the toilet every hour which is not normal.

I don't know if the pushing feeling is the piles or whether I have some harder stool that I can't pass. I am also getting muscle pain in my thighs when I can't go.

Has anyone else experienced this? I am worried it is something more serious and don't want to do anything that could cause any damage to my reconnected bowel.

Galligirl 26 days ago

Might be useful to try something to ‘loosen’ stools , do you have a colorectal nurse you can speak to?

GGx

AB002 26 days ago in reply to Galligirl

Thank you for your reply.

I have been using laxido a couple of times a day. My colorectal nurse suggested that and reducing fibre intake, which I will try. I don't want to take too many laxido's though as the stools I am passing are soft and sometimes loose.

Cheekkat 26 days ago

I had a LARs with my Hipec and CRS for ovarian cancer and my bowels still arn't great.

As a vegetarian I have had to reduce the amount of fibre in my diet from what I would normally use and I take 2 laxido at night and 1/2 senacot tablets.

The best thing I found was using senacot liquid from amazon but it's expensive.

One bottle lasts just a week.

When I'm particularly constipated I use one laxido in the morning as well.

The other thing I find effective is around 35g of cooked porridge oats. That seems to give a good type of solid stool, but don't take more than that amount . The rest of my diet is based around white rice, veg curries and veg soup. Also Huel green power forms a normal stool.

Without laxatives I'd go once every 3/4 days and be very bloated and feel ill.

Hope this is useful.