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by: lbb on Fri, Feb 27 2009

Hi all - I am 5 weeks out and finally feeling like I am going to survive all of this. I actually came home the first night and felt just fine. The 2nd day was a little worse, by the 3rd day - I was having chest pains simply trying to have a bowel movement. I sobbed on the way to the hospital, was admitted with a blood pressure of 170/112. I was heavily drugged to relieve the pain. A few hours later they gave me Milk of Magnesia, Metamucil, and Stool Softners. I had no BM that whole day. The next morning I took another dose of all three medications and by lunchtime I had cleared my constipation. I then stayed overnight again and went home early the next morning. Here is the deal - pain meds are terrible constipators!!!! Am I glad I had it? I am getting there now - but only after over a month!

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