Saturn or Geebs - a quick question

Post by **tnf** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 6:21 am

So I know that this information could be easily found on the net, but what you find on things like WebMD and what you actually here from a doc are often different. So, being that I just had surgery and am going to be on the opiates for a bit - how long can I safely go without taking a shit? When I had my neck surgery, they really loaded me up with morphine and I think it was 2-3 days or something - at which point I finally broke down and used ex-lax (something, if you recall from the shit thread, I was forced to do again last Christmas at the in-laws). Anyhow, do docs normally recommend any type of laxative after surgery to deal with opiate induced constipation? At what point does not being able to shit actually go from being uncomfortable to being a medical emergency?

Thanks.

Post by **saturn** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:35 am

1) almost always

2) depends

Post by **Geebs** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 9:14 am

"three times a day to every three days; if it's a kid, make that seven"

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:22 pm

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Post by **Oldfriend** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:43 pm

fecal impaction is the extreme of constipation and it can hurt like shit :icon32:

Post by **Ryoki** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 4:57 pm

nice choice of words there

Post by **SoM** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:00 pm

i gave my bro in law 5 docusate sodium pills in his coffee once, man that was fun, he didnt even know what hit him :icon19:

Post by **Oldfriend** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:24 pm

Ryoki wrote:nice choice of words there

anything to please :icon32:

Post by **Oldfriend** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:26 pm

riddla wrote:drink lots of quadruple espressos

or try the chocolate x-lax it's makes going to the craper fun again