The pain medications do tend to make you constipated.
This article may help:
Constipation and stool softeners
This article may help:
Constipation and stool softeners
Bilateral TKR Here we go
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For the first month, pain meds were my husband's bailiwick. He had a daily chart to keep track of what I needed and when, plus organized the daytime pills. Then, for night time, he used small containers with time and date on them for me to take. I didn't want to wake him constantly to give me meds, so I had a pill alarm set, a snack ready and then took the proper pills. If I had tried to do it on my own, I probably would have somehow managed, but I also suspect I would have made mistakes as my brain function wasn't spot on for a while. Granted, my reactions to meds caused glitches, but he was easily able to adjust his schedule.
VonnieN
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Hope the poop fairy arrived. Try strong coffee. That always gets me going but if you are on the strong pain relief it will be difficult, if not impossible, but i am warning you the first one is tough, so anything you can take that softens it up is good. :-O
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NWgirl
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The poop fairy has visited. Coffee and Milk of Magnesia did the trick. I’ve showered, put on fresh pj’s, and contemplating short walk outside after a nap. All in all, things are going better than I expected.
VonnieN
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glad to hear things are going well. I am enjoying the same recovery. I am trying to find a replacement for the tramadol. It makes me jittery and feeling sick. ice machine working well and managing the exercises. trying to improve extension I see the Dr in two weeks and then I will be in a week later for the second. very happy overall. do have some groin pain but I think that is because the quad has not taken over properly yet.
