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Reply to "Going on Day 4 of takedown - feeling horrible"

MaryMomof3
I hope things are starting to improve for you -- because I can literally feel your pain. I had ileus after my takedown (and two surgeries following that as well). Besides the ghastly NG tube, which they had to put in post-op, they also started me a few days later on TPN (total parietal nutrition), which they feed you through a PICC line. Though it was more than a week after surgery, it seemed to help me turn the corner. I had not eaten anything for almost 10 days by the time they did that. You could ask about that.
Also, something that helped me during the two surgeries after that (a related hernia repair and an unrelated hysterectomy) was the medicine Reglan, which helped move things a bit. But not sure if it's an ordinary treatment for ileus.

Let us know how you are feeling, and I will try to help any way I can.

Take care, Laurie
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