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Reply to "How long did it take for your bowels to wake up after takedown surgery?"

Are you passing gas?  If you are then your bowels are considered "awake".  If you are not passing gas, feeling nauseated, vomiting and are bloated you need to be seen by a doctor right away as you may have an ileus.

It took 10 days, an NG tube to suction and IV nutrition for my bowels to wake up after my j-pouch surgery.  I am an unusual case however.

Keep moving as walking helps to get things going.

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