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

@Jaypea posted:
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.

Ittook 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.

All of this happened to me as well. I want to say it was 4 days and the nausea, gas and bloating started. The nausea was the most intense nausea I ever had in my life. Then the vomiting started. I had metal staples from beneath my rib cage to an inch or two above the base of my penis and as soon as I started vomiting they NG Tubed me. It's quite amazing how much gastric juices your body produces and during an ileus what cannot go down must go up. Basic law of nature. They had the NG tube attached like a vacuum cleaner to a huge plastic bowl and gallons and gallons of bile and gastric juices were pumped up and out.

Once the nausea starts it is time for the NG tube. Don't wait to start vomiting as it's not good for your wounds.

This happened to me due to too much morphine. As posted above get up and walk as much as possible and stay out of the bed.

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