It is normal to feel like you are getting much better a few days out and then have what seems like a setback after major surgery. You don't just start out of the gate and pick up speed in this race. You sometimes have to slow back down for a bit and take a break. It happens to alot of people. It happened to me. I felt like I could have ran a race 3 or 4 days out then BAMMMM I was down for the count again. It only lasted a few days and then I was back up and running. I'm sure you will be too. I had to take pain meds for a week or so after my surgery, so that is not out of the norm either. So, contact your doctor and try to get someone to go get them for you. Some people do great and don't even take the meds after coming home. Wish I could have been one of those, but I didn't do so hot. Just take one day at a time and you will get better. You'll get through this.
As for the diarrhea......I had it for a few months afterward. If I was in a store and it hit me, I had better start running! I knew where a bathroom was at all times. It never gave me much of a notice and it was horrible to try to hold til I got to the bathroom. I even had several times where I would vomit in the trash beside the toilet when I had a bowel movement because it made me so nauseated. It was bad for a while, but now I only do that maybe once every two or three months. I still have not figured out why it makes me nauseated. But I always have diarrhea when it makes me vomit. Weird, huh? Car rides were horrible for me too. Every time the car would start moving, I would get incredible bowel cramps and get nauseous and have the urge to use the bathroom. I couldn't go anywhere.....I'd have to stop every few miles to get sick. I cried about it a lot because I never thought I would be normal again, but now it does not bother me at all. I think it was the motion of the car, sorta like sea sickness that caused it. But I really don't know. Just happy it's gone now.
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Last edited by SweetSouthern; 06-28-2009 at 12:40 AM..
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