I had my wisdom teeth removed last Monday and I have been on hydrocodone until today, which I assume is what has been causing my constipation. I’ve only had maybe 1 bowel movement since then.
Yesterday, at around noon, I had the urge to have one, and it was excruciatingly painful and completely unsuccessful – it was hard and um…became ‘stuck’ for a few hours and I was basically stranded in my bathroom.
My roommate brought me some Walgreens Easy-Lax stool softener and I took them, and I have very slowly been able to at least get small amounts of ‘runny’ matter out (usually a few drops every hour or so).
My body managed to get the ‘stuck’ piece to go back in (gross…I know), so I can at least function normally now although I am very uncomfortable. I did a bit of searching online and read that "Peri-Colace" is more effective, so I went and bought some and took 3 tablets about an hour ago. They box says it takes between 6-12 hours to produce a bowel movement.
I researched fleet enemas a bit too, and after reading about them, I am considering just going out and buying one of those because of how frustrated I am (I really want instant relief), but I am worried, since I have the Peri-Colace is already in my system. Is this going to mess anything up? Should I wait it out first?
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