Your sig says you're an A, so I wouldn't take it beforehand. The last thing you want to worry about is having D on your way to the OR. However, yes, I'd start it after the surgery. But start out with a stool softener like Colace rather than something like Dulcolax.
Double-check with your doctor right before surgery just to make sure it's okay ... and if you forget, you can always ask the nurse in recovery. It's actually probably part of your discharge instructions -- I've always been told to take Colace after surgery to prevent C.
(I always envied the people with IBS-C until I had the worst C ever post-op ... it was actually sort of a relief to go back to D. Well, for like the first two or three minutes, anyway.)
Please post and let us know how the surgery goes and if it takes care of your pain -- I hope so! I hope the Vicodin is helping you hang on until Monday. I'll be thinking of you. Take care.
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Re: Laxative?
I hope the Vicodin is helping you hang on until Monday. I'll be thinking of you. Take care.
