Bowel problems after Hysterectomy

[Wannabebetter]

I was wondering if any women out there are having bowels problems since their Hysterecotomy. I had mine in April of this year. About a month later it is like my bowels just stopped working. I have to drink Milk of Magnesia ever two days just to go. My body doesn't tell me I have to go anymore. Today I had to call in sick from work since the pain has gotten bad from being backed up. I get backed up sometimes to the point I can not eat. I have been seeing a Gastro doctor. I had a colonoscopy and he did not see anything. I also had a CT scan also. My next test to have done is the pill cam. He said something must be going on in the small intestine. I really hope they find something. It kind of ***** to go from one issue to another. I had the hysterectomy due to urinary frequency/urgency. Found out I had uterine prolapse. Had to remove my uterus and put a sling since after having two kids everything went south. I am too young to have these issues. I just want my life back so I can share it with my family and not think about this anymore. Anyone have the same issues?

[069]

I had surgery in Feb. 2014, before the surgery I had some issues with my bowels, but now this is crazy.  I take 2 tablespoons or more of flax seeds daily, avocado in salad with olive oil on it, fish oil, eat prunes,  black licorice, lots water, oat bran, you name it I'm doing it.  The only thing helping is a cleanse tablet that the bowels become dependent on if you use it too long.  I also just had a yeast infection, it's been years since I've had one of these.  I read all the above, is anyone having any luck with anything? Fed up

[Jenwoojen]

I know it's a few years since you posted about your bowels after hysterectomy but I too had terrible problems and after three more ops they told me that they had untwisted my bowel and put it back on the right side. It had been excruciating pain to deal with. That was 1998 , todate for the past two years my bowel has stopped working altogether and I now medicate to evacuate my bowels. I am convinced this is due to the problems after hysterectomy but of course unable to prove anything. Hope you are now back to normal! Perhaps you can post again with an update.

[JellyBean2608]

I had a hysterectomy several years ago and have all kinds of issues. Chronic fatigue, digestion issues, constipation, weight gain, absolutely no sex drive, depressed etc. THEN I read Suzanne Somers books. WOW! Now I am on bioidentical hormones, prescribed by my family doctor, and everything is getting back on track. Go to your doctor, get the blood tests, get on a full range of bioidentical hormones (balanced which means progesterone even though you don't have a uterus, because the body still needs to be in balance), insist on being in optimal, not normal, optimal health. Get a full range of vitamins' start walking every day.  I still have issues, but I am at least healthier than I have been in years.

[Frustrated1023]

Next month will be 1 year since my surgery(hysterectomy) I have had constipation and bowel problems since. Also have heartburn everyday which I never had until my surgery. I wish I never had the surgery. I think I'd rather hemmorage than to have all these other issues. My stomach is also bloated and swollen. Looks like I gained 10 pounds. Wish someone knew what they were doing. I feel like a ginea pig, with everyone telling me to try something different. Before the surgery I never took anything. If there is anyone who has had this problem and found a solution, please reach out.

[justbeyourself]

Did things ever get better? I lost my feeling to poop after my hysterectomy & it has never returned. I never know when i need to go... EVER. Even when i push or try to be patient nothing happens. I now have to check if i had poop in my rectum by way of my vagina. Then i push it with my thumb through my vaginal wall. This is the only way i can poop now. It would just be in there forever if i did not go through this process. My doctor who did the operation said she had never heard of this, but i read online that they simetimes cut nerves when removing everything that take away the feeling that you have to go. And there is no getting it back! I hope your situation has gotten much better!!

[boby53]

I had a partial hysterectomy three years ago. It was done vaginally and my doctor took every thing out but one ovary and she said while in there she could not reach one of my ovarys it was to high up to take it out vaginaly,so now when I have to go to  do number 2, I can feal my stool thru the sides of my vagina sometimes it will be on the right side of my vagina and sometimes on the left. I feel it if I press on one side or other on the front of the outside of my vagina. Has anyone in the whole wide world ever had this to happen. This started about a year ago now recently Its worse and I am worried I have colon cancer or something. Please let me know if this happened to you and what did you do.  Worried!!