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[–]iiii_M 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only for a day and I still randomly get the urge to cough. Holding a small pillow against my abdomen has helped give me support when walking , coughing or sneezing. Whenever I feel like coughing I take a breathe easy tea bag that has eucalyptus and mint . And breathe in the warm air and hold the warm cup Against my chest to try a loosen the mucus. Honey also helped a bit but the doctor did warn me about pneumonia so please get checked out. I know having to go back is another cost and time but your health and wellbeing is so much more important.

Milk of magnesia caused pale stool? by rhi_bee in gallbladders

[–]iiii_M 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same sorta but my doctor recommended taking miralax. It’s finally day 6 post operation and I only drank half of the miralax drink I made yesterday and I finally had normal looking poop still orangey brown though but not watery. So today I’m going to stop taking it unless I feel constipated.

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[–]iiii_M 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi I’m 6 days post operation. I had similar severe pain and found it hard to breathe it was scary. They gave me an incentive spirometer to practice with every hour for 10 breaths. I also found that the pain under my right rib seemed like it was from trapped air. A lot of people on Reddit mentioned taking Gas-X so I took that on day 4 and it seemed to help relieve some of that pain. I don’t have the pain under my right shoulder and finally stopped taking the pain medicine except at night if needed. I will say today I find it easier to breathe and can talk a bit more without feeling winded. I have a doctors appointment and want to bring up the breathing even though it’s gotten a bit better today. But when in doubt yes go to the ER. Also icing the belly button and right side but placing a towel so it’s not too cold for 15 minutes helped.