Congrats on the donation! Hope your sister in law is doing well.
I was sent home with Tylenol. That was it. I had nothing else for pain. Wish I had but, I also had very slow bowels after surgery from the surgery and the after surgery pain pump. Miralax is very helpful, prunes were good also. Stool softeners really just gave me gas and bloating. Now I use a daily probiotic as I am taking 65 mgs of iron daily, per the neuphologist orders. Fleet enemas are a last resort but, use it if you must. Warm in a sink of hot water first. A week is a long time to not have had a BM. Be sure to get some relief soon or you will end up on the ER with complications.
Walk around the house for at least 10 to 15 minutes 3-4 times a day to get things moving and to move out the gas you were blown up with. The CO2 gas can make you very achy and sore as well.
Drink 2 qts of water a day. I buy my water as I like the taste better and I can drink that much a day then. This is for the rest of your life now that you have only one kidney, you have to keep it happy and flushed.
No or low salt use is also imperative. So little or no boxed foods, canned soups, dry packaged goods, fast foods and a lot of restaruant foods. More healthy whole foods self prepared foods from now on. I keep my sodium intake to 1000mg or less a day, including any tomato product. I count my sodium as well as calories these days. This will also help with your healing at this time. No fried foods right now either as that slows healing. All the green leafy veggies you can eat, fresh fruit and veggies. Protein intake should be the size of a deck of cards per meal, about 25 gms. Be careful of any protein powders, be sure to ok with dietician as your singular kidney may not be able to handle the protein load. They should be able to connect you with one that works with kidney dialysis patients, lots of good information from them. Again, life long habits if you need to make any changes at this time.
Regular exercise is also imperative, you don't have to become a marthoner, just take care and have a healthy BMI. Walking is one of the best exercises now that you are recovering, add a little distance each day if you can.
Best wishes, Janice