I have been banded 6 days now and have the worse case of the runs imagenable! I am on an all liquid diet which of course is the cause of it but i was wondering if anyone knows what i can do to stop it.

I have started chewing "Fiber Choice" fiber supplements and hope that this will help if anyone else has some advice i would really like the help :biggrin:

i have been having the same problem. since we were done the same day we "bathroom buddies" this problem however is overshadowed by the gas pain:cursing:

but we will get through it:smile: i will read later to see if anyone posts an idea for your/my little problem:)

I had the same problem for my 2 weeks post op on liquids... Dr suggested using lactaid milk in my protein shakes and to make pudding and cream based soups... it helped me a lot. Always been a litter lactose intolerant, but after surgery I was getting a TON of it with the whey protein, milk in the shakes, milk in pudding, milk in soup... led to a LOT of uncontrollable gas that wasn't always gas if you know what I mean.

i dont think you should be taking fiber as it expands and makes you feel full!!you need your nutrients

I think my prob was due to the sugar alcohols in the sugar free popsicles (Chrystal Light) I was eating. I stopped eating them and that prob went away. I'm six days post op, not counting surgery day. And I took 2 Tbs Kaopectate and that seemed to help until I figured out it was the popsicles.

I think my prob was due to the sugar alcohols in the sugar free popsicles (Chrystal Light) I was eating. I stopped eating them and that prob went away. I'm six days post op, not counting surgery day. And I took 2 Tbs Kaopectate and that seemed to help until I figured out it was the popsicles.

how are you doing otherwise?

it's your body getting used to the band, the anesthia (however you spell it lol) coming out of your body and it might also be the pain meds. you'll be ok but if it makes you feel better call the dr. it will go away tho. btdt and thanks goodness it's over with. :thumbup:

how are you doing otherwise?

Fine, maybe a little constipated now. I started the slow shuffle the day after surgery as much as possible and used gas-x like crazy and the kaopectate stopped the sugar alcohol runs and I did try just one pop today to see and it did cause some running, so, for me it is definitely only those ingredients so far. My BM's have become solid.

I will find out tonight if milk sugars will do me in. I had been using chicken stock or Water in my cream soups and light soy milk in my Protein shakes and cream of wheat, tonight I am making cream of mushroom with 1% milk.

I also mix cream of wheat (its on my list) with most of my cream soups for bulk, as my swelling resolved pretty fast :thumbup: and physical hunger is rearing it's head.

I didn't like having the runs and I didn't check with my doc about the otc meds for it, as it was the weekend.

Everyone is different and that will go away eventually!

well i'm glad your feeling better.

i started my preop diet yesterday and blew it last nite!!as long as i dont gain i should be alright

keep up the good work!