Hello LB world! I went to see my doctor the last week of February. I haven't been losing weight as quickly as I expected for how little I have been eating. My doctor agreed and decided to do an x ray on my stomach and turns out--- I am full of poop and gas! Like FULL. Up to my breasts. It's gross. She told me what I could do to help, and I did it all. I did suppositiories, laxatives, Miralax in my Water and Activia. I eat plenty of fiber--I just have digestive issues. I know all the stuff she told me to try hasn't worked that well yet. So, I want to try Colonics. My doctor basically said that I can't have a fill until the poop is gone because there is no room in me for the saline. So, I paid nearly 16 thoudsand dollars and my band is not working like the tool it should be. Has anybody tried this? Do you know if it is a safe thing for Lap Banders?

Please help!

You don't need to allow yourself to be discourage by this.. You have lost 25.5 pounds with the help of the band. you are going to have hurdles which you can overcome.. Once you get rid of this poop you will be back on track.. my god daughter had two feet of poop she would hold her poop.. they are going to have to give you something that its a little stronger like the laxative they use to do a colonscopy tht might help get you some relieve. I am sorry that you feel horrible because of this.

Hello LB world! I went to see my doctor the last week of February. I haven't been losing weight as quickly as I expected for how little I have been eating. My doctor agreed and decided to do an x ray on my stomach and turns out--- I am full of poop and gas! Like FULL. Up to my breasts. It's gross. She told me what I could do to help, and I did it all. I did suppositiories, laxatives, Miralax in my Water and Activia. I eat plenty of fiber--I just have digestive issues. I know all the stuff she told me to try hasn't worked that well yet. So, I want to try Colonics. My doctor basically said that I can't have a fill until the poop is gone because there is no room in me for the saline. So, I paid nearly 16 thoudsand dollars and my band is not working like the tool it should be. Has anybody tried this? Do you know if it is a safe thing for Lap Banders?

Please help!

I havn't had the issue you are having to deal with but my mom had low colonic motility the last 20 years of her life and had many colonic lavages to relieve the pain and cramping associated with stool retention. This was something she did with the supervision of a gastroenterologist while he worked on the root cause of the problem. Turns out she was a laxitive abuser and the colon wall muscles were not as effective at paristalsis as they were when she was younger. He did find that she wasn't drinking enough water and when you don't drink enough the end of the colon extracts as much Fluid as it can get leading to constipation and the need to turn to laxitives for relief. He told her that this constipation and laxitive use cycle was much more common in females. Just another bit on unfairness there for the girls. So if you aren't drinking 8-10 8 oz glasses of water a day I would start there. Try not to use laxitives and speak to your primary care physicain about colonic lavage as my knowledge in that area is certainly dated and second hand.

Good luck and I hope that you can rid yourself of the burden of all that stool and establish a regular routine that is good for you. Keep eating the Activia that live yogurt will eventually get you on track towards a more normal colon, plus it's good for you.