I had my surgery on april 18th. Thw first week i had a xouple episodrs of diarreah so i took some imodium. Then i couldnt go for awhile so i stopped. Had maybe a week of normal stool and now bam! horrible gas pains and diarreah for two days! I had the chills and i thought i was gonna throw up at the same time (thankfully i didnt) ..anyone else go thru this? is it normal?

Hi there... We were banded the same day. I had some trouble going the first few days, and some funky stomach and back and forth between constipated and diarrhea while I was getting used to eating again, but I've been pretty regular for the last 2 weeks...

Have you tried calling your doctor?

What are you eating? Did you have something that didn't agree with you? Beans, something fizzy, spicy? Too much dairy? Too much oil? Anything you can trace this back to?

Hi sasha..my dr had me do proteun shakes for two weeks...just this past monday i was able to have two snacks a day which i have a low cal yogurt and skim string cheese and one meal of 3oz protein and 3oz veggies along with my two shakes

Maybe it's more dairy than your body can handle? Are the protein shakes dairy free?

What about vitamins? Are you taking iron and calcium at the same time? Your body can't absorb both...

They say lactose free..i drink muscle milk light

I take multivitamin in morning and calcium citrate after shakes

Hrm. No idea. Sorry. I would call your doc, and make sure you're drinking enough water! Don't get dehydrated.

Yeah im gping to a meeting tonight..maybe i can get some answers...thanks for helping

I hear this can happen with protein shakes but if yours are lactose free I don't know why. I was banded 4/18 too.

Yay for us!!

But sorry to hear of your troubles.

My bowels have been behaving since my diet has been advanced and I rarely, If ever, drink my protein now. Maybe that's something to look forward to?

I had lap band surgery on April 9th and after my surgery, I went from chronic diarrhea to chronic constiplation . . but things have stabilized recently. I did switch to the lactose-free milk and that REALLY helped the most.