Tomorrow I will be 2 weeks out from surgery. I am doing great and have gone from 227 to 205 in 13 days! Since I have had this surgery, I don't have a BM often. The last two times I did, I had horrible cramps and what appeared to be diarrhea. Several trips to the bathroom today. Several trips last Tuesday. This is making me miserable. Is this the "norm?" I didn't sign on for this part of the surgery LOL

Are you still on a liquid diet? If so, then it's the norm for this part of the post-op.

Remember, you aren't consuming a lot of food to have big bowel movements anymore. I rarely go every day even now at over 8 months out. It's about every other to every 3 days.

Try taking some Probiotics, or getting in more yogurt if you're cleared for that stage of the post-op diet. Yogurt helped tremendously with the loose, peacock colored poops I experienced early out.

Thanks for the advice. I had wondered if it was the whey protein. The BM doesn't bother me. The hellacious cramping does though, as you can imagine. I can have yogurt. I haven't really bothered though. I'll go buy some Activia tomorrow.

It definitely could be the whey. Are you able to drink milk? A lot of us experienced lactose intolerance post-op. Mine has subsided, and I can eat and drink all dairy without consequence. But, whey is a dairy based.

I have never been lactose intolerant. My stomach - at least my old one, maybe not the new one LOL - is made of steel. I can eat anything and it doesn't bother my tummy. As long as i stay hydrated, I'm not really worried about the diarrhea.

I was the same way pre-op, but immediately post-op I swear my stomach had a mind of it's own. I invested in sensitive baby wipes after my extensive bouts of liquids in, liquids out. LOL

Oh, I feel your pain. The cramping and diarrhea SUCKS! I honestly could handle the diarrhea-but it is so URGENT that I go when I get that feeling that it puts a damper on plans! :blushing: The cramping is just awful though. I am 3 weeks out and I am still having it.

With the yogurt, I guess I am afraid to try it. I could never tolerate yogurt before (it made me have diarrhea also) so I am scared! I did buy some vanilla yogurt to make smoothies with. I might try it tomorrow because from what I hear I will be snowed in AGAIN! aye!

We are going on a cruise in 4 weeks. I sure hope this passes by then. You are right on about that urgency. I thought I was going to poop my pants earlier LOL I didn't and that's the only reason I can laugh.

We are going on a cruise in 4 weeks. I sure hope this passes by then. You are right on about that urgency. I thought I was going to poop my pants earlier LOL I didn't and that's the only reason I can laugh.

First two weeks I pretty much stayed home and near the bathroom. Did have an accident one time and was glad that I was at home. After I graduated from Clear Liquids, things started to reverse toward constipation. Now I have to take ground flax seed and prunes to prevent constipation...the hi Protein diet does not contain much Fiber, so it is important to attend to that issue and not wait until you have an impaction or hemorrhoids...keep things moving.

I had stomach issues before surgery and thought maybe they would go away but now I go from being constipated to cramping and diarrhea so much. I was on probiotics before surgery and it helped is that something we as sleevers can take? I know we are not suppose to have asprin products or large pills and my probiotic is fairly large? I hope someone can answer this question and I can resume a more normal life!!!!

I can say that I feel you on the problems with the full liquid portion. If you're still on full liquids it's normal to have loose stools. You're not eating a lot of food with actual substance. Maybe try some foods other than whey if that's what you're using and see if that helps calm the cramps. I know that I'm having cramps on and off, and now that my intestines are working, it's like every time something goes through them they announce it to me with weird noises, but I have faith that it will eventually calm down =p

I do know that my doctor said that if I don't have a BM with in 5 days of discharge from the hospital that I should try a dulcolax suppository and if I'm still not going get in contact with them. From nursing school I know that we worry when patients start to go 3 or more days with a BM. If you're not going often, I definitely think it'd be worth a call to your doctor just to make sure that they're aware of it and there's nothing that they want you to do. I hope it gets better soon for you!