I am 3 months out and have not lost much- 25 lbs... but after the issues i am having i dont even care about the weight at this point.... Since the surgery I have such loose stool and a sensative stomache...I take 2 acid blockers a day at least... i DO NOT and have had to completely cut out coffee, acid juices, citrus, tomatoes, GLUTEN, MILK.... I used to LIVE on milk products.... I am chained to th house all the time because i am scared to have t run quick to the bathroom... It seems to be an absorbtion issue.... fats maybe? i am self pay and dr does not seem to care much-"oh, well it will take awhile to regulate..".. but this just seem exessive....I am not abl to digest veggies much either.... I just dont know what to do and do not know if anyone else is having this trouble... i think my lack of weight loss is due to that i dont dare move around much as i will mess my pants... i am misrable... does anyone know anything similar??? i cant even work full time... (it seems to be absorbtion problem- food oes not digest and comes out the same it went in ) but I am soooo sick of spending some much time in the bathroom and not having a life at all.. not to mention the slow weight loss...

I would recommend finding out what is exactly causing you these issues by doing an exclusion diet. Eat only one thing the first few days, and each day add in something new. When the symptoms start up again you'll know what was causing the problem.

Can your Doc refer you to a nutritionist or other internal medicine person? That sounds really miserable! The illumination diet might help too....Do you eat "binding" foods? I know when I get diarrhea during travel in India or other places, I eat rice, bananas and plain yogurt. This seems to help. Perhaps try taking some probiotics... check with local health food store....

I was going to recommend probiotics too, and you will probably have to do this in pill form if you can't eat the yogurts. I would discontinue any protein shakes and try to get all your protein from food. I hope this helps you, i have IBS but its gotten better for me since being sleeved (except for first 2 wks). I believe i had a yeast overgrowth cuz i had thrush on my tongue immediately post op. So i did probiotics and those little bottles of liquid yogurts called Dan Active. It seemed to cure me. Goid luck!!