i am 18 days post-op and on soft foods. i have been having diarriah issues. anyone else having this problem?

hi vicki- i'm only 3 days post-op. Luckily haven't had diarriah issues. (yet) i am scared of that happening. i walk throughout the house to "keep things moving" as the dr. says. i walk back and forth a couple of times, then rest, few minutes later i'm taking "my walk" around the house again do this several times a day. I know this doesn' sound like much, but its better than being a couch potato watching tv (ie. The View & Dr. Phil)

Haven't ever been big on exercise, so these little jaunts around the house, aren't much, but better than nothing I think. i do have a nice tread mill that i will ride again before the new here. that will be really great.

kathy

I was sleeved on 11/14 & had issues there too... Mine only happened a couple times but I figured it was because of the fact that I was living on liquids LOL. Liquids in, liquids out. Once I went to the mashies stage that wasn't an issue anymore, the exact opposite actually!

If it gets too bad call your dr cuz you can get dehydrated.

G

Vickie, are you drinking milk or eating dairy products? I had diarrhea issues really bad until I figured out my tummy can't handle milk right now.

My doc's office told me to add cheese to my diet when I had a bad round of it two weeks ago, but I used Beans and bananas instead. I do eat cheese and it doesn't bother Rex (my sleeve), but I don't push it with milk when my tummy is upset.

Good luck!!

According to my surgeon, that's pretty standard. He said there's kind of a diarrhea-constipation-diarrhea-constipation cycle that goes on for a while, and then it all eventually works itself out. I suspect that the working itself out part must happen when you get to start eating real food, because I haven't gotten there yet.

The doctor said you can take immodium if you need it, but that he generally tells people to let it take its course. He also said you can take colace for constipation.

I was sleeved on Dec. 14th and today (Jan. 16th) was the first day I have had a solid looking stool. My doctor said it takes awhile sometimes especially when you still have so much gas in your system.

It will get better the longer you are out from surgery. Any kind of surgery / anasthesia is upsetting to the "poop" system. Compound that witht the radical change in our diets pre-surgery to post-surgery, and no wonder our systems are out of whack for a while.

The more liquid and soft your diet going into your system is, the softer and looser your stools will be coming out. And I agree with jhwkgr's doctor - I had a diarrea / constipation thing going on for a while. Then I had to figure out what my system would take to be regular after I got onto regular food. (Plenty of liquids, Benefiber and Miralax). I know at 18 days out, I had to be very cautious about passing gas (or what I THOUGHT was gas).

Good Luck - hope things settle down for your soon.

Sharon

Just a lot of liquids, it will pass. Take your stool softener as once it returns you will likely need it.

I'm lactose-intolerant post-surgery. I can have firm cheeses and yogurt, but milk, ice cream, and cottage cheese upset my tummy. I had runny poo the first few weeks post-op, but it got way better after I cut the milk and cottage cheese out of my diet. I went from going every couple of hours with gas pains throughout the day to minimal gas and going 3-4 times per day, slowly returning to once a day somewhere between 2 and 3 weeks out.

Lynda