Anyone out there with Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD) prior to surgery? How did RNY impact your symptoms? Did they improve? Get worse? Disappear? Please let me know. Thanks!

Hi there. I have IBS, not IBD, so I'm not sure if this response will be helpful. When I eat per doctor's plan, I am fine. I still get flare ups from the same foods that caused it before, but with the addition of embarrassing accidents. I would still have the surgery had I known, but probably more cautious. Also when I'm stressed it kicks in which also leads to accidents. My sisters have both suggested I wear a diaper but I can't bring myself to do that. I hope this wasn't TMI, but I thought I'd be honest. Good luck!

Thanks for the heads up. No, it is not too much TMI. With these issues I would rather know than to play it polite and be surprised. I think we probably have the same thing. I think it is IBS (Syndrome) and not IBD (Disease). Anyway, I am use to flare ups and have even had accidents in the past year at work. So, accidents after surgery will not be a new thing:) Maybe I will be more cautious and careful because of the surgery and I might even show some improvement.

Thanks again!

The only change I have is the frequency of it. I used to have issues weekly or every two weeks, now it seems to be monthly and it's getting longer inbetween times. I'm hoping I can be rid of it soon. 4 months out on Monday.

I am six weeks out, I have UC and thankfully have not had a bad flare up. That is NOT the norm for me. I still have light blood in stools, but nothing major. But I am not sure if it's because I have cut out foods that I didn't do well with. Or because I am eating such a little amount of food. All I know is I fell 10x better since surgery.