Hi

Know its been spoken about before but......

Im 4 weeks post surgery 2 weeks stage 2 and still getting green stools or worse diarheoa is this a mixture of supplements and "dumping"? or should I be worried?

3 hours ago, SteveS1966 said:

Hi

Know its been spoken about before but......

I'm 4 weeks post surgery 2 weeks stage 2 and still getting green stools or worse diarrhea is this a mixture of supplements and "dumping"? or should I be worried?

Pay close attention to what you are eating and when the symptoms recur. Also, it's pretty common for people to become less tolerant to lactose post op, make sure your supplements aren't "Protein concentrate" as these have higher levels of lactose than milk does because it's just concentrated milk proteins. "Protein Isolate" has little to no lactose. If your current protein is a concentrate, switch to an isolate and see if that helps any.

How much iron are you taking? That could be responsible for the green color.

Are you eating peas, cooked greens or drinking Grape Juice? Those are notorious Green Makers!????

My vitamin supplements had iron in them and I noticed in those early days post-op that the iron was creating "green" stools and sometimes very loose. Watch your diet and if you determine it's not your supplements doing the deed, check back with your surgeon.

Hi

and thanks for your responses. Im taking 10ml of iron solution per day and 2 multivits and mineral. The supplement is the 100% Whey protein I was advised.

not eating much greens really.

I'm glad you asked about this. I had green stools on my list for my upcoming 3 months NUT meeting. I still have them and I'm going to chalk it up to Iron. My mv had 45 mg of Iron.

Had the same at the beginning of my recovery. Still have green stools now but not so much loose. I haven't given it a 2nd thought, just figured it's the greens and meds I am consuming.