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Posted 1/30/2014 10:10 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Gang,
This is a fairly minor problem, but I'm just curious. I normally have IBS-C alone with my Crohn's, but it does switch to D occasionally. This morning I had an extraordinarily healthy, normal poop, (as only a Crohnnie could admire and appreciate:-) So my friend and I went out for lunch. My other friend just became a chef, and she is from Costa Rica. She got a job as head chef serving authentic Costa Rican food. The food tasted fantastic. I made sure not to have any fresh veggies. I had a soup with cooked veggies and a chalupa with chicken, black beans, guacamole, cilantro, etc. about two hours later I barely made it home and had massive D. I feel fine now, so I don't think it's food poisoning, and my friend is fine. I'm just astounded that food can digest that fast! Does that happen for any of you? Also I eat rice and beans, and guacamole, etc at home...I can't figure out what was different. Do you think it could be just a coincidence? Drats.... I really liked that food!!!!
Posted 1/30/2014 11:43 PM (GMT 0)
One of two things pop into mind. First, it is unlikely that it was food poisoning. The bugs that cause food poisoning don't work that fast. They need more time to ferment and cause disruption. Secondly, there is a possibility that something you ate the night before or even two days ago didn't agree with you and therefore you had a liquid stool waiting to come out. The fact that you had a normal stool only hours before lends more to this.

My transit time at the height of my worse flare was 6 hours. Now that my guts are in remission, my transit time is about 36 hours. How do I know that? I ran a test, eating something I knew would not digest and then looked for it.

All this is just conjecture on my part....
Posted 1/31/2014 12:06 AM (GMT 0)
I'd blame the beans. Ask your friend how she prepared them. I hardly ever eat beans unless I make them myself these days - too much belly gas and distress.
Posted 1/31/2014 1:24 AM (GMT 0)
If I eat something that is a no-no, I get an almost instant pain in my sigmoid colon. Then about 20 minutes later it may trigger a diarrhea episode. I can't figure out how my colon knows immediately when I am bad...
Posted 1/31/2014 1:35 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks everyone for your responses...I was thinking more like Ides, that it would have to take longer for the Costa Rican food to have caused trouble, but I get D pretty rarely, and felt fine beforehand...weird!
Posted 1/31/2014 12:55 PM (GMT 0)
I've asked this question of my GI and he basically told me that it takes at least 6 hours for the food to pass from your stomach through your bowels and be digested, but on average it's 24 hours. So if I was in your shoes, I would be assuming it's something I ate the day before. I find things go through me with a rough time frame of 18-36 hours. Even when I'm not well. He also told me that it's generally impossible to eat something and have it come out as diarrhea an hour or 2 later.
Posted 1/31/2014 1:14 PM (GMT 0)
I disagree with your GI. If, for example, you were extremely lactose intolerant, a glass of milk will give you diarrhea within an hour. Promise.
Posted 1/31/2014 1:20 PM (GMT 0)
Glad that you enjoyed the Costa Rican food. I've always thought that my intestines are 'retarded' as any effect of a no-no food would appear more than 3 or 4 days after after. However, with food that has the slightest spices mixed with them, this would appear immediately after in less than 3 or 4 hours.
Also agree w Kazben. Though I'm not lactose-intolerant, any excess in eating dairy, even ice-cream, would give me massive d after 1 hour.
Posted 1/31/2014 2:28 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks everyone. My best guess is that when we eat something that is irritating, it gets our bowels moving, but the actual poop that is coming out is from a day or so ago....that's the only thing that makes sense to me! I couldn't eat dinner last night because my GI system was not happy, but I'm much better today. Thanks for all the advice!!
Posted 1/31/2014 2:34 PM (GMT 0)
If you eat something irritating enough it will clear your whole gut out! I had beans for dinner in a restaurant Saturday night, then beans again Monday (that I prepared) and I've been having very active bowels all week. No diarrhea, but those restaurant beans sure gave me a lot of exciting moments all day Sunday, LOL.
Posted 1/31/2014 3:07 PM (GMT 0)
Kazbern...honestly it did feel like my whole gut was cleared out, so maybe you are right! I was just frustrated. I just wanted to be a "normal" person and go out to eat with my friend and celebrate my Costa Rican chef friend's new job. Oh well...it's not a big deal, just one of those things.
Posted 1/31/2014 3:37 PM (GMT 0)
You know, now that you've mentioned it, for me as soon as i take milk, stomach feels heavy, rush to the washroom and have a D.. And i noticed that after drinking milk and always wondered how, because food does take loads of time to digest... :/
Posted 1/31/2014 3:39 PM (GMT 0)
Bullz, lactose intolerance is really common. Stop taking regular milk, soft cheese, ice cream. Use lactose-free milk or a milk replacement. Use lactase enzyme pills before eating cheese or ice cream. Yogurt has very little lactose as the culture digests it during fermentation. Same with hard cheese like parmesan.
Posted 1/31/2014 5:32 PM (GMT 0)
Trust me, if something doesn't agree with your gut for what ever reason, it can go through it very quickly, it doesn't need much time to process that it's not agreeing.

Perfect example, when I did the lactose intolerance test, I drank the lactose and had to get blood drawn 3 times every 15 minutes, well the second time they drew blood I barely made the 15 minute marker for the blood to be drawn cuz I was having D on the toilet (I don't generally have D but I just drank the lactose prep and it affected me in less than half an hour) and by the time I was suppose to get blood drawn the 3rd time I was too late for it cuz I was stuck on the toilet at the lab where I had the test done and the tech said it was important to have the blood taken every 15 minutes for the test accuracy but that I was clearly severely lactose intolerant since I was stuck on their toilet with a tremendous amount of D, barely made it home (only lived 5 minutes from the hospital where I took the test).

Trust me, things can go through you quick when they don't agree....watch out, here comes the D!!
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