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Posted 7/29/2014 1:54 PM (GMT 0)
     Anyone else with an ileo have a very fast transit time?  I knew I did back in 98 when first diagnosed with Ulcerative Proctitis.  A test which usually took 3 - 4 hours took less than 2 hrs for me.  Had this ileo since 2010.  Seems like whatever I eat, i.e. breakfast of cereal this morning...two hours ago and it is zippity doo daaing out the bag already.  It's a wonder I absorb any nutrients or gain weight...and believe me...I HAVE gained weight.
Posted 7/29/2014 3:04 PM (GMT 0)
I've only had this stoma 6 weeks, and I find it difficult to tell the transmit time, but it seems to be anything from 20 mins to several hours. Certainly the only curried meal I've had literally flew through without touching the sides, but that was expected. I have eaten other things that I think have gone through that quickly.
Posted 7/29/2014 3:58 PM (GMT 0)
mine actually seems really slow, it's bizarre. I have basically no ouptut (aside from liquidy coffee resiude!) all day long, then around 6:00pm it starts up. I empty 2x before bed, which is 9:30ish-10:00, then I empty in the AM when I get up. My bag is always full in the AM's, but it's never full enough to wake me. I sometimes worry cause things seem to move so slow!
Posted 7/29/2014 4:16 PM (GMT 0)

Eva Lou said...
mine actually seems really slow, it's bizarre. I have basically no ouptut (aside from liquidy coffee resiude!) all day long, then around 6:00pm it starts up. I empty 2x before bed, which is 9:30ish-10:00, then I empty in the AM when I get up. My bag is always full in the AM's, but it's never full enough to wake me. I sometimes worry cause things seem to move so slow!

But it's really good that it is that predictable, that's one problem
i've had, I don't know when it's going to be full, so sleepless nights ensue.
Posted 7/29/2014 11:39 PM (GMT 0)
Mine was ridiculously fast - I am talking minutes. The first time I drank red powerade, it went straight into the bag, I had barely finished swallowing. It looked like a blood transfusion bag. And when I would eat cottage cheese, I'd see entire curds popping into the bag within 2 or 3 minutes. That was both alarming and entertaining. I was constantly dehydrated, lost 20 pounds even though I ate as much as possible, and ended up in the hospital on TPN. All the stuff, both food and meds, that are supposed to slow things down did nothing for me.
Posted 7/30/2014 8:30 AM (GMT 0)

vesuvius13 said...
Mine was ridiculously fast - I am talking minutes. The first time I drank red powerade, it went straight into the bag, I had barely finished swallowing. It looked like a blood transfusion bag. And when I would eat cottage cheese, I'd see entire curds popping into the bag within 2 or 3 minutes. That was both alarming and entertaining. I was constantly dehydrated, lost 20 pounds even though I ate as much as possible, and ended up in the hospital on TPN. All the stuff, both food and meds, that are supposed to slow things down did nothing for me.

I've read all the stuff about jelly babies, marshmallows, crisps etc. slowing it down, but they seemed to do nothing for me. The meds however did work, although I think my dosage is quite high. I got dehydrated last week and ended up in hospital - "crispy" my surgeon called me !
Posted 7/30/2014 12:21 PM (GMT 0)
I'd say my transit time is anywhere from 3-6 hours, depending on what I eat and what time of day I eat. I know there are certain things that move through my system very slowly. I've also noticed that breakfast takes a lot longer to come out than lunch or dinner.
Posted 8/3/2014 11:40 PM (GMT 0)
     Oh yeah...I've been hospitalized four times for dehydration, but that happened during the first two years following my operation.  I've been ok with the hydration for the last two years.  I learned not to sun worship without constantly drinking water...and lay off the mudslides (my favorite alcoholic drink).
Posted 8/4/2014 7:38 AM (GMT 0)

Christine1946 said...
Oh yeah...I've been hospitalized four times for dehydration, but that happened during the first two years following my operation. I've been ok with the hydration for the last two years. I learned not to sun worship without constantly drinking water...and lay off the mudslides (my favorite alcoholic drink).

Won't work for me. I rarely sit in the sun, but if I did, drinking won't help. My stoma nurse told me to limit my daily fluid intake to 2 litres - which, as someome who has always drunk a lot through the day, is really difficult. They said, with a stoma, if I drink more than 2 litres that anything more would just come straight out of the stoma. This together with watery output caused my admission for dehydration last week.
Posted 8/7/2014 8:08 PM (GMT 0)
Hi my transit time is roughly 2 hrs I only have 2metres of small bowel left now been suffering with dehydration due to drinking so much fluid in this hot weather and emptying bag (a vicious circle) saw consultant last week and now have to take 10 sachets of dioralyte in a litre of water every day also had to up the loperomide to 8 a day as the dehydration is causing issues with my kidneys. All seems to be going well so far x
Posted 8/14/2014 9:07 PM (GMT 0)
Is it what you are eating? Cereal is very watery to begin with. Try taking some Imodium. Maybe you got a bug?
Posted 8/15/2014 7:18 AM (GMT 0)

crohnielass said...
Hi my transit time is roughly 2 hrs I only have 2metres of small bowel left now been suffering with dehydration due to drinking so much fluid in this hot weather and emptying bag (a vicious circle) saw consultant last week and now have to take 10 sachets of dioralyte in a litre of water every day also had to up the loperomide to 8 a day as the dehydration is causing issues with my kidneys. All seems to be going well so far x

Dehydration is a pain. You would think drinking would stop it but doesn't it makes it worse. Limiting myself to drinking 2 litres a day is difficult in this weather. I'm now on 10 loperamide a day, 4mg 3 times a day then 8mg before bedtime. It works. Ideally I'd take it as tablets but there's a national shortage of them. Tried the liquid but it tastes awful, so am on the capsules which I have to break open as I can 't digest the whole capsules.
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