Why do i get this feeling?

Hi everyone,

As most of you who know me are aware, i still get bloated, discomfort and nausea etc even though i have no large bowel.  And i am taking prune juice as i need liquid stools in order to go and when that has worn off need to strain and prod etc .

 I have probably asked this before but cannot remember... does anyone know why i get these symptoms?  Can the rectum, which is such a small part of the system really be responsible for such things!??

I think my sm bowel is working fine (food starts to appear approx 3 hours after eating but same meal still going appearing in the morning ) and my gastric empty test was fine e.g. 50% empty in 77 minutes so it says.

thanks everyone. x

 

hey thanks for responding no my consultants are from two schools of thought so to speak so they said a person could go either way after such reversal. xx

Karen, you sound exactly like me! I had a total colectomy and had everything reconnected. I still get bloated after eating, everything you described. I can see food in a couple of hours, but I can still be waiting for dinner to come out the next morning. I drink a huge glass of prune juice before bed and often wake up in the middle of the night to take milk of magnesia. I've found that helps keep things moving out, but I do get frustrated because I was hoping after the surgery I wouldn't have to do anything! so I don't have any answers for you but I just wanted to let you know you aren't the only one!

Ali

Rosemary i had open surgery so i suppose that is not good for adhesions.?

Ali that is terrible for you also.  I could not take anything in the night as i would be up every couple of hours!  I dont know how you do that.  Weird cause MOM doesnt really do much for me really on its own - i have taken it if i feel the juice is not really working very well - its that build up of pressure inside then like a valve releasing when you can actually open your bowels isnt it? 

Did you think you might decide to have an ileo?  I would never had known a great life had they not given me a temp ileo (so to allow the join to heal inside due to previous surgery) - so i am glad i know i can be 'normal'.

If i dont take prune juice before anything else in the morning - even a cup of tea - then it wont work!! that happened once and i was miserable trying to get my body to work .  Then another small glass around half to one hour after  lunch - weird that i can do it after food in the afternoon.  So it is constant clock watching with me = everything has to be very done a certain way and by a certain time.

 it is exasperating after over  a decade of problems.  That is why i am going back to the ileo and on waiting list but even then I am scared it is right choice and more so cause of doom and gloom picture my consultant paints..

Hey Summer not a dumb question - i think there is a problem yes as have to strain and all even when it is loose sometimes.... thanks all x

      I have a permanent ileo and there are times, though not often, that I get a bloated feeling.  The other day I ate onions and mushrooms....mmmmmm yum....but OOOOH did I feel uncomfortable afterwards.