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Posted 3/10/2012 2:16 PM (GMT 0)
A bit if a gross question, but I am curious how long the transit time should be from mouth to stoma.  I have good output and I am not concerned about that part, but I think my transit time is about 4-5 hours and sometimes longer.  Is this normal, or too long?  I don't have a lot of gas or stomach problems that I know of, but I am curious about this.  Also, I had my first glass of wine last night in over a year, and I haven't noticed the wine making my system behave any more quickly or differently. 

Thanks!!

Posted 3/10/2012 2:55 PM (GMT 0)
That sounds about right. I have a jpouch and my transit is about 6 hours.

Sue
Posted 3/10/2012 3:38 PM (GMT 0)
sux
I have a permanent ileo. My transit time varies from 3 hrs to overnight. It seems like some "stuff" passes other "stuff" on the way to the "exit". I love breaded fried okra. I eat it in the evening like a snack. At times I see the seeds before what I had for dinner.

Dan
Posted 3/11/2012 12:17 AM (GMT 0)
Yep like Dan said some stuff races ahead of other stuff. Wine speeds my system big time, so does tuna fish, but we are all different. 3 hours to over night especially if main meal at night sounds about right.

When my ileo was new I had this thing called Dumping Syndrome. I kid you not, what I ate was in the bag before I finished the last bite. I actually sort of liked it this way as then I would empty the bag and be on my way. Now food hangs around for awhile and for whatever reason, I like it better when I feel empty. Again, we are all different.

Rosemary
Posted 3/11/2012 12:52 AM (GMT 0)
Yea . . . my ostomy nurse told me to be ready to empty my bag 20 minutes after eating. That is not even close to right, especially if I haven't eaten in hours! Since I never had to know the transit time through the small intestine, 20 minutes sounded fine to me.

My dinner doesn't come through all the way until about 9 the next morning sometimes, depending on when I wake up and how much I ate at dinner. It's good though, because I never wake up at night to empty. My output is fine for me, but it has slowed down quite a bit since I first got the ileo. Transit time has never changed though. Its always been about what it is now.
Posted 3/11/2012 2:34 AM (GMT 0)
Interesting, I had the 15 minute after eating thing (Dumping) for a whole year. I had to literally eat right next to a bathroom either at my house or away. Then things really slowed down. Then I started gaining weight. Hmmmmm! Something to be said for Dumping! hehehhe! Rosemary
Posted 3/11/2012 2:28 PM (GMT 0)
I too find that different foods have different transit times.... but fyi, from what I've read, in a healthy person, food spends about 3 hours in the stomach, 3 hours in the small intestine, and then about 40 hours in the colon..... so, with an ileo, about 6 hours would be right.... (except for those things that race ahead.....)

There is also a reflex to clear your bowels when you start eating.... before surgery, I used to have this all the time, where I'd take two bites and have to run to the bathroom -- that wasn't the same food coming out, but a signal to make room. I am not sure how this works w/an ileo -- it would make sense that that signal just goes to the colon -- but I think sometimes when I eat now I start having output right afterward, even if it doesn't seem like the exact right amount of time.
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