Anyone Else?

Well my bleeding has stopped and the spasms following my BM are almost completely gone now thanks to the cortifoam.

My question to you guys is are any of you or did any of you suffer with very large bowel movements? Some days I just fill the bowl (with mostly normal looking stool with some mushier stuff toward the end) and I'm beginning to think this is a big part of my weight loss or in other words malabsorbtion...yes I take a very good digestive enzyme etc and the excessive amount of stool most mornings seem to be the culprit. I have mentioned this to my GI doc and she doesn't seem to worry about it so much but I'm dropping weight AGAIN : (  I went to my regular doc yesterday and she ordered lots of other test to see if anything else might be the cause of my weight loss but I'm sure I've figured it out that it's caused by malabsorbtion/large BMs and my UC.

I'd appreciate any feedbak please.

Thanks

I had those superpoos. Fill two bowls!

I get that sometimes too- mostly when I'm doing really well, or in the 2-3 weeks right after an infusion. My theory is that the colon doesn't work properly while inflamed, so it doesn't pass all the stuff it should. Hence, the tiny, thin UC poos. When the inflammation subsides, it can really get all the waste out. I don't mind them, the big bm's- it makes me feel like my body is working again!

Eva Lou said...
I get that sometimes too- mostly when I'm doing really well, or in the 2-3 weeks right after an infusion. My theory is that the colon doesn't work properly while inflamed, so it doesn't pass all the stuff it should. Hence, the tiny, thin UC poos. When the inflammation subsides, it can really get all the waste out. I don't mind them, the big bm's- it makes me feel like my body is working again!

That's an interesting theory. I don't seem to poo enough when I'm flaring. Your theory would explain why I have quite a lot of poo right after a flare.

Any of you guys get the spasms after these giant bm's (mine can last 10 hours somedays)?

thanks

I used to have these ups and downs with flare ups. The meds weren't healing me. They were just masking the situation. I walked away from the meds and surgery and went down the route of healing myself and am just getting better and better.

I too have large amounts of movement most days - formed and then soft, but not D. It does amaze me in that I have lost my appetite again so there is very little food in me. For example, yesterday all I could handle was 1/2 of a turkey sandwitch and this a.m. I have gone 3 times so far - amazing.

Gigi1227

But bbc, if it's formed stool, wouldn't that mean it's not leaving the body too soon, not passing thru too fast??? Know what I mean? I was always under the impression that diarrhea (with UC) was because of stuff going thru too quickly. But if it can stay in your body long enough to become solid & formed, that means most of the water has been taken out, & most of the nutrients have also. Cause you figure the nutrients come out thru the small intestine, the water & a few other vitamins thru the large- so if the stool is able to come thru the large intestine, & really firm up, you'd think it would be overall passing slowly enough to get the nutrition. Who knows!?!?!?!?! Good question for a GI! Are you actively losing weight, or just unable to gain? I have a hard time gaining- I haven't lost any pounds in a while, but I eat a lot, & not a lot of good stuff too, & don't really put any weight on. I think my metabolism has changed- whether due to age, the drugs, childbirth, whatever. My body seems to have found a new "set point" & that's it.