OK question for those finished with surgeries???

I don't know what you consider BIG D, but I consider the stool in general to be more 'output' than formed stool. What I dealt with in my ileo is similar to my output, sometimes it's more formed and sometimes less, but when I drink a lot of fluids it's generally looser, which is not a big deal to me - better to be hydrated. I eat potatoes, but I hate bananas so I never ate them. I never ate anything in particular to attempt to get a certain consistency, but I am sure if I did, it would still be all over the place in terms of consistency - unless i lived on potatoes *maybe*.

Everyone goes into these surgeries at different ages, in different medical conditions, on meds, off meds, that is to say everyone's healing is uniquely their own experience.

I did have a jpouch and the first few weeks are rough and the first few months are not easy, but for the vast majority of pouches things improve so instead of thinking of weeks or months go day by day knowing you are gonna find foods that work and foods that don't. It is true though as I've seen it with my own eyes your body adapts and learns to absorb more moisture from food, seemingly thickening output, thank God.

I had a jpouch for a few years and I rarely if ever ate bananas and potatoes and actually had more issues with them. A rice, with meat and a easy to digest vegetable was my go to choice when my pouch was acting up. It is like colitis to the degree that some things work for one person and not the other.

If I were you, I would contact your surgeon and possibly ask about some antibiotics. Otherwise in the meantime you can try pepto bismol which I had to take everyday if I wasn't on an antibiotic to make my pouch happy. Bi****h subsalicylate the ingredient in pepto bismol is a heavy metal and one theory is the heavy metal in it can kill some bad bacterias and certain Jpoucher users have had success and thus worth a try!

(Apparently B-I-S-M-U-T-H is a banned word.)

Post Edited (Virdent) : 9/29/2018 9:27:44 PM (GMT-6)

Everyone is different. I know people with j pouches who have watery stool all the time and that’s their normal. Then I know people who have semi formed stool and that’s normal for them. (You’ll never poop like you used to before UC....those days are gone!). Normal for me is mostly watery all the time. You also have to remember people all have different eating habits and diets. That makes a difference too.

The bottom line is it really doesn’t matter as long as you feel good and you don’t have any urgency. If you suspect something may be going on like pouchitis (cramps, urgency, etc) call your doc.

Song I have had chicken nugget stool here and there(rarely). But yea if I have gas urge I have to go to toilet otherwise stool will come out if I try to pass gas sitting down. I think the lomitil/imodium combo has let me hold things in and loose stool is not burning my butt. I think Imodium/lomitil has helped there. We will all be fine. Just seeking guidance from others who have gone before us. Bye bye I do understand we all recover differently and your recovery can be diff then others. So let's see in 2 weeks where I am. Will deal with whatever is thrown at me. Thanks