Bowel and rectal problems are so frustrating. After a couple years of severe constipation (only able to go a little with enemas 2x week) severe pain and bloating and gaining 10 lbs in abdomen area, I...
[color=purple>Hi,] I've never h ard of the drinking fleets. Must be a new thing since I had mine done two yrs ago. [b][color=#800080>What] and drink a bottle of magnesium citrate...
Hi, Phyllis, You sound like me... everything does run through as quickly you put it in!! I'm on several meds and I even notice that sometimes they go through whole so I'm breaking them in half but...
[color=purple>Hi,] about the my question on eating salads. Yes, [b][color=#800080>I] bag. I'm going to lay off eating salads for a week [b][color=#800080>and] Lori, I was off work for 3 months after...
I figure that this is going to be the way it is. that taking a Prilosec daily helps somewhat for that a problem with eating salads? I'm trying to narrow and haven't found it yet. Any help would be...
Hi, For several yrs I was experiencing severe constipation and abdominal pain. I had my gall bladder out in 1999 and in 2002 a complete hysterectomy. I still continued to have the pain. In 2004, I...
Hi, Have you considered having a stitz marker test done on your large intestine?? I had problems with IBS for yrs and had gotten to the point 1-1/2 yrs ago I couldn't keep going on with bloating,...
I basically eat the same things I ate before the surgery. cottage cheese and fruit. For lunch a sandwich of medium size serving of either chicken, fish or beef with eat first). I don't snack much...
Good morning, all! Kelly, you are really having a rough time! It's been almost 4 months post-op for me and I haven't had trouble like that! But I am more careful as to what I eat. Ha-ha, no, I don't...
Kelly, I had to laugh.... I've never bought so much toilet paper in my life! And now when I go into a public bathroom I first check to see if there is tp. Annie...
I just read your posts. Thats interesting. Could all of this be to a poor immune system? I'm 57. Since the age of 12 I've had bad allergies (environmental). Got asthma when I was in my mid 30's and 3...
Hi, Melissa, You sound a lot like me before my total colectomy. Nothing, absolutely nothing could make me go for 3 years. The only way I got a little bit out was by using enemas twice a week. After...
BEEN QUITE A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN IN HERE SO ENJOYED READING ALL THE POSTS. I HAVE THE NOISIEST SMALL BOWEL EVER! I'VE NEVER MADE NOISE IN MY LIFE AND I SURE DO NOW. WATERY STOOL. AND EXTREMELY...
Hi, everybody! Hope everyone had a good holiday weekend! Cheryl, you asked about a rectocele repair. Yes, I had that done along with the colectomy. They flipped me over during surgery to do that...
Hi, Sparkn, Thanks for your reply. However, I do not have a pouch. I had my large colon removed and small bowel attached to the rectum. So I still have BM's the regular way. Annie...
Hi, Amira, My surgery was May 27, so that's murch further than yours. I hate to sound gross, but it is so bad with a 'sewer' like odor. I even hate to go into public bathrooms! Annie...
Hi, PJ, Thanks for your reply. I had thought about the foods, but I'm eating the same foods I ate before the surgery and the smell is way different than it was before. Annie...
/community/emoticons/cool.gif Hi, everybody, I have a question (gross one) that I haven't seen in here and wondered if anyone else has the same problem..... When I have a BM it is the most...
HI, EVERYBODY! THANKS, EMMA, ON THE ADVICE ABOUT THE THICKENERS. SO THAT'S WHY MY SURGEON TOLD ME TO EAT A PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH EVERY DAY! SHE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT NOODLES BREAD AND WHILE I...
Zoe, I know what you mean about having to buy new jeans! I weighed 125 before surgery, got down to 100 about 2 weeks after, but now I'm pretty stabile at 114. Since I wear jeans a lot and I needed...
Is there a certain part of the US that doesn't have as much allergy problems? I'm allergic to grass, trees, ragweed (which is at its peak now), certain trees, etc. I live in Mich. Annie...
Good morning! I have a question.... how can you get your BM's to form? I still have grainy ones.... Isn't this a nice question for a Monday morning? Annie...
Emma, Yes, I did have a total colectomy. I failed the defectography, the barium had not moved an inch! The doctor/surgeon had told me that I had 2 options -- live with doing enemas as that was the...
Hi, Emma, I had the defectography and completely failed it and that's when my doctor recommended the total colectomy. What does the biofeedback mean? I've seen the term mentioned in here but don't...
[color=purple>Hi,] Welcome to this group. I received so much information and I didn't go in here until after I had my surgery. It's been 3 months since surgery and I'm doing very well. I'm back to...
Hi, everybody! As I was reading all this, I couldn't help but laugh out loud because, yes, I take a BIG look at what I poop out, too. I still don't have any formed stuff yet, just pieces and its been...
Patty, Could you have colectomy done (colon removed and the small bowel attached to the rectum? That way you wouldn't have to have the bag. Or is there a problem with the small bowel, too? Annie...
Good morning! It's amazing how many of us have the same problems but yet differ on how many BM's a day (lol). Deborah, reading your account was like I was reading my own. Does anyone have a problem...
[i][color=blue>Hi,] [b][i]Your last post mentioned pains in the right side. That was so interesting to me because here I am, almost [i][color=#0000ff>3] [b][i](next to the hip bone) for the first...
mcatherine, I had a serious problem with low potassium following my surgery after I was home for a couple weeks. I ended up back in the emergency room. I was nearly comatose by the time I got there....
/community/emoticons/yeah.gif Sommer, I agree with you 100% on that. AnnieC ...
Hi, MCatherine, I'm not sure what your doctor meant by the possibility of twisted intestines if you have a colectomy. Is he referring to your small bowel twisting? Have you gotten a second opinion?...
/community/emoticons/cool.gif Hello, everyone! My surgery was done May 27 and Gingy, yes, there are things you have to deal with afterwards. BUT, I'm still glad that I had it done...
Thanks, Avery, for telling me to go to this forum. I found that you guys experienced the same things that I went through and still going thru. I had my surgery May 27, was in hospital for 8 days and...
AVERY, THANKS FOR YOUR INFORMATION. I WILL TRY THAT!! LINDA...
[color=blue>Hi,] I, too, am struggling with the results of my total [b][color=#0000ff>colectomy. ] it. Maybe I'm not working this thing right. [b][color=#0000ff>Anyway,] of weight. Suppose to go...