Post Edited (Sheree) : 3/19/2007 1:29:29 AM (GMT-6)
hi hunybunz
All the doctors say the same thing, i had mine out some years ago, and to this day, if i have to go to the toilet, means i must go, if not there is an accident.
In your case, I would not take any vitamins or acidopholus or whatever u are taking. You stomach is very sensitive and i think the vitamins are not agreeing with you. dont believe what the doctors, say, mine said it was all in my mind, so now i never tell the doctor anything. You must stop any oily fried foods,greasy foods, take fruits daily, but not too much,you should eat breakfast, everyday, maybe u should just eat toast. I have found that i cannot drink fresh milk so i take lactose free milk with my coffee,which seems to agree with my tummy and does not aggravate it.Eat lots of vegies, as it helps.
However, if you like to eat some some fried foods, you can, but have to suffer the consequences. I am very careful with what i eat now, i know what i can and cannot eat, so i stay away. I am now taking ibs support - sold at all chemists. It is a very good tablet, and i take it after dinner everyday now, and if u have a little bit of indigestion, take pineapple juice.
Also if you have the runs, drink pineapple juice, it will stop any accidents happening, and will make your body feel good. dont worry i know a lot of people who have the same problem as us.
take care,
emerald
I just wanted to thank all of you for the invaluable information of taking calcium!!
I had my gallbladder out almost ten years ago and since that time, have had days where I practically live in the bathroom. To make matters worse, because I am paralysed from the waist down, I had trouble getting to the bathroom in time. To put it mildly, the constant diarrhea (and then later constipation) has really affected my quality of life.
I was prescribed Questran but had some problems digesting it. Then the doctor prescribed Cholestid. When I took that I was always constipated. I was at the end of my rope until I came across this message board...
Post Edited (ShelleyinGA) : 3/26/2007 12:08:58 PM (GMT-6)
Hello everyone, I have spent the morning reading up on the aftermath of gallbladder removal. I am currently faced with having mine removed. I have had 4 attacks over the past 2 months - 2 being severe the others manageable and they are all at night. I purposely will not eat after 5:30 then I go walk/jog to help process my food. If I watch what I eat by gallbladder behaves. I have a lot of small stones the size of an apple seed. I have a second Dr. appt tomorrow afternoon, with a different Dr. I really do not want to have it taken out. God gives us organs for a reason and after studying up on what the gallbladder does I am very scared. Has anyone heard of a gallbladder flush? Is there anyway I can keep my organ? You all seem very wise and knowledgeable. Thank you so much for your time and support.
Hi,
I am 23 and got my gallbladder removed almost 2 weeks ago. I have been experiencing a lot of the after-effects people have been referring to and my doctor says to "give it time." Does anyone still have some back pain on the right side? I am experiencing some of that still, though I am guessing it is because I am still healing. I also am having some diarrhea problems, gas, burping, and pencil-think stools (ew). My doctor doubted there is some sort of blockage and said my body just needed to adjust. Are these things common after only 2 weeks? From your experience, does some of it improve? Is it safe for me to start taking calcium now? What about digestive enzymes or activated charcoal? I have heard that some of these things can help.
Hi..
I just came upon this website and found much comfort in knowing there may be help for the constant running to the bathroom. I had my gall bladder removed 1 month ago and no one told me that I would have any negative experiences. I was told that I should maintain a low fat diet and that would be the only restriction. I still have the bile drain tube in my abdomen, after the open surgery and a redirecting of the bile duct, I'm told this needs to stay in for 6 weeks.
In the meantime my trips to the bathroom are getting more frequent and my digestive system feels more irritated by the hour. I am going to the store first thing in the morning for the Caltrate + D. However, I am curious about something. I was in the hospital for 11 days and on two different, strong antibiotics for that period. I can home with 2 more 10 days prescriptions for the same antibiotics. I was beginning to think that my digestive irritation was caused by the destroying of good bacteria in my intestines. I went to a health food store today and bought pro-biotic acidophilus hoping that might help.
Has anyone tried any form of acidophilus and what was the outcome?
Thank you for all the very valuable info.
Demari
Hi, I have exactly the same problem. I just had (my first) colonoscopy and did a lot of yucky labs involving "samples" if you get my drift. Everything came back normal and nothing showed up as the cause of the diarrhea. My doctor then started me on Xifaxan-which is an antibiotic that only works in the bowel. It was initially used to treat traveler's diarrhea, but has been found to be effective for other types of diarrhea too. The diarrhea stopped IMMEDIATELY. I will be done with the pills on Friday, and the doc tells me if I'm still good 1 week after that we succeeded. If not they will try putting me on it one more time. It kills off an overgrowth of bacteria which is causing the problem. I also have to take a probiotic every day (I do that just before bed so the antibiotic doesn't kill the probiotics!).
Ok, if this doesn't address the problem the next thing is a powder that the doc gave me called Cholestyramine which you take in the morning to help the body deal with all the bile being dumped directly into the bowel. Also he wants me taking a fiber product like Metamucil because fiber soaks up liquid and bulks up the stool. Good luck, I hope one of these things helps you - I know what you're going through!
