Re: Re: D. for about 6 weeks now - Is SCD not working?

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Remember that your body is trying to adapt to the loss of the gallbladder, and it can take months. Which means that it can't produce enough bile at one time to handle high-fat and high-fiber foods, or anything dense. The liver is continuing to produce bile, but it trickles down the common bile duct constantly instead of being stored in the gallbladder until needed. So there's less bile to work with at one time after a meal -- plus your body is adjusting to the constant flow of bile, even though it is in small amounts.

Are you eating small meals frequently throughout the day? That generally works well when adapting to the gallbladder loss, besides helping with energy levels. Stick to soft, easy-to-digest foods.

I, too, had constant D. in the weeks before my gallbladder was removed, since it wasn't emptying normally. My stools were a wonderful canary yellow color, and extremely odoriferous, from the bile imbalance, my doctors told me after I'd had several stool tests. Then after the surgery I switched to C. so have had to deal with chronic C. ever since, among other chronic symptoms.

I would check in with your doctor if the D. continues. There might be something else going on.

Kim M.

SCD 5+ years

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Also, what I don't understand is that the stools were getting less and less formed about 2 weeks before my first attack. This was about the 12th week of SCD for me, which is usually the time where people have relapses. If I was going through a relapse and agravated it with everything that comes along with an operation, that could explain a lot.