Re: worried about Diarrhea

[Guest guest]

Tia,

I have never had the diarrhea. My stools were loose when they had me on the

feeding tube. Doctor said it was the blue dye they used. He took out the dye

and things firmed up. No everyone gets diarrhea.

Angels hover ever near,

DS 4/11/01

Bowel obstruction 4/21/01

Dr Deveney @ OHSU

Starting wt 282

Current wt 222

worried about Diarrhea

> Hi

> I am a lurker, I have posted one other time. I read the posts daily.

These

> past few days I have been reading the posts and it is about

> diarrhea..explosive diarrhea, uncontrollable diarrhea...and well it has me

> worried to the point I am wondering if I am making the right decision to

have

> this surgery done.

> On my first post I mentioned that I do have Multiple sclerosis (MS). My

MS

> is not bad at all, mainly my big complaint is fatigue. However, some

people

> with MS lose control of their bowels and I guess this is what I am afraid

of

> that the DS surgery will be the breaking point for me and make my BM's

> uncontrollable. Right now I am thinking more and more of just getting

the

> " sleeve " part done.

> I guess I just want reassurance, however, I do want the truth about the

> uncontrollable and explosive diarrhea. I see Dr.'s Anthone and Keshishian

> next week. I am thinking more and more about having Dr. Keshishian just

> doing the " sleeve " lap for me. Not sure yet....I guess I am just worried

> about this, and all the talk about the BM's have me even more worried.

> Thanks for listening.

>

> Tia

>

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[Guest guest]

Tia,

I know one lady who had the RNY distal who has MS and she has no problems

with loose stools and that is because after one accident she had, she

decided to keep her fats at 55 grams per day and no more than that. So far,

she tells me it works wonderfully and she has normal BMS all the time!

Judie

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