Gastrointestinal Issues | Post-Op 20+ Years

Looking for feedback regarding food or other things related to intermittent diarrhea issues. When I started having the urgent issues around 15 years ago, I was told by a Gastroenterologist to take Imodium AD since it wasn't chronic. Over the years, it's been pretty consistent so I am assuming it has to do with the removal of a portion of the colon.

Thanks for any insight!!

Most often caused by foods with sugar alcohols. Most of them end with itol like sorbitol. Use Imoodium or find a different product with no sugar alcohols. Bariatric foods and vitamins will often cause gas and diarrhea.

Most of us have issues with constipation and take something like Miralax top help with that. I have never been "normal" after gastric bypass and do believe the bypass is responsible.

I agree. I had IBS prior to my roux my surgery in2004. Now I have to get an egd test for stricture testing. We have similar symptoms. Best wishes!

I appreciate your response.

Thank you for the information.

Sorry you are having this trouble. Do you still have your gallbladder? Any time I've had diarrhea issues it was always related to poor food choices on my part. (Greasy or too many 'tols'.) I had my gallbladder removed during my first wls and ever since have had to be careful not eating very fatty foods. And funny thing is that I never had constipation, that is until I started taking the generic of Contrave. (Bupropion and Naltrexone.) Those meds combined with drastically less food volume has me taking a fiber supplement in the morning and a softener in the evening. That will be daily so long as I'm on this med combo.

I read in your reply that you may need a scoping to check for strictures, hope that won't be needed. Early in my post-op days I had to get a stricture stretched three times but after that everything has been fine. Oddly the only time I'm unable to get food down is when I'm under a lot of stress and heartache. In support group the nurse said that is a fairly common side effect and doesn't last long. I don't know about it being common but it usually only lasts a day.

Hope you get relief soon!

No gallbladder. Surgeon removes them routinely since he said it ends up being removed around a year later anyway.

And yes, greasy food doesn't sit well at all!

Thanks for the carefully thought-out response.