Colon Blow anyone?!?

[Dody 0]

I thought it was the experimental gas suction study your surgeon was participating in?

This is a part of the experiment...I said that in another thread. Don't tell me you missed a thread with me in it Donna. Shame on you girl!! A few days before surgery that was a requirement. It seemed silly at the time, but now it makes complete sense to me....not to be confused with they also are working on a way to suck the gas out after surgery, but you may be confusing the issues. The fact is I had absolutely no gas pains...so should I thank my surgeon who recommended it, or his team that sucked the gas out. Whatever it was it worked!! This subject was around all last mo. I guess you just overlooked my responses to " it was recommended by my dr"...., but don't let it worry you. We still on for Christmas?

[Miper70 0]

Ok....I just looked at the website and.......well......I can't even imagine wearing a colon blow t-shirt...LMAO.

Please let us know how this works and what you have to take. I can barely get my Protein shakes down so if it's gross....there's no way I can do it.

[sleepyjean 0]

Call me a cynic, but I don't get how taking a massive dump will make you lose weight. What does that have to do with burning fat and calories? And if you have the type of body that tends to build up a lot of stuff in your colon, won't it just start building up again? Or would you have to take this laxative on a regular basis? I think it might give you a boost mentally, but as a weight loss technique, it seems kind of fad-ish to me.

[DrewsLou 3]

Sorry to go OT for a second....

I did nothing fancy before or during surgery and I had no gas pains either. Hmmmmmmmm.

Now back to colon blow!

[Leila 0]

Call me a cynic, but I don't get how taking a massive dump will make you lose weight. What does that have to do with burning fat and calories? And if you have the type of body that tends to build up a lot of stuff in your colon, won't it just start building up again? Or would you have to take this laxative on a regular basis? I think it might give you a boost mentally, but as a weight loss technique, it seems kind of fad-ish to me.

I'd say cynicism is healthy. Colon blow is primarily psyllium husk - it's a simple bulk forming fibre that expands over a hundred size it's time with Water. The extra bowel movement people produce is not from stuff accumulating in the bowel, but is simply the product they've taken expanded to it's maximum size once ingested.

The weight lost is Water weight from the bowel when the psyllium husk absorbs water from the body while in the bowels. Colon blow powder form is just psyllium husk and stevia (all stevia is is a herbal sweetner), no other ingredients.

You can buy psyllium husk in bulk a zillion times cheaper in many places. Small amounts are helpful forms of fibre even for some bandsters. Large amounts like in products like colon blow have a risk for blockage, some surgeons recommend bandsters completely avoid bulk forming fibre supplements, like psyllium, because of the risk of blockage and slippage.

The colon blow capsules, are boosted with seneca (senekot) and cascara - two simple inexpensive herbal laxatives. Again as with bulk forming Fiber, laxatives cause water weight loss as they pull water from the bowels. You may lose minimal amounts of fat/calorie loss with repeated use of laxatives as it causes food to move through your system faster impeding absorption - it also impedes absorption of essential Vitamins and minerals.

If someone was set on doing a psyllium and/or psyllium and herbal laxative 'cleanse' I would a) consult with your lapband dr.'s office first to see what their restrictions/recommendations for large doses of bulk forming Fiber, specifically psyllium use is. and if you do go through with it, hit a bulk store or health food store for psyillium at a fraction of the price. Psyllium husk is a readily available very cheap product.

Here's a great resource for information on herbs/supplements I always like to consult before I take stuff.

Just my 2 cents worth. :biggrin1:

[Dianechef 3]

From what I've been told, what's building up in your colon, isn't just crap. Apparently, there are toxins or "sludge" that builds up & when you clean it out, things just work better.

I was looking into having colonics done, but it can be so expensive. I figured this would be a much cheaper way to take care of it. My doctor says there is no problems with doing this. What I've heard from others is that this is not a laxative & there are no emberassing explosions. It just cleans out the stuff that doesn't need to be in there. Your poop is just "different" then normal.

Just in case anybody is wondering, I am having no problems Healthwise at all. I feel great & do not have problems being "regular." I just need a little jump start to kick my weight loss into gear. I have heard this could possibly help. We'll see!!!

Once it comes in, I will let you know the instructions of how to use it & try to be as discreet as I can about how it's workin'.

[lil' debbie 0]

Oh my god, just went to the website and checked out the "Outstanding Poop Pix" link - good god girl, you must let us know if THAT comes out of you!! To think that stuff is inside you.

Great website, they have quite the sense of humor. Colonblow, does anyone else remember the classic Saturday Night Live Colonblow commercial from the late 80's early 90's. I'm thinking of placing my order just for the free t-shirt!!!

Keep us updated - Funny were your results typical of the pix? Gosh we all all warped. You can add "poop train conductor" to your list of side jobs also...

[BJean 16]

I don't care if this topic has been beaten to death before, this is really funny!!

Furthermore, I can't wait to go to the site to learn more.

I had read, Dody, that you found that it helped with the horrible gas pains after surgery. So, good grief, if us newbies can benefit from this, by all means... let's talk about it... give us the blow by blow, doncha know!:heh:

Of course, descriptive accounts of ya'lls DH's daily by-products may be a bit less helpful. Amusing, nontheless.:nervous

[Dianechef 3]

I am so bummed!! The UPS man just drove up with a package & I ran outside to meet him because I thought he was bringing my Colon Blow!! When I opened the package, it wasn't it it!! CRAP!!! (hee, hee)

This means I have to wait until Monday to get it. Wait, .......Monday is a holiday!! DOUBLE CRAP!!

Funnyduddies, I agree, Poop Train Conductor is an appropriate title for you!! What do you think!? By the way, how DID it all come out?!?! Anything you'd like to share with us poopers?!?!?!?!?!?!?!???! :biggrin1: :huggie: :biggrin1: :scared:

[Elisabethsew 50]

As long as you check with your MD, I suppose this procedure is fine. For anyone with heart problems, you can alter your Fluid and electrolyte balance so be careful. The body rids itself of toxins via two primary routes... feces and urine. Once you "clean" out, you're back to baseline is less than a week.

[BJean 16]

I can't imagine what it is that you "take" in the place of a meal. You all probably don't remember the bran diet that made the rounds. You put unprocessed Miller's Bran in your food as an additive. We used to laugh about the subsequent "blow outs" we had. It gave new meaning to "is 6 enough, is 12 too many."

Ok. Now I'm showing my age, aren't I? Rats. And I thought I was being so cool.

[*susan* 1,709]

Honestly, I don't think I would ever do this to my body. It worries me that it would end up being like douching, and get rid of important things that are bodies need and by getting rid of them, we end up causing ourselves a bunch of new infections, etc.