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Are you eating only what you are told? I believe, I haven't had the surgery yet, that if you are eating "off program" you would develop diarrhea. I think 4 days is more than what would be considered normal after surgery.

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Yes. I am completely following my diet allowed by my surgeon. It may be all the liquids that is causing it?? I don't know just trying to figure out if it's normal or if Anyone else has experienced this as well ?

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Please call your doctor. In thinking you could have contacted cdiff or something viral in the hospital.....

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I had my surgery on March 11, and had diarrhea at least 10 times a day for the first 5 or 6 days. To date, I have only had one or two days that my stool has been normal. My doctor sent me to the ER where I had a CAT scan and blood test; no problems were found. I do not know if this is normal or not, but my doctor is not too concerned at this point. Call your doctor and let him/her decide what you need.

Jim

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diarrhea - Is this normal first couple of weeks

@@mandyq1985

this is such a "shittttty" issue :o :lol:

someone had to say it :D :D

having diarrhea is very common early PO :wacko:

DEAL WITH IT :angry: :D :D

how long will diarrhea last :blink:

your guess is as good as mine :wacko:

BUTTTT everything comes out in the end :huh: ;)

sorry you are going through this problem :(

hopefully you'll get better sooner than later

good luck :)

kathy

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diarrhea - Is this normal first couple of weeks

@@mandyq1985

this is such a "shittttty" issue :o :lol:

someone had to say it :D :D

having diarrhea is very common early PO :wacko:

DEAL WITH IT :angry: :D :D

how long will diarrhea last :blink:

your guess is as good as mine :wacko:

BUTTTT everything comes out in the end :huh: ;)

sorry you are going through this problem :(

hopefully you'll get better sooner than later

good luck :)

kathy

Thanks. My friend who has hers in December said the same thing. I am hoping It ends soon. Thanks for the hope. Haha

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My doctor gives us a huge manual on things to expect after surgery and it says that it is normal to have 1-3 soft stools per day while still on the liquid diet. It tells us to call the office if we have persistent diarrhea though.

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I had diarrhea after surgery every day. Contact your doctor. Mine allowed me Imodium. Come to find out after surgery I could not tolerate the whey Protein that I had been drinking for the past 6 months and also could not tolerate artificial sweeteners. (Which is pretty much our entire diet the first 2 weeks after surgery) I am using the premium protein products now(it took me awhile to find it since I'm one month out yesterday) like I said talk to your doctor because the diarrhea will dehydrate and you don't need that right now.

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I agree call your doctor. In the meantime you may want to lay off any dairy products. Some people have issues with cow's milk right after surgery.

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I had it day 5 post op, it lasted a few days... and then it stopped. I have read many many posts that explain it as "liquid in, liquid out". I didn't take anything for it, it just stopped on its own. Actually it stopped for me when I started my fuller liquids on day 7, not sure if there is a correlation there or not.

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I have had it too on and off since post op. My dr said thats very common because "liquid in, liquid out". As you add more solid foods in the coming weeks it will go away.

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