Diarrhea and being unable to drink the protein shakes

[crussell 0]

Can someone please help me. I have been having diarrhea and can not eat for the past 2 day. I am 7 weeks out post surgery.

[Frumoasa 3]

You may be lactose intolerant. Just a thought.

[ready2B 263]

You probably should call your doctor or head to the ER. Getting dehydrated is a real danger.

[crussell 0]

Thank you

[SkinnyDown 409]

I agree, call your Dr. or make a trip to the ER. This is nothing to mess around with. Especially if you are unable to eat.

I've had diarrhea every day, since I got home from the hospital, 5 weeks ago. I am able to eat though. Problem is, it pretty much goes right through me. They can't figure it out yet, referring me to a Gastroenterologist if Imodium doesn't help, but I don't want to be on imodium the rest of my life either. It's getting to be a bit much, day after day of this.

[crussell 0]

Ok thank you I will see my surgeon on Monday.

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

Hopefully you are at least drinking Water if you are unable to eat. Your doctor should have a resident on call. By Monday you could be severely dehydrated.

[ShrinkingPeach 1,291]

Agreed, you should call your surgeon's answering service for an after hours call. They may tell you to go to the ER anyway but I agree that you should not wait.

[Kindle 8,667]

Call your surgeon. Ask for a C diff PCR test (the ELISA test has a high false negative rate).

@ I assume your doctor has already done this.....

Edited July 5, 2015 by Kindle

[SkinnyDown 409]

@@Kindle Yes, I had the C Diff test, it came back negative.

[Julie norton 2,850]

My opinion is you might want to stop Protein Shakes for a test. Pedialyte mixed with lots of Water helped me when I had an issue.

My doc says Protein tells your stomach to release acid to digest..., but if there is nothing there but liquid... No meat or any digestibles. It can go right through you.

Good luck