Bowel Movements

[JFreeman 49]

This is a weird thing to bring up, but I am curious if anyone else has experienced this: I had a gastric bypass back in February and for the past 2 or 3 months it seems like I have been having large and frequent bowel movements. I often go 2 times a day and sometimes even 3. It feels like I am going more now than I did before my surgery even though I am eating less than half of what I used to. I'm guessing this is due to the bypass, but it just seems like there is too much coming out of me for the amount of food going into me, it doesn't make sense.

[Jonathan Carlson 73]

I have something similar but it only happens every other day which means that on the off days I'm not going much at all. It kind of explains things for me. I don't see how you can be having two to three movements a day everyday! Maybe ask the Doc

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[Arabesque 7,258]

Certainly worth asking about.

A few months back I started going twice a day or feeling like I could go again an hour or so later. Thought I might have a bug so went to my GP. Had some tests & turned out I was constipated which surprised me. Not blocked though just ‘speed bumps ‘ meaning I wasn’t fully emptying my bowels. Suggested treatment was stool softener - one dose then two days later repeat. It helped a bit but I still basically have the same issue but not every day. I’ve just accepted it though I might try the stool softener treatment again one day.

Edited December 6, 2023 by Arabesque

[SleeveToBypass2023 2,626]

On 12/5/2023 at 9:59 PM, Arabesque said:

Certainly worth asking about.

A few months back I started going twice a day or feeling like I could go again an hour or so later. Thought I might have a bug so went to my GP. Had some tests & turned out I was constipated which surprised me. Not blocked though just ‘speed bumps ‘ meaning I wasn’t fully emptying my bowels. Suggested treatment was stool softener - one dose then two days later repeat. It helped a bit but I still basically have the same issue but not every day. I’ve just accepted it though I might try the stool softener treatment again one day.

I use a combination stool softener and laxative because just softening the stool doesn't help me go any more frequently. I can go normally for 2 or 3 days, then have a few days of not going at all. Once I hit day 3 of not going, I take the stool softener and laxative and by the next day I'm GOING. And then I'm good for another 3 days, then it starts all over again.