Welcome! Wow, diarrhea for 9 years? What does your primary doctor or specialist say about this? Diarrhea is common with dumping as a result of eating sugar and carbs like breads, pastas, pizza. Protein wouldn't make any difference but carbs sure will. I sure hope you can find someone to help.

if you had pre surgery classes one thing they said repeatedly (to us) if you eat sugar and or carbs you will either get dumping or diarrhea, Try cutting ALL sugars and carbs from your diet and do not drink 30 mins before eat,while you eat and until 30 mins after you are done eating.....hope this helps....i feel for ya..been there myself...

All the doctors say they have no clue. Soooooo......I wear a adult diaper to bed (just in case) I have crapped myself outside the house I couldn't tell you how many times, LOL, it is funny at first, but after 9 years of dealing with it, I sometimes WISH I NEVER had the surgery. Now I was just told by a friend that has had many an acquaintance that has had the surgery they ALL have the same problems. Diarrhea is a big one the doctors don't really want to emphazise. I am on the commode up to 25 times a day, take massive amounts of kaopectate, does nothing. Just something I gotta live with.

I've never heard of diarrhea being a problem like that except with dumping from carbs, sugars, and alcohol. I'm curious what you eat and drink. Since you've asked if anyone else has experienced this, I have to say no. I personally have not had any issues unless I eat something I shouldn't. I do know one person who has frequent diarrhea, but then he also has poor eating habits and eats junk food.

Lcat4: I probably AM guilty of eating pretty much what I want. Bread, chips, etc. BUT it makes no difference, I can eat protein, yogurt, etc and it STILL happens. That's my point. I had my surgery at Tri-cities in Hawaiin Gardens, where the infamous Dr. Fobi works, he even came though after my surgery, I went through MONTHS of pre-surgery stuff, I mean I have to eat to have energy. After talking with other people and people that KNOW people that have had the surgery they all say the same thing, DIARRHEA. I dunno maybe my body is just really bad with the whole thing. And maybe as I get older it is getting worse. But I pretty much cant not travel without being concerned, I just pretty much have had to adjust my live to dealing with it. Stress doesn't help. Thank God I live out on 2-1/2 acres with nobody around, because I have had major blowouts!! FUNNY but NOT.

Welcome! I'm so sorry you've been going through this. Nine years??? I can't even imagine how difficult it has been for you! Because of our high-protein diet, most of us have constipation issues, rather than the problem you are suffering with.

The closest thing I've experienced to your problem was having horrible diarrhea the started about a week after I had my gallbladder out (about 3 years after my GBS). My doctor said I'd eventually "get over it," but I couldn't even make it through a Zumba class without horrible intestinal cramping (and spending at least 1/4 of the class in the bathroom) and I wasn't willing to "wait it out." I did some research and learned about "bile salt diarrhea." And, I did find a "cure!!!" Because people don't absorb calcium carbonate (Tums) efficiently, taking a couple Tums with each meal can slow food in the intestinal tract enough to stop the diarrhea. It TOTALLy worked for me!! (I still take 6 calcium citrate every day because of the GBS). I felt relief the first time I took the Tums. Then, for a few months, I still took Tums every time I ate something outside my regular diet. Thankfully, I haven't struggled diarrhea for a few years.

I encourage you to try taking 2 Tums every time you eat. I hope it works for you!

JJ

THANK YOU imjj4short!!! I am going to try it. Started today. Hope it works!

Stimpy, please let me know what happens!!!!

Sorry you have had this to deal with. I have had changes in things since my surgery, but nothing that drastic. I never had issues before my sleeve, but ever since, when my body tells me it's time to go to the rest room I have to get to a rest room.... now. BS, before surgery, I would get the message, and I could finish what I needed to and put if off, up to 1/2 an hour to an hour. Now, I have, at most, 10 minutes. I can't get in the car to head out to my mom's on a weekend morning until I've taken my morning constitutional, so to speak. There isn't always time to find a gas station. Also, never had issues with diarrhea BS, but have had bouts of 3 or 4 times a day now and then. It got worse after I had a colonoscopy, much worse. I suspect that cleaning our digestive tracks out to squeaky clean messed up the bacteria in our guts. I know I have less issues when I maintain my daily probiotics, but I wonder if we aren't paying all this time later because our insides were cleaned out so completely for the surgery?

MNMama: You have to be super diligent with the gastric bypass, ever since I have had the surgery, I have not had ONE solid BM, nothing but chronic diarrhea, I cannot tell you how many times I have messed the bathroom floor and spent the days crying and cleaning up, it has been a nightmare, My one doctor told me to drink as much kaopectac as I want, I have tried pro-biotics, gobs of protein, vitamins, EVERYTHING to no avail, I suppose if I was on a super strict regime and did not veer off that path, it would be better, but it is sooooooo depressing to stay on it. You cannot live, I have no energy, and people criticize me for being moody. There is SO MUCH involved, mind/body to weight management and gastric bypass. I started taking the calcium today, to see how that works, I have low thyroid, so I have to make sure I take calcium 4 hours from that dose. Lord, if I told you how many times I have missed making it to the bathroom you would laugh, my body CANNOT control when it is coming on.

Wow; I can't imagine having to go through that for nine days, let alone nine YEARS! Strangely, I had that issue before surgery, but with me it was my poor diet and all the milk I was drinking. Since I had my surgery seven months ago, I have never had diarrhea, but instead have had massive amounts of (sorry to be so grossly graphic) compacted poop that's rather large in diameter. So large, in fact, that it not only hurts like heck to go but I have to keep a supply of wire hangers, plastic bags and a plunger in every bathroom in my house (I only have two, thank goodness). I'm now always terrified of clogging a toilet that's not in my own home, and it stinks to have to time my day's travels and activities around this, but you gotta do what you gotta do, at least for a while still. Tonight, though, the unthinkable happened. I was having dinner at a friend's house and, well, I had to go. So go I did, and I managed to clog the heck out of her toilet! I told her I just put her bathroom out of order but that I could fix it with a wire hanger, a plastic bag and a plunger. She just looked at me funny and my 13-y.o. son kept insisting that all I'd need was the plunger and even got into an argument with me about it! Sheesh--I got the necessary "tools" and got to work, but I was very embarrassed. Life happens, and so does this. Wonder if it will eventually return to normal? Or is this my normal now?

Lol Pianodiva! You are hilarious! I had to buy a big plunger, not just the half round. Ever since I started adding organic fiber (Renew Life) to my morning protein shake the big ones are healthy and no longer hard and painful. Water and fiber! And I also take probiotics, I like Renew Life Ultimate Flora 30 billion.

Hahaha! That's a crack-up Pianodiva!!!! Lord, I WISH I had that problem, my life SUCKS cuz I have to go like 15 times a day, it just strikes bad and I NEED to get to a toilet! I live on 2-1/2 acres and I cant tell you how many times I have had to do an emergency pants pull down (Thank God I have no neighbors), I am trying calcium and magnesium now, plus gas-x, because NOT TO BE GROSS, but I have BAD GAS and it IS SOOOOOO GROSS, I cant even stand to be around me. My husband wants to strangle me, LOL! Even the dogs leave the room. If ANYBODY Has any good suggestions on what to take or w hat to do, or what to eat, I would love it. I am soooooo sick of protein drinks, probiotics might help, I'll try those.

Stimpy - Taking 2 Tums before every meal hasn't helped, then??

Haha, yeah, holy CRAP! The story of my live, CRAP!! No, but seriously, I started taking the Tums, about 6 days ago, meh, I dunno if its really helped, but I'll give it more time. I can tell you this, I will forever the rest of my life have drrhea, nothing I know is going to change that, its just controlling explosive diarrhea when I am someplace in public or even at home, the abilities for my body to control it are just not there. I am going to try to eat better, but I lose energy and get weak and depressed (same before the surgery, when I chronically dieted) so I eat to feel "normal" I know people on here are going to get upset for telling my story, because the surgery has worked for them, and they are in the throes of happiness, I get that, I don't want to burst their bubble, but I'm just sayin FOR ME, this is what happened. Am I glad I lost the weight? YES!!!!! But I paid the price of chronic diarrhea. Chances are everybody else will NEVER have a problem. Anyways, YES, still taking tums and magnesium, and vitamins and protein.