frequent bowel movements

[shorty194]

I had a portion of my sigmoid colon removed due to diverticuloses last Aug. 07, I feel great, I can eat everthing
have no pain like before surgery, by only complaint is - about 4-5 times a week usually in the mornings, I might
have to have up to 6-8 bowel movements, usually one right after another, this can be quite annoying, is there
suggestions to help this matter.  Believe me, I am not complaining, as I know things could be a lot worse !
And yes my Dr. put me on Levsin, but I didn;t notice any improvement.  When it becomes quite annoying, I
take a cap ful of Peto-Bismol, it seems to help a little....Thanks..Sharon


This discussion is related to Cause/treatment of post lapascopic sigmoid resection symptoms??.

[shorty194]

Thanks for the suggestions, any help is appreciated, I will try this, you're right, I probably
neet to incorperate more fiber into my diet....thanks, I really feel sorry for some of the
ones out there that really have much worse problems !!!

[Morecambe]

Hi - I underwent a total colectomy four years ago for torrential diverticular bleeding.  After the operation I had to go to the toilet ~8 times per day and ~ 4 times nightly with very watery motions.  However, slowly this decreased to ~ 4 times daily and ~ 0-1 times nightly.

I found it helpful to increase the fibre content of my diet by incorporating plenty of organic bran into foods such as cereals, yoghurt etc etc. as well as plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables.  Oats - made into a homemade muesli (i.e. oats + bran + grated apple + lemon rind/juice + nuts all mixed with fresh milk so that the whole thing looked like wet cement!!) was also effective in minimising the number of toilet visits and also "solidifying" your stools.

Good luck
Morecambe