When do loose stools stop??
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 11:12 am
Hi Guys,
Hope everyone is doing well and getting vaccinated! As you can see , I am lot more active here this week than ever before! I am experiencing loose stools during the day. I am 33 F. My first BM is always formed but the subsequent ones get looser and looser. Sometimes they smell bad too. I know for sure I have PI-IBS. But I am not taking anything for it. I only take a florastor a day or probiotic sometimes. I am 25 weeks from the last vanco dose and pretty much coming up at 6 month in recovery. But my loose stools just haven't stopped. There have been weeks in between where I would probably have loose stools only once or twice a week. But no week where I had only formed stools. I get a lot of foam which I think is mucous or bile when I get loose stools. No pain, no discomfort or anything except for signals that my body gives to tell me that its time to go to the loo. I eat pretty much everything in a vegetarian diet. No dairy though.
Could you please share your experiences with loose stools so late into the recovery? Should I see my gastro to have colonoscopy etc? I have messaged her and she doesn't seem to think any particular care is needed. I worry sometimes if everything inside is good in terms of my gall bladder, liver, intestines etc.
Just FYI, I had an open appendectomy and some portions of my terminal ileum were removed due to late diagnosis of appendicitis and subsequent complications but both my surgeon/ gastro had assured me that I dont have short bowels or bile malabsorption etc since nothing much was removed that could impact absorption of fat or bile. My B12 levels are normal too. While doing work up for appendicitis when the doctors were not able to diagnose, they had tested me for RF Factor and it had come to be 14 IU/ml which some places say is negative & some some places say is positive. This test is done to check fore celiac or rheumatoid arthritis I think but I do not have any symptoms of those. Doctor had told me that all of these blood proteins can go crazy when there is inflammation for so long . I would love if anyone can share their thoughts on this test as well if they have any experience with it.
You can see that this week I am having some health anxiety. Most of the times I meditate and do not take stress about health. I thought I will write here and hope to see some insights and thoughts or if just reassurances.
Thank you so much!
Hope everyone is doing well and getting vaccinated! As you can see , I am lot more active here this week than ever before! I am experiencing loose stools during the day. I am 33 F. My first BM is always formed but the subsequent ones get looser and looser. Sometimes they smell bad too. I know for sure I have PI-IBS. But I am not taking anything for it. I only take a florastor a day or probiotic sometimes. I am 25 weeks from the last vanco dose and pretty much coming up at 6 month in recovery. But my loose stools just haven't stopped. There have been weeks in between where I would probably have loose stools only once or twice a week. But no week where I had only formed stools. I get a lot of foam which I think is mucous or bile when I get loose stools. No pain, no discomfort or anything except for signals that my body gives to tell me that its time to go to the loo. I eat pretty much everything in a vegetarian diet. No dairy though.
Could you please share your experiences with loose stools so late into the recovery? Should I see my gastro to have colonoscopy etc? I have messaged her and she doesn't seem to think any particular care is needed. I worry sometimes if everything inside is good in terms of my gall bladder, liver, intestines etc.
Just FYI, I had an open appendectomy and some portions of my terminal ileum were removed due to late diagnosis of appendicitis and subsequent complications but both my surgeon/ gastro had assured me that I dont have short bowels or bile malabsorption etc since nothing much was removed that could impact absorption of fat or bile. My B12 levels are normal too. While doing work up for appendicitis when the doctors were not able to diagnose, they had tested me for RF Factor and it had come to be 14 IU/ml which some places say is negative & some some places say is positive. This test is done to check fore celiac or rheumatoid arthritis I think but I do not have any symptoms of those. Doctor had told me that all of these blood proteins can go crazy when there is inflammation for so long . I would love if anyone can share their thoughts on this test as well if they have any experience with it.
You can see that this week I am having some health anxiety. Most of the times I meditate and do not take stress about health. I thought I will write here and hope to see some insights and thoughts or if just reassurances.
Thank you so much!