LARGE INTESTION REMOVED - LOTS 0F DIARIA

[jeaniethetick]

PLEASE HELP ME AS I CANT WAIT ANYMORE.  IN 1998 I HAD MY LAEGE INTESTIONTAKEN OUT. REASONS:  COLITIS, OBSTRUCTION, DIVERCULITIS, POSSIBLE IBS.  FROM THEN ON I'VE HAD CONSTANT
DIAREA.  NO RXS. HAVE HELPED.  THEY HAVE THOUGHT THAT RECTUM EXERCISING WOULD HELP.
I'M NOT SO SURE.  PLEASE ANSWER ME.

[Morecambe]

In 2004 I underwent a total colectomy for torrential diverticular bleeding and also experienced frequent loose motions/diarrhoea etc.

I found that a very high fibre diet helped to reduce the frequency of #2 toilet visits and also caused my motions to become more "muddy/sludgy" rather than almost liquid.  As an analogy, imagine you spilled a liquid on the kitchen floor and threw sawdust on the spillage to make it more collectable as a "mud" rather than as a "liquid".

My suggestions for a very high fibre diet would be along the following lines:-

- pulversied fresh fruit to which organic bran has been added
- similarly pulverised fresh vegetables to which organic bran has been added
- add organic bran to yoghurt
- make homemade muesli as a breakfast "cereal" (soak irganic oats in milk, add organic bran, grated fruit, lemon juice, nuts etc).  It looks like wet cement but it tasted OK
- only wholemeal organic bread
- the above can be combined with normal meals of meat/fish/vegetables etc
- but no jumk food, white bread, colas etc.  Drink ~2 litres of water per day
- and yes - you are allowed the occasional treat of Swiss chocolate!!

This combination enabled my #2 toilet visits to be reduced from perhaps 2-3 during the night and ~10 during the day to ~0-1 during the night and perhaps ~3 during the day.

regards
Morecambe

[patient915]

I answered your other post, let me know if you have any other questions.