RNY June 10, 2015. Any advice you would have liked to have gotten before surgery?
on 6/4/15 9:07 am
In my opinion, any form of Splenda is crap. You are only getting 1gr of fiber per tsp. Splenda ALWAYS put the brakes on my weightloss
Most likely what you are dealing with now is from the preop diet. When you are postop and eating mostly protein you won't have the issues that you have now. You don't need a fiber suppliment now. After surgery you will. I would call the surgeons office and tell him about the diarrhea now. You don't want to dehydrate so close to surgery
"The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue." --- Dorothy Parker
"You may not like what I say or how I say it, but it may be just exactly what you need to hear." ---Kathryn White
Thanks for the reply. My surgeon is already aware. This isn't new. I've had this diarrhea problem since I was little. It's an issue that so far has been undiagnosed. My surgeon and GI Doctor actually put me on the fiber supplements I'm also on a powder medication to try to get it to stop. I'm on 2 protein shakes a day already. They unfortunately make me have diarrhea to. I'd rather have this then constipation I think though.
on 6/4/15 1:42 pm
Have you tried Questron? I used that prior to my revision because of bile salts diarrhea
"The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue." --- Dorothy Parker
"You may not like what I say or how I say it, but it may be just exactly what you need to hear." ---Kathryn White
on 6/5/15 1:53 pm
Cholestyramine is Questron. Questron is the brand name. Just take that and stop the fiber.
"The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue." --- Dorothy Parker
"You may not like what I say or how I say it, but it may be just exactly what you need to hear." ---Kathryn White
