Question:
has anyone experienced greyish color stool.

the stool is always a greyish color, never brown. i have had recently (june) cat scan and egd for other reasons and eveerything was fine. i'm thinking its from my choclate protein drink and also protein bars which are choclate. any advise out there would be appreciated before i ask my gastro doctor    — ELIZABETH F. (posted on August 8, 2003)

August 8, 2003
Grey can mean many things, but usually chocolate! LOL! It can also mean that your body is using every nutrient you are taking in... and not getting enough. SO... double check your vities, etc., and if you are doing fine, it's probably the chocolate! :~)
   — Sharon m. B.

August 8, 2003
Grey or clay colored stools could indicate gall bladder problems. Let your doc know about it. He may have already ruled it out.
   — adeas

August 8, 2003
My stol has been greysh or khaki colored since surgery almost 6 months ago. I have no problems with my gall bladder. It seems to not be an unusual thing accoreding to conversations with my surgeon and support group members.
   — Fixnmyself

August 8, 2003
It could also be from your iron supplements. Iron can make stool anything from black to dark green to greyish. Even after WLS, my stool was always brown until I had to increase my iron supplements due to anemia, and then they started to turn dark grey/black. That was at more than a year post-op. I've had a chocolate protein drink every morning since about 2 months since WLS, so I know it's not from the chocolate.
   — Cyndie K.

August 9, 2003
This is so funny! My stool has been a rainbow of colors post-op. Started off almost white/light yellow. Then darker yellow. Then green. [Green was weird.....] Then light brown.... etc. Today, 18 months post-op, it's usually in the light tan to brown range. I think it's a combination of meds, vitamins, eating differently, and (of course) the intestinal bypass and digestive differences. Bottom line is, it's really not a problem. Just different.
   — Kathy J.