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People with Fecal Incontinence: Psyllium Fiber?

Colorectal Cancer | Last Active: Jul 15 9:58am | Replies (13)
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@bevjoy

Thanks for the details of your regiment.
I'm in the same situation with no colon. (Had a TC-IRA). I've been relying on the pysslium husks capsules (and dancing around medication time effectiveness interactions as you mentioned) but will try the combo because I haven't been taking enough capsules to equate to what you're taking in the slurry. I have an occasional day with very acceptable loose, but solidish BMs, but most days, I have mixed results. And I do have some really bad days thrown in there. (Burning, bile, diarrhea) Still trying to figure this out. Aug will be one year since my surgery. Otherwise, I recovered well.

In addition, do you also drink a lot of fluids throughout the day? I was told to stay hydrated and drink lots of water (sometimes with a few sprinkles of IV Solution powder). Is this counter productive?

My surgeon said to eat 35 gr of fiber a day. Do you count food and vege fiber in your daily fiber routine?

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jmy75 | @jmy75 | Jul 11 11:17am

Fiber is food, so always count food with fiber.

My dad gets roughly half that amount. He eats oatmeal in the morning, which is about 7 g fiber. And his psyllium gummies total are 10. So far it seems to help, but as usual sometimes a solution turns into nothing.

I would imagine if you don't have colon you'll need far more fiber.

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rjjacobsen | @rjjacobsen | Jul 11 3:39pm

I have bad days as well so I try to avoid variance from day to day and try to eat/drink/take MM consistently - that variance is what messes me up.

I try to limit fluid intake to a quart and a half unless I'm doing something to cause sweating... drinking over that amount encourages the diarrhea. Today, I was working outside in 84 F heat so I drank more water than normal. Even then, I don't over water because of the consequences. I avoid soda entirely - the non-diet (sugar HFCS) versions encourage diarrhea and I'm allergic to most diet pops. It is difficult to adjust the water and the psyllium husk powder based on activity. I do drink (and recommend) G-zero (Gatorade - zero calorie) or G2 (Gatorade - half sugar) or equivalent. I use this when I've been very physically active.

Yes, drinking lots of water is a good thing for most, but it is counterproductive to what the psyllium husks are doing. I think, but don't know, that you can increase water and psyllium husk powder proportionally if you are thirsty. I've thought about testing this, but haven't yet. I do know if I overwater the diarrhea returns and quickly. Ick.

I don't bother to count my fiber intake in a day.

Hope this helps.

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