@electracat yes, it was quite the experience, for a mid 40s lady who had never had any kind of surgery to have emergency surgery and a subsequent 2 week hospital stay. I was on TPN for 1 month, but have not required it since. The pelvic wand helps my pelvic floor muscles relax...so when that feeling of things not wanting to come out, they CAN now. For the rapid gastric emptying, I recently switched from Motegrity back to Linzess. I was under the impression that Motegrity worked exclusively in the small and large intestines to propel things along, but my GI doctor said it stimulates everything, including the stomach, which obviously is not ideal for someone with rapid gasttic emptying. So far I am not convinced, but will give it more time. I also am on a low dose of cholestyramine for bile acid diarrhea, which is helping reduce the frequency and improve the consistency of my BMs. Hope that helps some.