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Has anyone had sigmoid colon removal and have bowel incontinence?
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I am 3 weeks postoperative and trying to sort out my bowel schedule. Still too much gas with too little poop and too often. Got the same regular diet advice. Also had C Diff 5 days after surgery. That sucks. Took fidaxomicin for ten days and just finished.
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@donbarkman at three weeks I was in the same position that you’re in.
It takes time for the bowel to wake up and to adapt. So sorry to hear that you had CDiff.
I can’t imagine a newly resected bowel having to go through that.
At almost 4 months out I’m adding new foods one or two at a time.
Otherwise, I ate fish, chicken, protein pasta, rice, cooked vegetables and fruit, and other easy to digest foods.
Protein and lots of water are very important!
I didn’t get anything close to normal until at least two months. It’s a major operation and certainly a difficult recovery for some of us.
I’m not a doctor so I’m talking about my own experience.
I’ve gained a lot of help from a few support groups and have gotten good and bad advice from AI. I don’t like Facebook in general, but I am on a few support groups on that as well.