Inability to stop diarrhea

Posted by rinstaffordaz @rinstaffordaz, Oct 14, 2017

Diagnosed with Scleroderma December of 2016
After one year of many doctors began treatments lost 70 lbs in less than one year unexplained
Since treatment began lost another 80 lbs
Was accepted at Mayo in Scottsdale June 28, 2017
Weight was 127
Gained 20 lbs with TPN and IVIG TREATMENTS
PROBLEM is severe Diarrhea
Have 2 good days and 4- to 5 bad days losing 10 or more lbs
GI team prescribed DIPHENOXYLATE- ATROPINE to replace IMODIUM
during that time I've consistently had Diarrhea everyday but one when I had horrible constipation
I'm scheduled for Surgery Monday am to install an IMPLANTABLE VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICE ( IVAD )
Can anyone advise how to stop the Diarrhea?
Should I cancel the surgery till feeding better?
Thanks

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ricey | @ricey | Nov 12, 2017

But I'm in a lot off discomfort I can't feel like this until April I will be like a skeleton I phonedthe doctors secretary to see if I could get a earliereply appointment but no one got back to me

Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Nov 12, 2017

@ricey

You need to keep calling and report your symptoms. Sometimes we have to persist in order to get help. It is important to be your own patient advocate.

Teresa