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Hello @andoman,

I noticed in your first post that your surgery was just 3 weeks ago. Your body does need time to adjust and recover to this "new normal."

Frequent, light meals will undoubtedly help. Probiotics are also good. I used Kefir for a morning smoothie. It is high in probiotics (but yogurt is also good). Kefir tastes quite sour, so you need to put it in a blender with some fruits. I usually use half of a banana, some frozen fruit to make it frothy and then blend it. Sometimes I add some peanut butter powder to give me some additional protein.

If you want to take an additional probiotic, lots of GI doctors recommend Align, but I've tried other good brands that seem to help as well. You can always talk to your doctor of pharmacist regarding a good brand of probiotics.

Keep positive, this does tend to get better, but it requires developing new eating habits and of course, patience with the process.

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Thank you for the probiotics you use, will look into this. Will start eating yogurt as well.
I’m still going to the loo so much it drives me nuts. So far I’m up to 9 times. I hope this gets to a more reasonable level. I’m trying to eat smaller so it may help but definitely lost a lot of weight.