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I am 10 weeks post total colon removal. Planned takedown postponed to November due to Addison's disease diagnosis. Taking lomotil 4times daily. Still...almost always pure water output. Tried adding Imodium, eating brat diet, marshmellows, extra bread, pasta, etc. nothing seems to be helping. Taking 30 mg hydrocortisone due to Addison's. Getting more frustrated, depressed and fed up as I go. Can't seem to stay our of hospital longer than 2weeks due o dehydration from high output. I drink a minimum of 3 liters, yes 3 liters everyday. Avoid sugar, juices etc. but my output is 1-2 liters most days. For the last 3 days it has been about 150-300 ml every hour. Equaling a lot more than should be.
All that said what else might work. Desperate for ideas to thicken/slow dwn output. So very desperate.

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Have you been eating a variety of foods or just the "safe" foods? Because a lot of foods I would think would make everything watery actually thicken me up, so I think a lot of it depends on your body. Bread and pasta don't always do much for me. Watermelon and pizza do.

There is also prescription strength Imodium. I would call your doctor soon!
K
try benefiber. Make sure you are taking the immodium 30minutes BEFORE you eat. most docs will tell you you can take 8 a day total.
add nexium (prescription neeeded from you doc)
also you can get a prescription for tincture of opium
other foods that have helped me in addition to what you said - potatoes, rice, oatmeal, peanut butter - the real kind- not the sugar filled stuff in packages). So my magic.. gunk it up breakfast is real oatmeal with some benefiber sprinkled on it and peanut butter toast.

Don't drink too much water.. try pedialyte, a true WHO solution from Jianas brothers, or ceralylte... all day sipping it. Use this as your only beverage.. rather than plain water. My doc has me on 2.5-3 liters of it a day.
Do not drink while eating.
and do not drink hot liquids or eat hot liquidy things like soups.
Look up an "anti-dumping" diet. Its usually prescribed for people after gastric bypass surgery. But my doc did all of the above and had me use that diet when I was in your sitatuion. It worked.
good luck
L

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