Gastrocolic Reflex or something else?

ValenMember

I think I might win a prize for how much I post on here! But it’s really the only outlet I have considering my GI passed away and I have yet to find another one.

So as of two days ago my pouch has been acting unusually. It’s like I eat and an hour later I have a movement, sometimes it’s in less time than that. My stool is normal texture and it’s not green so I don’t think that what I’m eating is going right through me. What’s really got me worried is that I’ve been waking up at night, something that NEVER happens like ever. I just find it weird that one day I’m struggling to go more than twice to the bathroom and then these past two days I’ve been doing 4-6 times.

Could this be Gastrocolic Reflex? I’m worried that I’m stuck with this new pattern forever. Any thoughts or similar experiences?

6/11/2210:58 PM

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New577Member

Hi,

I have had some similar but not identical experiences. First off, if your going 2x/day, that seems like a very low amount to me. I go 4-6 times per day and I consider that a very good day for me.

there are some days when I eat less than the day before, its seems like my BMs are very large and frequent. It seems like I am purging several days of food. It’s weird.

I try not to worry about changes unless it’s going to affect my QOL. Try to get back to your normal routine, you know, the one where everything seems to be working out just fine. You know your body and what works and does not work.

as to going right after you eat, well that seems like something that would happen when we had a colon. Perhaps your new plumbing is behaving more like a colon these days? Waking up to go, yeah, i get up once to go also.

6/12/221:20 PM

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ValenMember

@New577

Yeah, I had that exact thought of my body like ‘emptying out’ which is why I’m going so frequently. When I’m on my menstrual cycle everything gets really backed up.

Yes, I go 2-3 times a day normally, but it’s always been great for me and I’ve never experienced any ‘bad effects’, for lack of a better word.

Just kind of annoyed at this new switch up. This jpouch loves to keep me on my toes!

6/12/221:25 PM

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