will be 1 year on Thursday still up 4-5 times a night w bm sphincter is always sore getting old not sure what to do anymore stopes eating glutten and diary no change how long do I wait to go back to bag?
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I tried enteric coated peppermint oil with an open mind, as I was struggling with frequency and urgency. I was also taking rotations of antibiotics for pouchitis.
I was surprised to find that the peppermint oil really does relax my gut. I dropped from 3 times a day to 2 times a day and noticed the difference right away.
I use Heather's brand that I get on Amazon.com.
Jan 
Jan Dollar posted:I tried enteric coated peppermint oil with an open mind, as I was struggling with frequency and urgency. I was also taking rotations of antibiotics for pouchitis.
I was surprised to find that the peppermint oil really does relax my gut. I dropped from 3 times a day to 2 times a day and noticed the difference right away.
I use Heather's brand that I get on Amazon.com.
Jan
jan, do you use the capsules? and how many a day? I was just looking at this product on Amazon. I will keep in mind for the future if needed..
Jan things will be good all day maybe have 2-3 bm from 6pm-5am prob go 8-12 to times don't get it
Re: peppermint oil- I use the enteric coated gelcaps. 3 a day- before breakfast, before dinner, and before bed.
http://smile.amazon.com/Heathe...eathers+tummy+tamers
Ujohn- Do you take bowel slowers during the day? If so, they may be slowing enough that your meals don't work their way through until the evening. So, switching up the timing for the bowel slowers may help.
Jan
Yes I do jan take them before bed also
Maybe reduce them so that ou take bowel slowers only in the morning and at bedtime. You need to find that balance where your gut empties out by the time you are in bed. I'd rather go more frequently during the day than at night.
It has to come out sometime.
Jan
Jan? 9/10 bm I have are explosive gas with drops of stool gas so explosive it hurts coming out you ever hear anything like it have changed diet use supplements
I had the same problem.... The pain was soooo unbearable... Went to see my surgeon... I couldn't even sit
I just got out of the hospital due to a small bowel obstruction and almost diet. My weight went down to 83lbs. It was just AWFUL. I'm on the mend now .... just weak. But when my bowels woke up again I thought I was suffering from internal and external hemorroids. So my surgeon and I scheduled a FOLLOWUP appt. and here's what she advised me to do... Oh and btw it wasn't hemorroids ... It was a fissure and I WAS TOTALLY RAW INSIDE AND OUT!!! I was using all the wrong creams and suppositories (medicated ones).
She switched a me to pure Lidocaine and Lomotil (1-2 every 4 hours ... Prescription is needed) but I was going 15 x's a day mostly at night... I was getting no sleep at all and I had such butt burn ... Just terrible. Another thing she added was MARSHMALLOW... 3 -4 every 4 hours. Why it works... We don't know BUT IT WORKS!!!!! I saw improvement within 24 hours. And I'm sleeping��������. I hope this helps. Don't give up!!!!!!!!! Lots of Luck. Get the Lomotil, Lidocaine ointment and bags of marshmallows. Let us know how you make out!!!!!
I almost died from the bowel obstruction. But never gave up!!!!
When I have huge amounts of gas like that, it is either pouchitis or bacterial overgrowth. Antibiotics drastically improve things within a couple of doses.
Janie, I feel for you. Fissures can be the worst!
Jan
Jan got 4 scripts from dr metronidazole 500mg . Xifaxan 500mg.. Ciprofloxacin 500mg and proctofoam ns 1% ointment any idea why 3 different antibiotics?
Just noticed 2 came from gi who I still have not talked to and cipro & metro from primRy care dr who I called today he told me he was sending them in
If you have not been on antibiotics before, they generally start with just one, Cipro or metronidazole. Combining antibiotics is for when one antibiotic does not work, or you have systemic symptoms (chills, fever, sweats). I'd call your GI to see if he wants you to try one at a time or double up.
Jan
Well started feeling little better this weekend after 12 days of xifacan still having some explosive gas rt when I get up in morning it seems so keeping fingers crossed jan thanks again john j
I also have been told to eat marshmallows when I extremely unwell. They are easy to eat the sugars replace lost electro lights and the gelatine helps to bind your stool.
Still going 10-12 times a day though thinking I will try marshmallows