Back on 3/8/14 i had some really bad gas pains. I believe it resulted from taking a tylenol on an empty stomach (like 3:30am) i was doing great with going to the bathroom and my amount of trips to the bathroom...i finished out the rest of the next week perfectly fine but come this past saturday, 3/15 i had really bad gas pains AGAIN! i wasnt able to go to the bathroom at all for like 14 hours but somewhere around 4:00am i felt a difference and went to the bathroom. now ever since that last bout of it i havent been doing so well with the amt thats coming out, nor its consistency, some is the "skinny stool" while some is not. probably a bit more straining as well but nothing crazy. I'm currently on Cipro & flagyl once per day, Sulfasalazine 1000mg once per day (upping that dosage today to 2000mg per day) and one canasa per day. i was doing SO WELL! any clues as to why gas pains could have done this?
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It doesn't sound like gas pains were the cause, my best guess is that you're been having minor obstructions that are resolving on their own. When you're blocked the gas builds up and causes pain. If you're having "skinny stool" that sounds like your stool is QUITE formed for a j-pouch as well, that might not be ideal.
Can you try adding more fluids to your diet and perhaps fewer thickeners or even adding something like juice and see if that helps? Cipro and Flagyl together can be constipating because they thicken the stool a lot.
Can you try adding more fluids to your diet and perhaps fewer thickeners or even adding something like juice and see if that helps? Cipro and Flagyl together can be constipating because they thicken the stool a lot.
Other than cipro and flagyl i havent taken immodium or anything so i will add some juice to the mix. Both times this happened i tried to recall if i ate anything that could have caused it. first time maybe it was a tylenol pill? second time all i had to eat before any of it started was 1 and half of corn dog and i king size milky way bar.
Yes, this sounds like obstructive symptoms to me as well. Sure, you can have gas pains when you are obstructed, but the gas was the result of the obstruction. I really doubt that a Tylenol would be the cause of any of this, empty stomach or not. Probably was just coincidence. Most of the time, obstructions have little to nothing to do with what you eat. While half a corn dog and a king size Milky Way are not the greatest food choices, healthwise, they are as digestible as the next thing.
If you have a kink in there that comes and goes, that is what the common denominator is. I agree that upping the fluids, especially juices, will help thin things out and keep them moving. We all are at risk of problematic adhesions, and sometimes it is years after surgery before a problem develops.
Jan
If you have a kink in there that comes and goes, that is what the common denominator is. I agree that upping the fluids, especially juices, will help thin things out and keep them moving. We all are at risk of problematic adhesions, and sometimes it is years after surgery before a problem develops.
Jan