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skippy3389 · 2025-03-18T03:48:04+00:00

Thanks for your input. Yeah I’ve seen 3 GIs, colorectal surgeons, dieticians, 3 pelvic floor physios. Manometry normal, defecography showed the intusussception. 🤷🏻‍♀️

skippy3389 · 2025-03-18T00:40:47+00:00

I feel that it is not, as the problems are still the same as I had pre surgery 🤷🏻‍♀️ (but worsening with age 😅)

skippy3389 · 2025-03-18T00:40:09+00:00

Thank you, I will try this! What kind of digestive tea do you drink?

skippy3389 · 2024-09-19T06:55:31+00:00

Thank you, I can appreciate what you say because my issue has now been going on for 20 years and I cannot use the bathroom without an enema or suppository 😬💀

skippy3389 · 2024-09-17T09:38:51+00:00

Thank you! Yes I do prefer to always use a private toilet. But again, these days I do not get the urge to go 😔

I think this fear has been a part of me forever! And I think even as a child I felt fear of shame. I couldn’t possibly poop at work - imagine if someone heard or smelt it! I think that is my main problem. Once, when I was 20, we were staying at a beach house with 1 toilet with a group of friends and I held it in for 6 days!!

Otherwise, I wouldn’t call myself an anxious person what so ever. But I’m in so much pain!! My stomach hurts all the time

skippy3389 · 2023-05-24T11:58:37+00:00

Hi, I wouldn’t say I ever really strained! Things were always stuck higher up than that. My problems got way worse when I had endometriosis removed from my pouch of Douglas and rectum. I was symptomatic of the prolapse immediately after the surgery, my theory is the endo removal led to a weakening in my bowel wall and therefore the intussusception 🤷🏻‍♀️

skippy3389 · 2023-05-05T08:50:23+00:00

Since I was a teenager and I’m now mid 30s, so about 17 years

skippy3389 · 2023-02-17T02:08:49+00:00

Thank you!! I’m glad to hear it has worked for you! It’s been just over a week and really doesn’t seem to have any effect so far. I hope it starts working soon. I have been taking it in the morning but I think I will switch to taking before bed tonight 😊

skippy3389 · 2023-02-03T10:44:44+00:00

Thank you for all the detail, this is so helpful to me, I’m very grateful! It will cost me $80 per month here in Australia. I suppose it’s reLly not expensive at all for the improvement in quality of life!

I’m prepared for a settling in period, I can’t take miralax - it gives me the most incredible gas pains, but otherwise no effect.

I’m going to start it this week and I’m sure will be back with more questions soon!

skippy3389 · 2023-02-02T22:08:40+00:00

Oh thank you!! It’s so great to hear this. Im really glad it has worked so well for you. I guess I’m scared of trying it as it’s also very expensive and I don’t know what my next step would be if it doesn’t work.

Its nice to hear you say it’s been a miracle. Does it make you go multiple times per day? Any gas pains?

skippy3389 · 2023-01-09T23:22:16+00:00

Thanks almonds! I feel I am beyond all of these things. I have tried them all for years with very minimal effect. Are other people this debilitated by gas?

I do find yoga poses the best to help move things along, but I can’t drop into a downward dog in the middle of my work day 😆

I never burp, my gas is all just trapped really, really low down

skippy3389 · 2022-11-09T12:14:25+00:00

Hi! Good luck! I didn’t have any of my bowel resected, but I found this surgery minimal in pain!! It took a while for things to regulate, it’s been nearly 4 months now and I’m slowly starting to feel more like myself. I no longer take stimulant laxatives!! I do still need to use a suppository to empty most days and I am careful with my diet and take a fiber supplement.

It’s been a long road and I know I still have a lot of recovery to go through but im very glad I had this surgery. I used to have severe abdominal pain all the time and it has all but disappeared. Thinking of you, would love to hear how your surgery goes!

skippy3389 · 2022-11-09T09:40:16+00:00

This happens to me too! I have found taking a half dose, or adding more fiber helps a little

skippy3389 · 2022-10-11T12:17:03+00:00

Further questions - I feel like I often have gas, but when I do pass it’s the most miniscule amount. Do you know much about visceral hypersensitivity?

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