Woke up with WD

kitty16 · Post by **kitty16** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:35 am

Hi,

It is just under a week since my surgery. I had let myself hope, hope that I was going to get some of my life back. Then this morning the WD is back. already 6 times. Iam off all the medicines I had been taking to control it (I had actually achieved daily Normans) but have no idea what to do.

Please anyone... am I expecting to much to fast, is this just a reaction to all the antibiotics pumped into me for days, or even from the surgery itself.

Thanks for letting me come here with my sadness.

Hugs,
K

Post by **tex** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 8:44 am

Hi Kitty,

I'm sorry to read that your symptoms are returning.

It's difficult to pinpoint the actual cause of your symptoms, because antibiotics can cause them, and physically handling the intestines (which the surgeon surely did during the surgery), can trigger a mast cell reaction that can cause the symptoms you are having.

Since we're all different, it's impossible to say whether the symptoms will fade away after a few days or weeks, or whether you might be better off to resume taking an anti-inflammatory medication to help get things settled down sooner. Is your PCP generally understanding and helpful? If so, you might ask him or her for their opinion on what you should do under the circumstances.

After my surgery, I used Imodium for a while. I had to stop using it after a few weeks though, because it started causing dizziness, but that's a very rare side effect, I believe.

Please keep us posted.

Hugs,
Tex

JFR · Post by **JFR** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 8:48 am

Kitty,

I'm sorry the WD has come back. I can imagine how distressing that must be. I am no expert but I know that antibiotics given to me after surgery have caused wd and this was before wd was a regular problem for me.

Jean

Gloria · Post by **Gloria** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 10:00 am

Hi Kitty,

I had a strangulated hernia caused by childbirth for several years. About 20 years ago I had surgery to repair the hernia. I didn't get MC until 15 years later. I don't think there is a connection to having a hernia and MC.

I suspect that your watery D is a combination of the antibiotics and being off the meds you were using to control your MC. If you were having daily Normans, you will get them again once you are back in your regular routine. You may need to go back on the meds you were using to control your MC, at least for a while.

I hope you heal quickly and get better soon.

Gloria

Joseph7179 · Post by **Joseph7179** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 1:13 pm

tex

Tex,
i read you had a book out. Can you give me the title as i would like to purchase and read it. Joseph Hendricks

Post by **tex** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 3:40 pm

Monsignor Joseph Hendricks,

The Title is Microscopic Colitis. It's available from Amazon.com in either paperback or digital form. There is a link to the Amazon site in the upper right corner of this page (the picture of the old dead tree). If you would rather not order from Amazon, it can be ordered direct from the printer at:

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Thank you, I appreciate your interest, and I hope you find it to be helpful.

Tex

grannyh · Post by **grannyh** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 5:27 pm

Antibiotics have done me in with WD many times. I was lucky when I had to take multiple antibiotics this summer when I had an infected bite. Family doc was careful on prescribing the antibiotics.. sometimes two different ones at once.. not staying on any one combination for too long.
grannyh

Sharaine · Post by **Sharaine** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:26 pm

Katie,

How frustrating. Perhaps you can look into a probiotic to add to your regiment? Sometimes we have to add in probiotics to get the flora in our intestines balanced again after having taken antibiotics.

Sharaine

Leah · Post by **Leah** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 12:05 am

Sorry Kitty :( Antibiotics give me D. Always have - even before MC. I guess it depends on how long you are willing to wait to see if it rights itself. A little immodium probably wouldn't hurt. I hope you feel better soon.

Leah

Stanz · Post by **Stanz** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 12:49 pm

Hope you're feeling better now, Kitty, yeah, antibiotics aren't good for the digestive system.

mzh · Post by **mzh** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 5:14 pm

Find out if you can take clarithromycin; it stopped me up like nobody's business. I had had anesthesia for nasal surgery and the antibiotic afterward.