Hello! How are all of you doing? I miss coming up on here and being able to interact and share with you all! As for now, I am asking about Banatrol and how frequently y'all use it to bulk up your stool. Currently, my daughter is on a 3x daily basis and 10 mL of the powder. I would like to at least be 6x a day, which is the max. She had a new ileostomy revision about a month ago. She had a partial blockage, which caused her high output, and we had gotten astrovirus all within practically the same week she got her new stoma. Anyway, I know that if she doesn't get the Banatrol at certain times that she should, her stool will go back to being watery and high, but if we're consistent with it, then it'll start to change its consistency and volume. The doctors want her to be at a 30 per kilo range, and well, it's been hard. We've been in the hospital for almost 2 months going on now just because of her stool. If someone can please help. She's also on the max dose of Imodium, Lesvin, and antacid, as well as an appetite stimulant. Thank you all!
Simple bulking up stool. Hi! I use pretzels, prefer the rods. I also use animal crackers. Great snacks. My colostomy started with getting anal cancer and a diverted ostomy. Still having my large intestines (which are always wet), I had a lot of diarrhea. I was cured of the cancer in 2009 by many prayer groups and my own prayers. I was at stage IV with just a 15% chance of survival. God still works miracles. Very little chemo, but 7 months of radiation. This was 2009. The radiation caused a ton of scar tissue, one of the reasons for not reconnecting. During a colonoscopy, the surgeon punched a hole in my large intestines. I had an emergency operation, and my colonoscopy is permanent. I spent years trying to control diarrhea and found the above method on the Internet.
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Hi, omg you have surpassed a whole lot back in 2009!! I loved hearing your story, and yes, God does work in mysterious ways and somewhat miracles too!! We're having such a hard time now controlling the high output with this new ileostomy made being over a month here and just trying to have some hope that we'll be home soon.
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