Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: weight loss surgery & IBS

I imagine you've already done this, but ... Please be sure the surgery you're considering is completely reversible with no lasting side-effects. I've had a run of medical procedures and prescriptions that were billed as safe, wonderful, harmless, and benign turning out to have long-term side-effects that were considered very unlikely and were therefore, shall we say, not adequately discussed beforehand. Unfortunately, "very unlikely" does not mean "won't happen". (The Internet is a wonderful place to get information about the absolutely worst possible outcome of almost anything, information you can then discuss with your doctors in a more rational setting.)

Now, as for anwering the question you actually asked, any of the foods on Heather's Soluble Fiber Foods List should serve as "buffer" foods. For me, personally, rice, pasta, white bread, and potatoes "feel" safer than the others on the list, but I think that's more psychological than real. I think and speak of these foods as "cushions", but as I understand it, their real function in terms of IBS is to get the digestive system started gently - IF and fat tend to make IBSers' digestive systems start abruptly and run rough, like a car over-cranked on a cold morning. Given that, any SF food should do the trick, so you can check with your doctors about the other SF foods.

I assume your doctors will have a cow if you want to take an SFS after having your surgery. That would be a real problem for me since taking lots and lots of SFS has been one of the main factors in my becoming stable.

I'm pretty sure there was a post a while back on the Living Room Board from someone who had weight loss surgery. You might try a Search on that Board.

And I agree - it truly is not fair to suffer with diarrhea endlessly and still be overweight.

HTH. Good luck with everything. Oh, and welcome to the Boards.

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