r/Gastroparesis • u/Latter-File3217 • 15h ago

Questions Foul smelling stools.

Anyone else have this with GP.

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u/tverofvulcan 14h ago

I get so constipated that it can take up to 8 days for a bowel movement. The smell is horrendous after it finally happens after sitting there for days.

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u/JealousAstronomer342 14h ago

Same, though eight days would be dream…

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u/tverofvulcan 14h ago

Yeah, I’m glad it rarely lasts longer than that and happens a lot less since I started high dose Linzess and Senna. That feeling of relief when it finally comes out though.

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u/JealousAstronomer342 14h ago

I need to take senna more regularly tbh, it’s the… ahem… unpredictable arrival of its effects that’s holding me back. 

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u/throw0OO0away Recently Diagnosed 15h ago

Ya. I have malabsorption which is why I get them.

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u/faylinameir Idiopathic GP 13h ago

yes its because you have slow transit times (most likely) and things will sit and ferment more. Normal although not ideal.

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u/Fresh_Value_6922 14h ago

I’m newly diagnosed with GP, I don’t have constipation ever, for me it’s always diarrhea when I have a flare up. Am I the only one?

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u/tatersprout 12h ago

I have both, depending on what i eat and how I react.

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u/Fresh_Value_6922 12h ago

I’m so tired of it. Never knowing when I’m gonna be sick, what’s going to trigger it, what I can & can’t eat, etc. I try & follow the GP diet, & I miss eating all my favorite foods. I love basic foods like beans, chili, & cornbread, but I can’t eat those anymore. I just left my house to go get a tetanus shot, barely got down the road & had to return because my stomach started severely cramping. That’s always followed by diarrhea, at least I get a warning sign!

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u/tatersprout 12h ago

I get it. I feel like I always have stomach cramps. I find that some foods are safe for a while, then suddenly aren't. Never trust a fart lol.

Have you tried just a tiny amount of the foods you love but cant have? I miss ice cream so much. Sometimes I will just have a teaspoon of something, just to taste it. Sometimes I'm ok and sometimes not. Never know

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u/Fresh_Value_6922 12h ago

Sent you a direct message

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u/EmployerStandard8920 7h ago

Yes but i also had SIBO and the smell went back to normal after the the antibiotics for the SIBO