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How long after you eat does it take to go thru your system and out thru the jpouch?   

I don't want to know how many bowel movements.  

Im doing great but just wondering once Inc how long out?

I tried looking it up but couldn't find anything.  

Tomorrow I have my scope.  Hopefully still good news.  

Thanks 

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That depends on when I eat something (in the morning on an empty stomach, in the evening after a full meal...)

What I eat ( just fruits or just yogurt or just meat or a mix like a sandwich or meat and potatoes)

What I drink with it.

Fruits on a 'morning stomach' take 20-30 minutes.

Yogurt on an empty stomach takes 1hr.

Sandwich on an empty stomach takes about 3hrs

Anything on a full stomach takes twice as long...

Sharon

It really depends on what I eat. Fruits and vegetables go through much faster than anything else. Strawberries only take 30 minutes from start to finish. My husband doesn't believe me, saying that it wouldn't even get through my stomach that quickly, but I keep threatening to show him proof next time... 

No matter what time of day, if I eat an apple, it's out in about an hour or two. Same with steamed veggies. 

I can pretty much say goodbye to leafy greens. They go through so quickly that my nutritionist says I'm not absorbing anything from them.

Last edited by Emmyschmemmy

I think the two biggest factors in transit time are probably time in stomach and time in pouch. Most of us have healthy stomachs, and the stomach is brilliant at storing food. Fatty food has a very strong effect, and tends to slow down the release of food from the stomach quite a bit. This is why peanut butter at bedtime helps some people sleep through the night.

Time in the pouch is most affected by how long your preferences and health cause you to wait to empty it. A healthy pouch can store contents for quite a while - folks who empty their pouch 4 times per day are waiting an average of 6 hours to empty, and I typically stay off the toilet 7-8 hours at night. Problems like pouchitis, though, can create urgency when even a small amount of poop enters the pouch.

If I eat fatty food at 6 PM I might not see some of it until 7 or 8 AM the next morning. The easiest food to see is, I think, peas, and lettuce is a close second for me.

I eat raw fruits and veggies daily...I am just somewhat careful of what I eat my fruits or veggies with.

If I eat my fruits on their own then I have no problem...They run through me in 1/2hr and I move on to other things after that.

I dissociate my meals eating either protein meals or carb meals...I can eat veggies with either without any difficulty (unless I overdo it..."everything in moderation including moderation")...for me I feel that it makes my digestion easier and I have less gas or bloating that way...

Sharon

 

Interesting comments showing that our clocks are all different and affected differently by the types of foods we take in.  My experience is that most meals find their way through my system in about 8 to 12 hours.  I am on the toilet more frequently though - about 4 - 12 times daily.   As I eat, the newest foods push the other food through my system.   No surprise there.  But in general my "conveyer belt" is about 8 to 12 hours long.   Yours will likely be different.  Try something like cooked beets and record the time you eat them and the time you send them on their way to the sewer.  Trust me, you will see when that happens

Right after my surgery, I was not prepared for how different things come out.

I would see some really weird colors and wonder what did I eat or drink? I had to think about it.  I don't think about it now however.   Grease goes though me in no time flat. Grapes, I just don't eat.  I will be in bathroom pronto.   It just varies for me and it may depend on if I have immodium on board.  It could be 5 min or 5 hours.

Speaking of Imodium, you may already know this but in case not, you can buy Loperamide (the generic) at Costco (perhaps Sam's Club too) for a lot less than Imodium.  I recently  paid $5.49 for 400 pills at Costco.   Also, a couple of years ago when we thought Costco might stop carrying them (false), I bought a year's supply of Loperamide through Amazon at a good price. (don't remember the details but it was lower than Imodium.  I take 3- 4 pills every 3 - 4 hours so I really go through them.  My surgeon said it was OK to exceed the recommended dosage.  I still have leakages but not nearly as bad as without  the pills.   I also buy my VSL#3  caplets (probiotics) there.

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