My pouch was done in 2004 and almost from day one I was taking 2 Immodium pills 4 times daily to slow things down. That's a whole lot of Immodium, almost 3000 every year. I occasionally reduced the amount when taking other meds like antibiotics or statins because they also slowed things down. Recently I had hernia surgery and to prepare for it I thought pooping might be easier if I added Metamucil because bearing down was going to be difficult and anything that softened things up would make it easier. It was a life saver. I've continued the teaspoon every morning and with that I've cut down the Immodium by 90%. I consider myself a fool for not at least trying it out years ago.
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