@Doug Kenipe posted:***UPDATE***
I have my CT scan tomorrow (Monday) morning...don't know how long it'll take to get the results but I'm actually feeling much better.
Here's the thing....I have a friend at work who has diverticulitis ( don't know if that's spelled right) and has had several inches of his colon removed.
Anyway, he gave me a link to a probiotic he had just started taking a few weeks prior to me talking to him about my problems. It's actually a prebiotic, probiotic, and postbiotic to promote gut health supposedly...
It's not cheap but he really talked it up that it was really helping him with the gas/bloating, etc...and I decided to give it a try. It's actually a formula from a prior heart surgeon who now sells diet/ gut health supplements.....Dr Gundry.
Now....I started taking them last Saturday (today is Saturday) so I have been taking them for a week. Well, I'm here to tell you that almost ALL of my gas and bloating are gone!!! I feel so much better...almost to the point of feeling back to baseline...seriously!!!!
Now, I had my pouchoscopy a few days before I decided to try the pre/pro/postbiotic and I had to do the clear liquid diet the day before the test and a dose of Miralax/Gatorade and it REALLY cleaned me out....I felt somewhat better after that ...so maybe a combination of both?
Also, my GI said I was pretty strictured and he had to use a smaller scope than he normally uses? ...so maybe it was a combination of these that "opened me up".
Anyway, just wanted to keep the post updated, my CT scan is tomorrow....but for right now, I am a believer in this Dr Gundry formula.
It's called BIO COMPLETE 3...anyone here use his supplements? I guess his research is controversial but he was a pretty well known heart surgeon I guess before he started researching gut health...
Thank-you for the update hon!!! glad you are are doing better! I never heard of A post probiotic, that is pretty cool! thanks for sharing and keep us updated 