had bowel cancer so colon removed, now have stoma and bag — but with no colon where will the clever bacteria congregate?
had bowel cancer so colon removed, now have stoma and bag — but with no colon where will the clever bacteria congregate?
I am in the same boat. I have had a total colectomy and so have no large bowel. I would also like to know the answer to this question. Do we have a biome? I try to eat as healthily as I can but run into trouble when I have too many fibrous foods. I am also interested whether this affects weight as well. A lot of people with no large bowel seem to have weight problems i.e. weight gain or not being able to loose weight. Is this because we can’t eat a lot of fibrous foods or because we don’t have a biome? I would love to know.