Hello, I am searching for a safe diet that a person with an ileostomy to go on. No matter what I do, I cannot lose the extra weight that I have gathered around my stomach since having my most recent surgery in 2018. It is very difficult to do exercise outside now due to my knee being replaced and the heart condition that was graciously given to me by Covid. All the diets I have seen include raw vegetables that I cannot eat. I am down to one meal a day now. Also, my Hashimoto's Thyroiditis is causing total chaos, causing my Hypothyroidism to go rouge. The doctors are having a very difficult time regulating it which causes the symptoms to go out of control. It seems that when they put me on a higher dose I am OK for a short time and then I am getting too much THS. Then, they lower the dose I end up not getting enough. There is no in-between with 175mg and 150mg. It has literally been a nightmare!! When I go low, my other two immune disorders attack and I break out with the sores from Purigo Nodgerlarous and the blisters from Bullous Pemphigoid. On top of that, my hair starts to fall out, the weight packs on and the fatigue sets in. It's one thing after another and it is so depressing!! I have gone to a dietitian but they really cannot help because regular diets don't work well. I cannot take diet pills as they don't stay in my system long enough to do anything. Things fly through the ileostomy very quickly. I do take gummy vitamins so I am getting some useful nutrients. I am seriously thinking of having Liposuction done since all the muscles in my stomach area have been damaged from 2 Cesareans, several abdominal surgeries and a full hysterectomy. I worry about intimacy with a partner because my body is so beat up and ugly. Please, if any of you have found a diet that works, please tell me what it is. Any advise will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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