The best way to avoid a blockage is to chew, chew, chew.
Bumba
Jun 23, 2025 11:57 pm
Bumba
Jun 24, 2025 12:00 am
I bet you will see half of it eventually. They never break down. Just like corn.
infinitycastle52777
Jun 25, 2025 2:19 pm
It comes out in bits of red flesh. Big bits sometimes and smaller bits other times. Not a whole tomato, silly.
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Posted by: infinitycastle52777
Yeah a year ago I wouldn't have known what to ask to find out I had a parastomal hernia. The only reason I knew about them is from this site. Thank goodness for this site. Otherwise I would still be clueless. If I hadn't though from stuff on here to ask my surgeon about having a hernia, then I would have never had the CT and I would have never known that she should have known about it a year ago.
infinitycastle52777
Jun 25, 2025 2:20 pm
That's like couscous was for me. All the little round balls came out in my bag, and I was like, wow, that could have gotten stuck inside me.
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eefyjig
Jun 25, 2025 2:36 pm
My quinoa did become cement and put me in the hospital with a blockage! 😬
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infinitycastle52777
Jun 26, 2025 2:55 pm
That happened to me with a mix of rice, broccoli, and cheese sauce. I ended up in the hospital with a blockage, and they stuck an NG tube in me. Unpleasant. No food for 4 days. I was starving. But the blockage cleared on its own without needing surgery. Fortunately, I was very lucky.