Is the Keto Diet Suitable for an Ostomate?

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Newatthis
Dec 27, 2020 9:01 am

I am thinking  of going on a Keto diet, The question is .. is this diet suitable for an ostomat?

Daanders
Dec 27, 2020 3:26 pm

I would love to know also

 

Puppyluv56
Dec 29, 2020 2:48 am

I would think it would be suitable and for things that are not, you can improvise. It seems to be a real process though. Please let us know if it works well for you! 
Puppyluv 

Posted by: iMacG5

About seven years ago, just about every aspect of my life was ostomy related. From the moment I was told an ostomy might be needed until some months down the road I existed as a person afflicted with a colostomy. I feared someone other than my immediate family might find out I had a bag. Ugh! What could be worse? Suppose it filled real fast when I was out with no place to hide and take care of myself. God forbid should it leak in church! Suppose I roll over on it in bed. I was a lesser creature, destined to a life of emotional anguish and physical routines different from most of the rest of the world. I felt like a freak. Then I found folks like you guys here, read your stuff, really “listened” to what you had to say and I began looking at things differently. We know perception is everything and I began to understand how good things were relative to what they could’ve been. So many folks had it so much worse than I did. That didn’t make my discomfort go away but it exposed how fortunate I was to be dealing with my stuff and not their’s. I felt a little guilt, maybe selfishness but quickly forgave myself by understanding I just wasn’t smart enough to fix my feelings. Then, I wonder what smarts have to do with feelings. My perception was warped so my perspective toward my existence was warped.
I learned over the last few years with the help of lots of folks right here at MAO that I could be better at living just by accepting some facts. It is what it is and so what? It’s not the worst thing to happen to a person.
I think everything is, in some way, related to everything else. I just put the ostomy thing in the back seat and drive forward.
Respectfully,
Mike

Past Member
Apr 18, 2021 3:47 pm

I've been thinking the same.  Would love to know.