Hope this helps someone. 5 months ago, I had my 2nd ileostomy surgery. For some reason, I could not eat or drink anything with lactose. Also had very bad stomach pains. I drank a malt one day and before I arrived home, my bag blew off due to gas. I read that if you changed your diet, you may can correct the problem. I never eat fast food or fried food. I steam just about all my food and really boil things like chicken. All my foods are soft. I eat probiotics every meal. Yogurt, cottage cheese with flax seed oil. For some reason, I am now able to eat lactose products. Stomach problems are gone. Good luck!

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