Living and Eating Well with a Colostomy

I have lost control of curser so will leave this as is for now. Does not respond well to my IPad. I have further tips will post later if anyone interested.Also will try to post tips Imhave learned over the years re travel etc.

IHave had my stoma for over 3 years. Thankfully I had only one close call and had to pull out a chunk of yam skin. I have had periods where output gets too thick or too thin. Par for the course I guess. I will list some foods I avoid and things I have eaten with no problem.

insoluble fibre such as potato and sweet potato skins, skins of fruit such as apples, pulp of oranges just suck out the juice. Corn is a no no, it has little nutritional value anyway. Anyone have other examples of bad fibre?

Fibre in general has to be limited depending on how much bowel is left. Nuts in moderation are good fibre but as with all

kfood must be chewed well. I only eat lettuce and cabbage in small chunks and chewed well. I avoid spinach, kale, arugula et

Ha,. I have avoided legumes such as canned beans I try to avoid too many fresh or frozen large peas, have not had a problem with them so far.

Cant stress enough how good yoghurt is for me all forms of it.

Gas forming foods can be a big problem 

berries such as strawberries,raspberries. Caution with blueberries, skin is tough.Canned fruit is great such as peaches.

Hello Stillkicking.  Thanks for your post. It is good to hear from people who experiment with their food and find out what they can and cannot eat. 

At first I found lots of food that did not digest properly and some of it like currants and sweetcorn still come out just as they went in. However, I kept coming back to stuff that at first did not seem approriate and found that most of it I can now eat without any problems at all.  As many on here have saisd before. the trick is to chew-chew and chew again. If this is difficult, the a liquidiser can be helpful. My feeling is that we ought to be able to eat whatever we like and if that needs to be liquidised, then so be it.

Best wishes

Bill 

If I avoid certain foods and chew well it seems to be ok.Is nice to eat a good variety. I find if output gets too thick a large beer will help bring it back to a more easy consistency to empty bag etc. 

Thanks for replying.The main thing is I would like to avoid worrying about constipation. I had a lot of problems with my bowels before colostomy especially when ytavelling.