Hi all,
I (ileostomy Dec '09) had a couple of years of very restricted eating. What a drag. Had one major blockage that required NGT. I was eating several small meals and no fruit, veggies, meat... lots of refined carbs and soup seemed to work. And junk food like chips, cheesies - go figure.
But my dear Ostomy Nurse had told me to keep trying little bits of different foods... so I did.
Fast forward to the last 8 or so months... what I can eat and how I eat has changed so much!
I can process most foods except for raw veggies (Romaine lettuce ok), popcorn, fresh fruits (canned peaches/oranges/pears ok). What a difference this has made to how I cook. No more 'one meal for me, one for hubby'. Still eat meat in very small portions... but that's more healthy anyways.
Also, I don't have to eat those multi mini meals... I can do 3 meals a day with a snack about 3pm. I drink a lot of fluid - so important.
BTW... I am one of those ostomates who started gaining weight steadily after my surgery. It is a battle to keep myself at 150lbs (which is plenty for my frame) and I eat roughly 1200 calories max daily.
So if you have trouble with foods... do keep trying them in little bits. If it's lettuce that you'd like to try... then a mouthful or 2 chewed very well. If you're wondering about cooked onions, again just a small mouthful (onions still don't process for me - cramping)
It's almost as though the small intestine needed time to know how to deal with its new role.
I (ileostomy Dec '09) had a couple of years of very restricted eating. What a drag. Had one major blockage that required NGT. I was eating several small meals and no fruit, veggies, meat... lots of refined carbs and soup seemed to work. And junk food like chips, cheesies - go figure.
But my dear Ostomy Nurse had told me to keep trying little bits of different foods... so I did.
Fast forward to the last 8 or so months... what I can eat and how I eat has changed so much!
I can process most foods except for raw veggies (Romaine lettuce ok), popcorn, fresh fruits (canned peaches/oranges/pears ok). What a difference this has made to how I cook. No more 'one meal for me, one for hubby'. Still eat meat in very small portions... but that's more healthy anyways.
Also, I don't have to eat those multi mini meals... I can do 3 meals a day with a snack about 3pm. I drink a lot of fluid - so important.
BTW... I am one of those ostomates who started gaining weight steadily after my surgery. It is a battle to keep myself at 150lbs (which is plenty for my frame) and I eat roughly 1200 calories max daily.
So if you have trouble with foods... do keep trying them in little bits. If it's lettuce that you'd like to try... then a mouthful or 2 chewed very well. If you're wondering about cooked onions, again just a small mouthful (onions still don't process for me - cramping)
It's almost as though the small intestine needed time to know how to deal with its new role.