Ciao a tutti. Mi chiamo Claudio e dopo la prima operazione con la rimozione totale del colon, Marzo 2006 sono stato ricanalizzato il 6 Luglio 2006, ora sto discretamente bene, vado in bagno mediamente 4 volte al giorno, mangio un pò di tutto, pasta, riso, frutta (anche ananas), dolci (sono golosissimo). Di tanto in tanto prendo una pastiglia di Loperamide specialmente quando esagero nel bere acqua gassata. L'unico problema è la scarsa autonomia dopo i pasti, infatti dopo mangiato entro una mezz'ora devo correre in bagno.

Okay - I'm going to try the translation thing for Claudio. I hope I've gotten this right:

"Hello to all. My name is Claudio and after the first operation for the colectomy, on 6 March 2006, I was reconnected in July 2006. I'm doing fairly well, using the bathroom about 4 times a day, I eat a bit of everything, pasta, rice, (?) (also pineapple), sweets (I am greedy). Every so often I take a tablet of Loperamide especially when I drink too much sparkling water. The only problem is after meals. In fact after I've eaten, within a half hour I must run to the bathroom."

Il Claudio - penso che lei fa molto bene.

signed: your lacking interpreter kathy

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i do not speak italian, but i got the idea from your post that you have a lot of the same food problems that others have. benvenuto!

I don't have restrictions as such, I've eaten everything with no problems.

I think it's more down to my eating times more than anything. I eat breakfast 8am (Special K), lunch midday (wholemeal bread with ham) and dinner 5-6pm (usually rice or pasta based and spicey, no junk). Nothing after 6pm and inbetween, unless its fruit, I eat so much fruit I smell of them!

For a while I ate constantly (pigging out lol) and it didn't change too much, just needed 1 or 2 more a day.

I also think its related to what you ate before perhaps. Ive been brought up on spices and herbs from a wee bairn, so I guess perhaps my system is used to it?

I've been a vegetarian all my adult life. Had the j-pouch done in '92. I eat everything I want without problems. No pouchitits but small amounts of rectal bleeding. Somehow once in a while I even get constipated (still trying to figure that one out). In an experiment to help my energy levels out I ate fish yesterday at lunch for the first time in 20 years. It was not so good.
Paul