Hello, Christian.
I hope I can help you with food suggestions. The foods that helped me settle down from 12 -15 BMs after my takedown was soft cooked eggs, salted, on toast (no butter in the beginning, just plain, dry toast). The toast was easy on my insides, and the egg gave me protein and energy, vitamin B, and helped my tissues heal. Also organic peanut butter or almond butter on toast. White rice with baked or roasted chicken (no sauces, just salt and a bit of pepper -- but easy on the pepper in case it irritates). Steamed fish, and especially pasta. You could also try orzo if you tire of rice. I still stay away from grains, wild rice, seeds, nuts and anything that is insoluable. Insoluables don't break down in your digestive system, especially a shorter system that j pouchers have, so I could not eat vegetables unless they were peeled and cooked very soft, as if for a baby! Even now, raw vegetables cause pain and frequency.
I also drink a lot of bone broth, a bowl per day. It is easy to make bone broth (Google for instructions). Or buy cartons of organic chicken or vegetable broth. Bone broth, for me, is soothing, mineral rich, easy on my system, and - really important - it keeps me hydrated. I add chopped carrots to the broth and simmer until the carrots are soft. I add a few spoons of cooked rice that is always in my fridge. If you want to add spinach, chop it up, simmer it well in the broth so it wilts completely. A colourful, easy meal. In my cancer support group we learned to make soup-as-a-meal and you can make yours from all the things you like, even add chicken cooked in the microwave and add to the broth. Whisk an egg and add it to the simmering broth. Egg drop soup! It's a good, hearty, comforting, easy way to eat nutrient dense meals and keep hydrated. I keep mason jars of broth in my fridge, ready to go. If it's easier, you can buy cartons of organic chicken or vegetable broth for quick meals. Read the labels to avoid preservatives and MSG. I don't find the "salt free" cartons any good at all because without salt it is flavourless, and pouchers need salt. I try to stay on this plain, whole food diet and try to avoid processed food. I am now at 5 or 6 BM in a 24 hour period. I also use raw, unpasteurized honey in my coffee and tea. No white sugar. When I fall off the wagon, I fall into a vat of french fries or fish and chips.
After using Calmoseptine the first few months I found it was irritating on my broken, raw skin because of the menthol. It was too strong for me. My doctor recommended Zincofax, the brand used on babies for diaper rash. Now, whenever I have skin irritation because of occasional frequency, one application of Zincofax starts my skin healing within hours. I didn't believe it would work because it's a baby product, but it worked miracles for me. Babies' bottoms are always rash-y and painful because they always have wet or poopy diapers on their skin, so Zincofax has to work fast. I hope this is helpful and I hope you find relief. It is hard to have this after so many years, but please don't be discouraged. If your doctors can't give you referrals, look up some specialists in your area and give the name(s) to your doctor and ask them to send a referral to those names. They will see that you've done your own homework and are serious about having new opinions and help. They have to remember it's your health, and that you are the boss. Good luck.
