I'm glad I have no appetite for Panda Express to begin with. I stepped into it once, and wasn't interested in the eats I viewed there. I have ate stir fry successfully at other places though, although mushrooms/zucchini was not included in the dish. Either way, I've already learned the hard way too how annoying and painful clogged pipes can be with a J Pouch I hope you recover well from your scary pouch ride.

My first partial obstruction was from grilled portabella mushrooms...agony.

I know what you mean about being put off a food. I got a partial obstruction from the bean sprouts in chop suey from Mandarin. That was with the ostomy, and I have since eaten bean sprouts in other dishes, but I still avoid the Mandarin chop suey to this day.

Mushrooms can be problematic though. I've never had an obstruction from them directly and in fact I don't very often eat mushrooms, but I notice when I have mushroom pizza, they come out looking more or less the same as going in. That always makes me think twice about eating mushrooms in general. I believe they are one of those foods that simply do not break down well and in that sense, we should all be a little more careful.

I have had mushrooms a few times now and I always worry. I really love them though, especially portabella mushrooms. They haven't caused an obstruction but they always get stuck at the "exit". I strain and strain and then they finally pop out looking just like they did going in like Spooky said. I usually just stay away from them. That is the only food I worry about for myself.

A few weeks ago I had a mushroom & swiss burger (the best type of burger!) for the first time since the surgeries and I was so happy when it all went through fine (and came out fine).

It seems my body was purpose built to eat everything, even with certain parts missing.

Chinese vegetables are a killer for me as well!