Hi,
After 4 surgeries and a few complications I finally have a functioning J-pouch, on the 19th december I had takedown surgery.
As expected, I am having a tough time eating a "regular" diet without causing major gas pain and cramping in my gut. Some days its been so bad I cannot even move my head without my intestines going into complete spasm. So I go back to a liquid diet, try eat yoghurt and move up again to simple food like white bread, white pasta, a little cheese, milk. The problem is I don't feel like I am getting enough calories into my body to have the energy to move around very much, the only reason I am posting today is because I am having a good day, I've been able to eat a little more and am back on solid foods, but any suggestion on how to increase my nutrition/calories without having a dramatic effect on my new pouch would be welcome.
Another thing I have noticed is I have a very strange feeling in my abdomen, almost like the butterflies you feel when you are very nervous about something. Sometimes it is accompanied with a sinking feeling that runs right through from my lower ribs to the bottom of my abdomen, I am finding it very strange and uncomfortable. Has anybody else experienced this?
I am not needing to take any loperamide as eating seems to make my output thick enough, and I am not on any other medication.
Any advice for a new J-poucher would be welcome.
Thanks
After 4 surgeries and a few complications I finally have a functioning J-pouch, on the 19th december I had takedown surgery.
As expected, I am having a tough time eating a "regular" diet without causing major gas pain and cramping in my gut. Some days its been so bad I cannot even move my head without my intestines going into complete spasm. So I go back to a liquid diet, try eat yoghurt and move up again to simple food like white bread, white pasta, a little cheese, milk. The problem is I don't feel like I am getting enough calories into my body to have the energy to move around very much, the only reason I am posting today is because I am having a good day, I've been able to eat a little more and am back on solid foods, but any suggestion on how to increase my nutrition/calories without having a dramatic effect on my new pouch would be welcome.
Another thing I have noticed is I have a very strange feeling in my abdomen, almost like the butterflies you feel when you are very nervous about something. Sometimes it is accompanied with a sinking feeling that runs right through from my lower ribs to the bottom of my abdomen, I am finding it very strange and uncomfortable. Has anybody else experienced this?
I am not needing to take any loperamide as eating seems to make my output thick enough, and I am not on any other medication.
Any advice for a new J-poucher would be welcome.
Thanks
