Food....give me more!

I've never found much connection between specific foods and problems. Folks can tell you their sensitivities, but that will not predict any sensitivities or limitations you might have. I'd suggest trying just about anything you want, introducing it gently and simply, so if you run into trouble you'll have a reasonable guess about what might have caused the trouble.

After my j pouch creation, whilst still in hospital, I lost my appietite for 10 days but the food offered wasn't that bland. Once my appetite returned, I was encourage to eat all what I had ate before.

Whilst still in Hospital, my favourite meal of the day was the All Day Breakfast, which consist of a bowl of cereal with milk, followed by a full English Breakfast, that consisted of: 2 rashers of bacon, fried eggs, a sausage, a tomatoe, baked beans and fried bread; hardly bland food or what's regarded as safe.

Once I returned home, I was advised to eat snacky type meals through out the day, what's referred to as grazing, rather than 3 set meals per day.

Through out the day, I ate all what I'd ate prior to surgery; grazed as well and also as ate maybe 2- 3 meals per day, which didn't do me any harm, other than gain weight.

For a couple of days after takedown, whilst still in hospital, I was served foods which consisted mainly of mash potatoes but by time I was ready to leave, I was back to eating the the All Day Breakfast and normal foods.

Since leaving Hospital I've eaten anything I've fancied.

My favourite foods? Bananas and peanut butter, yoghurt (plain Greek with honey), blended vegetable soups with a few drops of cream (pumpkin is my favourite), steamed and puréed or blended veggies with melted cheese on top (I just mic the whole thing and then sprinkle grated cheese on top or mix it in) (I can buy them frozen too in apportionable little chunks)...whole grain pasta & sauce (I make my own but store bought is really good too, just avoid the chunky kind for now), toasted bagels and peanut butter or just butter...

Everything chicken or fish...grilled, baked, broiled, steamed...

A perfect day looks like this:

Breakfast: banana & Peanut butter, tea or coffee and juice

Lunch : puréed green veggies with cheese, whole wheat toast and a yoghurt

Snack: fruit or fruit and nuts (soft fruits like peaches, plums or very well chewed apples or bananas or applesauce) and another yoghurt

Dinner: grilled fish or chicken, steamed veggies and/or soup

Late Snack: a few grapes or a spoon of peanut butter or yoghurt or ice cream

That is what works best for me. I do pasta about 1x/15days and toast 1x/week

Whenever I go out to a restaurant I order fish or chicken...rarely red meat (doesn't agree with my k pouch)...desserts are fine...my pouch loves them but my hips hate them!

Everything needs to be tried in very small quantities (think at most a baby food jar's worth), if it doesn't agree with you then hold off for a while and try again 1-2 months later.

Your pouch is evolving and changing so give it time.

And enjoy your meal!

Sharon

I am not sure if I am a good patient to model, but I pretty much just ate whatever applealed to me, right out of the gate. I had a 1-step. I was only told to avoid milk and high roughage. I had steak and salad 7days post op, and a wide variety of things thereafter. Yeah, I had a partial obstruction that first month, but I could not blame it on food.

Jan

Hi Goofeegutz, just a little over 2 mos. from takedown.  I started introducing new foods about 5 weeks out and finding that I can tolerate most of what I had before surgeries, just a little more careful about salads and raw fruits and vegetables as well as spicy and for so

Also coffee bothers me, so I drink decaf or chai tea.  If I am going out to eat, I may take an Immodium, just in case.  Also taking Pepto-bismol with dinner and 2 Immodium before bed.  Other than that, no issues so far with foods.  

Honestly, just try whatever you fancy and go from there! I was given that advice when I had my reversal. 

Though, I left it a few months after my ileostomy reversal to try eating salads- started off with small amounts of it. Funny thing- I did the worst thing ever last month and had small salads for lunch (Yes, i did know that salads aren't the best food to have with a jpouch, but wanted to be healthy and try to lose weight...), long story short, after the 4th day I felt so run down and worse for wear, stomach cramps the lot, had to change and go back to eating carbs... Lesson Learnt.

Hi, GooFeeGutz.

If you love beans, make sure you chew very, very well. Beans have both soluable and insoluable fiber. The soluable fiber is the flesh inside the bean, which is great for thickening stool, and protein. The insoluable part is the skin of the bean (or the pea, lentil, chickpea, etc.). That insoluable part comes out the way it went in: It changes very little travelling through your digestive system. Google insoluable foods and you'll see lists. My doctor advised to go slowly at first and eat soft foods, pasta, rice, potatoes, oatmeal, peanut butter / almond butter on toast, all to help thicken stool and prevent loose urgency. One month post takedown, I could expand my diet slowly to include things I love, but chew very, very (very!) well to avoid a blockage. I have problems drinking lemon water, or eating grapefruit, oranges, and spicy foods, all cause burning on the way out and resulted in skin problems at that end for days afterward. I miss citrus fruits!

But I don't see this as never eating or drinking those things again, I just look forward to having those things next year when my pouch is older and more mature. I avoid nuts, seeds, raw vegetables. I steam or microwave vegetables to soft consistency, just to be safe.