Oatmeal

I have a K-pouch and find that oatmeal will thicken my output most times.

In the beginning it did now It gets things moving for me. I use 2% milk, tsp butter and raw white honey

I eat instant oatmeal with coconut milk and sliced banana for breakfast and it helps firm things up. Dairy & butter may be what's causing your thinner output.

ditch the honey and milk and see what happens. That could be making things pure liquid. Try almond milk and a bit of pure maple syrup instead.

I am not complaining about it just making an observation. I need to be runny since I am usually not all the time.

I am the same way with popcorn, goes through me. I think fiber does it in some cases. Just opposite of what I read with jpouchers.

I can't tolerate Almond or Coconut. Makes me way to gassy

I once read on this sight that oatmeal helps inflammation of the rectum, I believe I read it here, since eating it I find I have less inflammation , I have a J pouch. Just wonder if anyone has found it beneficial. Thanks

Turns things to concrete in my k pouch.

Takes days to get rid of it...Which is too bad because I love it.

Sharon

Sharon, it seems that everyone’s system reacts differently in how it processes the food we eat.  I love oatmeal and have a large bowl of it each morning along with cantaloupe or grapefruit and several cups of coffee and it passes through my BCIR very easily.  Some other foods like mashed potatoes and pasta thicken things up a lot for me, so I avoid them or eat small amounts along with extra fluids.  I like to believe that I control my BCIR and not let it control me.

Bill 

I tend to think that I have mastered the k pouch eating formula until my pouch proves me wrong (again and again!)...what works on Monday can react totally differently the next day.

As my uncle says (a j poucher), It's not what your eating but what is eating you that matters.

Sharon

Sharon-Thanks so much for your reply, I certainly agree with your Uncle, and also agree things can be a lot worse.  Blessings to you.  Michael