What the F and I supposed to eat?

I just had my whole colon removed and am wondering the same thing about eating. it seems everything passes through quickly with gas and it's very painful. i am still on pain pills from the operation but don't want to be on them forever. They do help a bit.

Cottage cheese? Greek yogurt? White toast? Chicken? Salmon? White rice (cooked with extra liquid)?
Crackers? Applesauce? Well-cooked carrots? Ensure?

When i had my terminal ileum removed and right colon i lived on chicken soup for two whole months. Plus a white bread. And chicken soup cooked with purified butter. I absolutely loved it and although i felt really tired for months to come i was really happy with that restricted diet. It's really important to give yourself time to heal.

After two months gradually start incorporating more food like rice, potatoes and such.

And don't worry everything will be fine very soon :)

I had very similar experiences when I first had my surgery. It seemed like everything gave me issues and nothing was ever the same. I saw a nutritionist who helped determine how to pair and schedule foods to slow them down or give my system a chance to adjust to them. For instance, if I was going to eat anything green or some fruit, I'd be sure to proceed it with a starch (usually white bread, cream of wheat/rice).

Im not a fan of canned vegetables but we used canned string beans before going to steamed. My mom was extremely helpful in that she took the seeds out of eggplant and baked it very slowly. She ground up ground meat before cooking it for me. We made ground beef pie (instead of chicken pot pie) by layering her ground ground beef, tomato sauce, instant mashed potatoes (did better with those than the real thing), and well cooked string beans and carrots.

Eggs definitely flew through me at first but began to slow after a few weeks. Hard boiled seemed to be best.

We realized I could eat I ate small amounts of food very often and interspersed my eating with mugs of chicken broth (made with a lot of fresh herbs but then strained clear) and watered down fruit juices.

Peanut butter, almond butter, and cashew butter worked well. Jello was a staple along with instant pudding made with lactaid half and half. The nutritionist introduced me to dried seaweed snacks and protein powders with which I made smoothies with bananas, rice milk, and ice.

I know this is a lot of food we'd normally stay away from (canned, processed, instant) but starting there, I was able to add more fresh or fresh cooked.

My juicer was such a help.

Banana bread, banana muffins, eggos (you're probably cringing), Popsicles, baked lays chips, deli meats like turkey/chicken breast/London broil--just a slice or two at a time.

We just kept experimenting with small amounts and, as the nutritionist rec'd, leaving a day or two between repeating foods.

Good luck and let us know how things go.

Thanks again for all the recommendations and your stories. Like an idiot, I wanted to have date night with my husband and we went out for dinner. I got baked potato soup(stupid) since me and potatoes do not mesh and bbq chicken flatbread. After I ate the soup I was done. Cramping and bloating I had to use the bathroom in the restaraunt even though nothing was coming out. When I got home I had such massive diareah. I went non stop from 8pm to 3am. I had to take an immodium. My rear end was screaming at me. It hurt so bad. Horrible. I need to stop going with what tastes good and pick things that would not bother me but I don't seem to know what they are yet. Trial and error I suppose. I just hope this slows down a little. I like eggo waffles btw. I eat it with either peanut butter or a little confectioners sugar. Yummy. Those I can eat. Any form of the egg bothers my stomach.

Bella, my suggestion is to pick a diet and give it a try. It seems your approach is not working for you