Eating foods now that used to be no-no's

i'm glad u were able to enjoy...

i was able to physically eat just about n e thing b4...it was the aftermath of having to run to the potty that would kill me.

Now i'm back to eating n e thing, except cabbage, oranges, broccoli and a few other foods im afraid of lol

I secretly get pleasure out of buying orange juice, and keep the fridge stocked with three jugs at a time. Six years I went without.

Praying,
Are you scared of eating oranges because of reading Jo's story? I think we all are now!

Chili and Ash,
If you can eat carbs, you should be able to eat fruits & veggies, too. Go ahead and give 'em a try!

Crohned,
I love your little secret! Being from Florida, I love orange juice, too.

Peggy,
Ah yes... I remember suffering after almost every meal. I sure am glad those days are over!

lol yes cecilia, sj's story about the oranges did freak me out! lol and so did everyone elses about the salads and things as such lol

I'm just a big scaredy cat

I did however have my first glass of orange juice since the ostomy this morning. Simply Orange! which i absolutely loved, but could not tolerate b4 surgery.

Sj, I too am hungry all the time, which actually makes me feel great! i went in the hospital at 103 and i've finally hit my goal of 120 ( yesterday lol). Now i have to figure away to slow down, i've been 135 and i actually liked it, but eating the way i do now, im afraid i'd probably shoot past it b4 i knew it lol.

I assume i'll slow down when i return to work. Sitting in the house all day there isnt much to do besides eat and sit on the couch and clean and do it all over again. lol i'll wake up and make breakfast and while im eating it, dream of what i'll eat for lunch and dinner!

i eat all the time now, which is showing!
before surgery the only things i ate were chicken strips, pizza and cheese and bread, and frenchfries. I had a very very limited diet, and even those things upset my stomach sometimes. I know that sounds like a weird bunch of things to be able to eat, but UC is a weird disease. I missed salad, SOOO much, and veggies and fruit and frosted flakes! What i really missed most though, was being able to eat whenever, before i had to eat at least two hours before leaving the house and could not eat while i was out. I was also taking like five immodium, at least a day, and chugging pepto.
The other day, i bought a plum, thinking, oh i think i love plums, i am so excited, so today i bit inot it and realzied that i HATE plums, lol. I did the same thing with red grapes the other day, but it was nice to just be able to try it.
before i got sick i would try any food, or food combo, and now i can do that again. Little advice here, DO NOT under any cirumstances, eat tartar sauce on a mint. Just don't do it.

I have very little to add to the discussion (chew well, try new foods cautiously, drink lots of water). I am a "foodie" and eat pretty much anything (compared to an extremely limited diet due to UC, including 1 whole year of baby food, broth and plain toast). I am careful with mushrooms, coconut, broccoli, and similar hard to digest foods, but I still eat them. I adore spicy, exotic and ethnic foods - and it shows!!! I am always having to watch my weight - quite a change from when I weighed 75 pounds and everyone was begging me to eat. My major difficulty is if I am drinking wine and having a lot of fun I forget to chew as well as I should...! So I guess my contribution to this discussion is that once you get into the habit of feeling well and eating what you want please remember to be moderate in social circumstances when you are distracted and may gulp your food and forget to chew as well as you should! Now if only I could remember my own advice.....