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Posted 9/18/2017 5:16 PM (GMT 0)
I made Rice Krispies yesterday for my grandparents and made a batch for myself. I ate two of them yesterday and paying for it today. I may not have chewed them too well before swallowing, but melted butter, melted marshmallows with dry cereal does not make for a good digestive combo. I have abdominal pain but liquid is getting through the stoma. Sticking with liquids at the moment to not cause more of a blockage...if there still is one. The only upside is that the bag is so slippery on the inside from the melted butter that when I do eat solld food again, it'll slip right out. Guess my husband will have to eat them all.

Thought I would share my tale to alert others of what I've gone through with this food. Not sure if the store bought ones would give the same result, but why would you pay a lot of money for the store stuff when homemade is so much better?
Posted 9/18/2017 6:06 PM (GMT 0)
You didn't chew them well enough.

To clear a blockage which it sounds like you still have (liquid only), put a hot compress on the area (discomfort), drink coffee/tea or grape juice. Wine works the best but it's still the afternoon.

You may want to change the wafer to make it a little large if the blockage is right behind the stoma.
Posted 9/18/2017 10:20 PM (GMT 0)
Just shows again how different we all are, I would hate to be a dietician for that reason!

Homemadd rice krispy treats were one of my fave post op treats! I never had any trouble with them.

Keith gave good tips for help in the blockage!
Posted 9/19/2017 12:17 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the input. Still cramping. Although I haven't had many liquids today. I'm sure that could be part of it. I will be doing a wafer and bag change tomorrow. I just changed to a smaller wafer opening size, but still have a couple of the larger ones. I'll use the larger opening with tomorrow's change and hope that it helps things a bit. Might have to take a 2mg Loperamide before bed to slow things down overnight so I can actually change the bag without having a river flowing from the stoma. I did have a couple of scrambled eggs earlier and I can see parts of them in the bag so I know solids can get through, but I'll just baby the stomach over the next 24 hours and eat mostly mooshy foods. Hopefully that will help to get me back to normal again. I've got only two more months of this stoma and don't want to start having issues now.
Posted 9/19/2017 1:21 AM (GMT 0)
Usually when the blockage clears things come rushing out into the bag over the next hour or two.

I would be careful with a bowel slowing agent right after a blockage. Maybe it's better off just waiting an extra day before changing.

Stay hydrated, it will keep things moving.
Posted 9/19/2017 1:51 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the info ks1905. I've emptied the bag 8 times already today. The liquids go right through me. On average I empty my bad 6 or 7 times a day. I'm guessing I'll need to empy the bag at least two more times before bed. I'm glad the pain woke me up this morning before my alarm. After only three hours of sleep, the bag was pretty much full to the top with liquid. (I always empty the bag before bed). Now I have to decide should I eat or not. Tylenol has taken care of most of the cramping pain, but now I'm getting some hunger pains as well. With the increased flow of output, I'm going to be up for at least three more hours. Maybe more scrambled eggs will do. They're light and fluffy and easy to digest.
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