Foods to avoid

I was wondering if there are any foods that I should avoid, both tempoaraly and permanantly. i am still having problems going to the bathroom too much. The heavier the food, the more i go. i also am concerend about the food, because I do not want to go to much that it becomes to a point where I am always in the bathroom and having no life. I also have had a rectal prolapse in the past and I do not want to over work my rectum and end up having another surgery. Trust me, I constantly use cream for my rectum becasue of the uncomfortable pain I have from using the bathroom too much, to a point where I can not even sit.

Hi,
Thank you for the info. I am still trying out what foods I can have. I noticed that things with fats, and any carbs make me go very much. So I have been avoiding those things now. With canned veggies and fish or skinless chicken, which I eat fish plain without any breading, and chicken just coated with bread crumbs, I do okay, with just 5-6 Bm's for an hour and a half straight. Usually if I eat a small snack, usually jello or a fruit cup, ebacsue that is the only snack I can tolerate, I got 3-4 for an hour. For my usual meal, I go 5-6 times for an hour and a half. If I have just a drink, usually iced tea or coffee, I only go 3 times for an hour. I am diabetic, so I know this may not be much food, but unfortunatley these are the only foods I can tolerate that won't affect my sugars or health. I am a diet controlled diabetic, so I definately do not want to be put back on that Metformin again, and having to take sugar 4 times a day. Boy that was a doozy. well, I am seeing my surgeon on Sept. 2 and I may ask to see a nutrionist. I also was taking Vitamin B complex before my surgery, but I have not taken it yet, because I am not sure if I would be able to digest it, and when I was in the hospital they never gave me any, so I am assuming that is why. Well, Thank you for the reply. and I will keep everyone updated.

I usually drink either decaf or half and half for coffee , but I only drink 8oz. 1 a day for energy. other than that, my iced tea is decaf and sugar free, the crystal light or store brand one. Thank you Peggy for the advice. I will keep that in mind.

I don't do crystal light or any of those types of drinks, but when I do drink anything but water(juice/tea/lemonade), I cut it with water to dilute the drink...I find that it helps with slowing the transit time for me.

I haven't read any of your other posts yet, how far out from surgery are you? Are you still on a soft GI diet? I find Potato Buds good for thicken my output (I have an ileo).

I definately agree with Suebear, you need to keep a journal with what you ate and how long it takes...you're still in that early stage and things will get better!! I know it doesn't help, but we've been through the no sleep and many trips to the bathroom until we figure our "new" bodies...

Thank you for the advice guys. I have been keeping track of my food and what bothers me and what does not. At thins stage everything goes through, but I notice that fatty, sugay, or anything that would help me put or keep weight on bothers me the most. I am seeing my surgeon on Tuesday 9-2, and I may ask him about seeing a dietitian, but I am afraid that what the dietician's food advices about what I should eat or even if I have to take vitamins, that The food and vitamins may make me go more and come out whole and bother me whole. My weight at my suurgery was about 115 and when they did the surgery, the surgeon had to pump my stomach with 10lbs. or air in order to do the lapriscopic surgery. I left the operating table at 125lbs, but as soon as I startedd walking and eating, the more diareah I had and I end up lossing 20 lbs. and now I am 105 lbs.