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Posted 4/22/2011 5:12 PM (GMT 0)
K So I'm alot obsessive about food! Big time foodie my husband and I have planned trips around places we want to eat at! LOL wink So when everyone says chew chew really well like till mush, really mushy? Does this take so much work that it takes enjoyment away from eating food faves like salami, grapes,cabbage(kimchi) part Asian very important cultural dish I crave from my mom along with all the other veggie asian sides! I love oatmeal eat it every morning (creature of habit issue) do I have to chew this too (sorry that might be stupid question). Just curios like how really chewed up because I've been aware of lately trying to chew better and sometimes I'm like I didn't chew that well enough like to mush. Appt is Monday to discuss surgery concerned about the little stuff like the chewing till food is disengrated!
Posted 4/22/2011 6:11 PM (GMT 0)
I'm not a big chewer! At first you'll want mush until you've healed. After that, moderate chewing should be fine :) You'll see things like peas and corn coming through your stoma whole no matter how much you've chewed them to bits but they do seem to regroup while going through your tummy lol
Posted 4/22/2011 6:12 PM (GMT 0)
I do chew a lot more than I did before, but it was easy to get used to. I don't think I chew it until it's mush, though. No, you don't have to chew your oatmeal.
Posted 4/22/2011 6:36 PM (GMT 0)
I didn't realize until I was on the restriced diet how FAST I used to eat at a meal...now, it seems more comfortable to chew, chew, chew and enjoy the meal more..and, spend a  little more time at the table.....
Posted 4/22/2011 7:42 PM (GMT 0)
I found it hard to shut up enough at the table to chew well.... not only did I eat FAST, but I sure talked A LOT.... probably good for me to eat slower, talk less. Working on it.

Shaz LOL..... tremendous how powerful intestines become after surgery to sort out molecules that way....
Posted 4/22/2011 8:49 PM (GMT 0)
I don't chew any differently now than I did before the ileo. Then again I am a slow eater, everyone else has always finished when I am still eating.

Agree about the peas and sweetcorn, also would add bits of lettuce and nuts.
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