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NEVER, EVER EVER EVER EAT SO MUCH PIZZA BEFORE GOING TO BED

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Posted 11/17/2011 9:29 PM (GMT 0)
And I don't mean a slice. Here, a pizza is one individual pizza bigger than a normal dinner plate. And at 10 pm I ate the whole thing, with spinach. At about 4 or 5 am I could hear my stoma complaining at me, "hey, whatdidya do that for, huh?" so I put my hand on the bag and it was so full I was afraid to move. I made it to the bathroom when the stuff just broke through the seal but I was already on safe bathroom tiles and I only had to do a normal change half-alseep and get myself back to bed. One pizza makes an awful lot of poo, I can say that much.

I keep forgetting my resolution not to eat after around 5 pm, or at least not more than toast, and most of the time it doesn't matter. But the entire pizza ... I did know better, I am just so tired of not being able to live as I please (which is sometimes  a bit slobby eating 10 pm pizzas but so what) and having so much of my life dictated by the stoma. I'm also kind of thinking that while I still have a bag it doesn't really matter, but when I don't have it any more that's when I have to be careful.

I find that proteins don't ever cause problems, but is there something about spinach that creates so much stuff?

Posted 11/17/2011 9:38 PM (GMT 0)
It's different food for everybody. My main issue with spinach is being able to chew it enough so it doesn't get sort of stuck and slow everything down, so the opposite of what you experienced.

With a little time, you will become more aware of your filling bag as you sleep and you will wake up before it is overly full....at least that has been my experience.
Posted 11/17/2011 9:59 PM (GMT 0)
Pizza does that to me, its like one piece of pizza triples in volume!
I have trouble with apple sauce, I love it and sometimes forget and eat it right before bed, then ihave to empty like 5 times and its so full!
Posted 11/17/2011 11:20 PM (GMT 0)
Yep, as much as I love pizza it zips through in triple time and volume. If I eat it at 8pm then have to empty bag 4 times by 10pm and it is full each time and completely liquid. I think with me it is the tomato sauce stuff, any sort of tomato sauce like pasta sauce or tomato soup or even tomato juice which I love, goes through like a dose of salts and seems to multiply by 4! One glass of tomato juice means I have to empty my bag twice in next 40 minutes, it goes through that fast - then again don't have much small bowel so things don't take long.

 

Posted 11/17/2011 11:54 PM (GMT 0)
So was it a really good pizza? Or were you just really hungry? Or can't you remember?

Sorry you had to deal with that -- what a drag!

The worst I had was when I ate some fruit that was packed in grape juice.... guess it was the grape juice, but I had about three completely full bags in the night, all liquidy, couldn't figure it out at first..... I seem to wake up, can be glad for that.....
Posted 11/18/2011 5:50 AM (GMT 0)
Oh yeah, grape juice is the gift that keeps on giving. I drink it to break down stuff like a piece of bread and cheese that I may not even need it for. Then I run grape juice for hours. I did it tonight and I will be up and down and I have company. We learn as we go. I really try for that 5 p.m. cut off time with food, but I too am sick of catering to the stoma, but we have to we are not normal gut people. Pizza multiplies in volume, that is a good one! Glad it all passed, but sorry to hear of the blow up. Glad you were on safe turf. Rosemary
Posted 11/18/2011 7:15 AM (GMT 0)
The pizza was delicious! From an organic pizza place.
Posted 11/18/2011 7:52 AM (GMT 0)
Sshh,
Tell ya a little secret..
Pizza is fine,only eat the thin crust, its the yeast that does that..
Posted 11/18/2011 10:56 AM (GMT 0)
The cheese does it for me I think... not that it stops me from eating pizza :)
Posted 11/18/2011 12:33 PM (GMT 0)
I had a lot of spinach in my dinner last night and had more output than usual -- thought of you.

Glad you enjoyed it, though! I used to hate it when I was sick and I'd pay for hours for food I didn't even like....
Posted 11/18/2011 3:28 PM (GMT 0)
It's definately the tomatoes that do it for me. Who knew one small glass of tomato juice could produce so much!
Posted 11/20/2011 5:59 PM (GMT 0)
It is now shortly before 7 pm and I am eating dinner. I hope this is not too late for a full meal, but I cooked the things that never gave me any kinds of problems at all. This is sort of a recipe:

I cooked sliced zucchini and carrots together with a cut-up sweet potatoe in broth, loads of taragon, white wine and worsteshire sauce and pepper, then added slices of chicken breast. Simmer for till the vegetables are cooked (the meat is done fast) and eat with rice.
Root vegetables, any kind of squash, any kind of meat and rice have always been great for me, when I was sick and now with a stoma.
Posted 11/20/2011 6:01 PM (GMT 0)
there's about a tablespoon of olive oil in there too.
Posted 11/23/2011 2:19 AM (GMT 0)
I'm having rice crispies cereal. I NVU. :-) Rosemary
Posted 11/23/2011 9:38 PM (GMT 0)
I love rice crispies, I always got that from my grandma for breakfast.
Posted 11/23/2011 10:46 PM (GMT 0)
I go through phases of eating certain things, almost like cravings when I eat that item every meal and then can't face it again for months, even years. Very annoying as will buy loads of the said item and then suddenly can't face it anymore. Cauliflower cheese is one of those foods. Had it for every evening meal for 3 weeks, home made and now can't face it. Even the smell of it now makes me feel bit queasy and that was 13 years ago. Really must learn to control my cravings!
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