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Posted 7/4/2017 1:49 PM (GMT 0)
I've had an ileostomy for 3 months and hadn't had any problems with it until recently. I went out for a meal and had mussels to start and then a blue cheese burger with chips and salad for mains. I realise these aren't the most plain foods to eat but I've never had a problem with them before and I'd been slowly introducing lots of foods over the last few months and it's been going well. A couple of hours after the meal I noticed my stomach felt a bit hard and then I was sick (a lot). I went to bed but I couldn't sleep because my bag kept filling up completely with liquid and so I had to empty it every hour. By the morning it had settled down and I started feeling better. Now it seems to have gone back to normal, but I wonder if anyone has any ideas what caused this? I wondered if it was food poisoning because my Nan also felt ill after the meal but she wasn't actually sick like me. Or could it have been a blockage? I did try to make sure I chewed the salad but maybe i didn't chew it well enough. Or is it possible that I just ate too much at once - they served really large meals.
Posted 7/4/2017 2:31 PM (GMT 0)
That sounds like a partial blockage. I would say the mussels or salad could have caused it.
Posted 7/4/2017 6:50 PM (GMT 0)
I would also say it sounds like a partial blockage, I wouldn't touch salad personally.
Posted 7/4/2017 8:55 PM (GMT 0)
I too have an ileostomy (temporary). I've only gotten sick twice and both times I ate fish. The first time was three days post op in the hospital (first day on solid foods no restrictions). Had no problem with lunch, but chose fish for dinner and it came up about 5-6 hours later after having really bad upper abdominal cramps/pain. The next time was 13 days post op and I had frozen grilled salmon which also came up about 5 hours later after having bad stomach cramps/pain. I've since crossed out all fish from my diet. I'm now 10 weeks post op and thinking about having shrimp, but only a small amount and maybe putting it in the blender for a couple of seconds to break it up into smaller pieces. It seems to me that fish causes a blockage and needs to be eaten in a different consistency - at least for me.

Glad to hear things are better now for you.
Posted 7/4/2017 10:13 PM (GMT 0)
I've had my ileo for 7 yrs. I remember shortly after my operation of having a bout of diarrhea and vomiting. My husband called the paramedics as I could not get any water down and was dehydrating rapidly. I spent a few days in the hospital receiving fluids and electrolytes. Not sure what exactly caused it. Since then, I have had a few hospitalizations for dehydration, but the last five years have been ok. Sounds like your choice of foods was not the best...lol.
Posted 7/5/2017 7:41 PM (GMT 0)
The list of "no-no's" of things not to eat is long. I have completely stayed away from things like mussels, any kind of clam, snail salad, corn on the cob, mushrooms and so on. Whatever I eat is always soluble and easy to digest. I miss all those foods but what the heck, the list of things I can eat is endless.
Posted 7/6/2017 2:35 PM (GMT 0)
An inventory of your meal: An appetizer of muscles (likely drenched in melted butter) followed by a full hamburger, bun, with blue cheese topping and a fresh green salad.

Gastric nightmare.

I cannot imagine for the life of me eating that much.

Little wonder your digestive system was miserable. Too much food. And too much rich food (butter, blue cheese, muscles).
Posted 7/6/2017 10:51 PM (GMT 0)
It sounds like a partial obstruction to me. I hope that it has worked itself out by now.

Just make sure that you chew chew chew when eating. There are some people that just are not able to eat some foods with UC or Crohns.

I have a colostomy and can pretty much eat anything but since I had an obstruction (which caused the colostomy) I tend to be alittle more cautious. No fruit/vegetable skin with very little raw fruit /vegetables. No corn....absolutely no Pizza dough and careful on the cheese.... The one thing that clogs me up.....those little ensure drinks.... Yep...the ones the doctors tell you to drink instead of solid food.. Lol....I get all the symptoms you had...so now I am alittle scared of those. So it's different for everyone.

Just remember lots and lots of liquids and chewchewchew.....

Hope you are feeling better!

Clo
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