My stomach is hell - what can I eat?

I would go low fiber and high protein (for energy) rather than 100% liquid:
Greek yogurt with applesauce or low fiber fruit (seems like dessert)
Soups are yummy and so many different types.
I love curry and if you don't cook there must be a shop nearby. My gut likes Vietnamese and Thai mmmm.

Meat has many vitamins and 2 days ago I made ground ham with mayo, so delicious.
Deviled eggs.
Omelets with cheese, bits of other things like tomato, onions.
Hamburgers with guacamole (very easy to make and in season now).
Barbecue sauce on chicken.
Ginger, brown sugarr and soy sauce on chicken
Tonight I made ground turkey meatballs made with mild red pepper (New Mexico type, dried lemon basil and breadcrumbs). Gravy made with chicken broth.

Low fiber makes my gut happy, good thing I love meat ha.
Also think about smoothies with coconut milk and fruit(again like dessert).

You just need to plan ahead so you don't get hungry and eat crap because you don't have anything on hand.
I love food in general, just have to focus on kind that helps not hurts my gut.
And of course if you have no problem with gluten have breakfast for dinner: pancakes and syrup with sausages (I LOVE sausage).

edit to add: cooked spinach always calms my gut and makes happiness below. Add a sprinkle of parmesan or shred some swiss and broil and of course add butter.

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Whenever I'm badly flaring I go low residue and bland, bland, bland. To be honest though I don't think it does one thing for the cramping. I just tolerate the high protein bland food better. Nothing helps my cramping except to stop flaring. Bentyl doesn't seem to do much either even though I always wind up taking it when I flare. I don't know that an antispasmotic would do anything for you either since your colon is gone. Some people on here say the hearing pad helps. I've not tried that. I wish I had some suggestions, but cramping is one of my worst symptoms and nothing really does anything for it. Would you consider going back on the entocort?

When I flare, i have to go very bland. Lots of chicken broth, white rice, hot tea, grilled chicken breast, tuna, puffed rice (for something crunchy).

Re: liquid, I found Orgain vegan vanilla shake to be easiest to digest. Wish I had known about it years ago!

Haha NCOT I know how you're feeling! My worst flare everything I ate caused sever pain and was back and forth to the loo every 10 minutes, but I still had to have lunch and dinner! Then I started vomiting so stopped eating - but generally I'm a massive foodie!

As Serenity Now suggested -scrambled egg is wonderful, I didn't get cramps or pain when I ate it (I did when I had it on toast, of course!).. Other than that, crackers with spread, white rice with salt.. It's pretty boring really..

Possibly try shakes, but ask your GP/GI to prescribe the nutritional ones, so you know you're getting what you need.

I hope you're feeling worlds better soon

NCOT said...
My stomach is hell - what can I eat?

The traditional diet is the souls of sinners. ;-)

Thanks guys :p

I could almost swear I had a partial obstruction, which I'm still getting over. But every time I convince myself I have a stricture, tests show no sign of one :/ It's the late afternoon here and so far I've had two cups of tea and a litre of chocolate-flavoured coconut water. Last night my stomach was hurting so badly I had to take two painkillers to kill the pain enough to (eventually) fall asleep. I am hungry but I think I'll try to go without solids for today. I want to try and clear my system completely. There was no gurgling or rumbles at all last night and earlier on, but now it's non-stop.

I'm the opposite of a few people here and find most high-protein foods rather hard to digest, even eggs. That won't stop me eating meat however >_>. And I love curries, but they most certainly don't love me back in return. I've given up on Indian curries for the time being they're so indigestible. Thai curries are better, although right now I don't think I'd do well with one...

The two years before my first surgery was a weird time for me. That was the only time I was ill enough to lose my appetite, but it never lasted for long because I would be given steroids, in or out of hospital, and be eating like a champ in no time at all. However I did have a proper stricture then, which came and went according to how bad the inflammation was and so except for when I was on the highest dose of steroids I was usually on a low-residue diet. The steroids were amazing: they made me feel human again, but I just couldn't stay on them ;_;

(Entocort, while okay, had nothing like the effect of IV steroids or even 40mg pred.)

The trouble is, I get so bored with a low-residue diet I end up rebelling and eating all kinds of sh!t that I sort of know isn't a great idea for my gut but go ahead and eat anyway: fries, hamburgers, most vegetables, nuts, and so on. As a child, I wouldn't have dreamed there would be a day when I miss eating vegetables and salads freely, but I really really do now. Even with an ileostomy I could eat more than I do now, but I wasn't free to just eat literally anything - there would be consequences.

But the pain has been bad so recently, I think I am gonna try a strict low-residue diet for a week and see how that goes. I might even have a go at making chicken broth and soup - shame it's not winter for that. Gonna make a list and go to the supermarket soon.

@iPoop - Well, I'm still waiting to see if the 6MP will kick in. Have been on 50mg for 7 weeks now, so there is still time. Also due to have a TPMT test after 12 weeks of starting it, so it's possible my dose could be raised depending on what that shows. However, I don't have any great hope for 6MP if I'm honest. Next step will be a biologic (probably Entyvio), but that won't be easy to get onto and I'm worried about potential funding issues blocking the way.

@aimz - I was on Fortisips so much in the two years before surgery. They are horrible -_-. Think I will find it harder to get them diagnosed now than I did back then, given that I'm no longer underweight, don't have a diagnosed stricture, etc. Probably would have to get my GI or surgeon to do it and I don't see them much anymore, partly because half the time when I do have an appointment it gets cancelled and pushed back by months.

Phew. I'm about ready to collapse after that humungous reply <_<. I'm getting hungrier as dinnertime draws closer... :-/

Apologies for third post in a row, but I think I've made things worse for myself: increased BMs, increased urgency and now blood. Feels like I've somehow managed to trigger an even worse flare-up. I can only hope this is a temporary reaction to something and I'll be better tomorrow.

In the meantime, FML ;_;

Uh oh things are going from bad to worse. Hang in there NCOT. Perhaps you ought to contact your gastroenterologist tomorrow and tell him/her how things have gone since getting off of the steroid.

NCOT - one thing I didn't include in my last post - was dairy free for a long time, but have recently reintroduced dairy yogurts (as the soya version gave me headaches!), and my stomach has calmed a lot - perhaps try that if you can tolerate them? Quark has also been good..

:)