@DeltaForce and other juicers

Sorry I'm going to be bit vague, but I have no idea what I'm talking about! Hence the question, lol.

I think DeltaForce or some other poster made a distinction between two types of juicers... and centrifrugal and a mashable or something? Like I said, I have no idea what I'm talking about. Basically, I was wondering what the type types were, how they functioned, and what the benefits/differences were.

Thanks!

Thanks for the info! I can't believe I didn't check wiki.

I'm doing pretty well now, thanks for asking! I got cleared to do everything except get kicked in the stomach (martial arts, done them for 12 years). They had split my fascia and stomach muscles open to do surgery and weren't able to seal them back together at the time. So I only have skin between my intestines and the world!

I have my next surgery near the end of January to get rid of my second/high stoma. Then I'll just be a "normal" no-coloned/resectioned/ostomy person. I'll be getting rid of the 'high" stoma so I can go back to normal eating. They'll leave the TPN on me for a month or so after surgery then I'll finally be off of that.

They actually do want me to be a normal person for at least a year before even considering a jpouch procedure. I reacted so badly after my stoma fix surgery that they want to track down the reason why. I also need to lose weight.

Well, I was literally "left open" in the ICU. The cut me open and didn't stitch me back together at all, just covered it with a bandage. :). I had soo much swelling in my belly that they couldn't close me. Plus they were planning to go back in. Fortunately I was kept sedated (and intubated) and I don't remember three weeks anyway. When they were done they only stitched the skin together as I was still too swollen. When the put my ostomy back in, that spot in my skin will also be "left open" to heal from the inside out.

You ID'd my attitude! I didn't ask for this but I'm not going to roll over.

As for my diet, I am allowed to eat, but what I eat is limited. I can eat all the bad stuff I want, haha. At least that's what it seems like. My loop ostomy is half way down my small intestine. That means my output is all liquid. If I eat too much fiber (fruits/veggies) my output increases and I dehydrate. If I drink water, I'm more likely to dehydrate. It seems the body will suck water into your digestive tract to help things pass through. I was literally told that if I drink water, twice as much will come out. I'm suppose to drink Gatorade with salt/ pedialyte but I hate the taste! Reminds me of prep. So basically I can eat all the carbs/meat I want. I can have the occasional fruit or vegetable, like toppings on a sandwich or something. Definitely not the "5-9" you are supposed to have. I also can't have alot of sugar as it pulls in water too. I'm basically interested in juicing for after my next surgery. I'm not positive, but it seems if I drink liquid juice, then it will come out pretty fast and liquidy too.

You want the masticating juicer; it produces less fiber since it presses the vegetable/fruit and you will get less of the pulp than if you use a centrifuge juicer that spins the vegetable/fruit. I have both types of juicer and blender that makes juices/smoothies.

I haven't tried juicing since I had my surgery 6 weeks ago, I know that if I drink juice (or especially if I have wine) that my output increases so I'd imagine that juicing would do the same except maybe if you only used juice as a replacement for a meal.

They had to cut me open too, but nothing like what you had to go through. My incision has healed up very nicely but it took almost 4 weeks. Unfortunately they had to cut me open because my colon was in such bad shape that they couldn't get it out of me Laproscopically; I guess I let my condition go too long.