Goodby to ice cream

What not to do after a Nissen!

Yesterday evening I wanted a hot fudge sundae so badly I drove up the the local custard stand and ate a large one.  Bad, bad mistake!  I got so sick with  gas and my sulfite intolerance (yes, it's in icecream and the hot fudge too) I couldn't drive myself to the ER, and I couldn't get anybody else to come and drive me either.  Tha local ambulance takes half an hour to get to us and then another half hour to get to the ER, so I called my husband, an hour + away.  He told me to get the old paregoric and take a tablespoon.  That eased things up enough to stay home and just suffer the whole night. 

I'd already chewed up 4 Lactaid tablets which just made more gas, which doesn't burp up after nissen.  My stomach was heaving and I can't throw up either.  The problem was that I'd eaten other foods that produce gas and contain sulfite during the day: broccoli, snap peas and onions in the vegetables. 

No more icecream, broccoli, onions ...             Gas still rumbling today.                 Chicken and rice is getting boring.

Hi Joy. Allergy to all shellfish! Sad.

Mashed potatoes will never replace icecream, have few vitamins, and they cause gas, but a little might be better than nothing. I wish the docs would have us told about at least some of the side effects of having fundoplication.

alcie, how is the reflux. did the fundo help. i am now at the point i need surgery, but am concerned about the fundo..it seems pretty crummy and i wonder why surgeons do it other than to make money..it really seems problematic

Joe - The fundo stopped all the reflux, but of course not the heaving which is caused by food triggers. I can't burp much or vomit at all, but when my stomach is irritated it can try, and it's uncomfortable. Everyone with a post-fundo valve has trouble with this unless it wasn't done right. So make sure your surgeon has done thousands - I mean it! Experience is key!! And get proper testing to ensure the correct procedure. I have a weak swallow, so I was given a Toupet fundo - like Nissen, but not a full wrap.

I can eat most real foods, unprocesed, except for things that have natural sulfite: garlic, onions, grapes, and pork. Lots of processed foods are first softened or bleached with sulfite: corn starch, corn syrup and other corn products, gelatin (softened pig skin), etc. I'd rather just pop a prepared meal in the microwave, hate to cook, but I'm forced to prepare foods from scratch. It's so tempting to just grab something quick, but the consequences are severe. My trigger foods also trigger tachycardia, and once caused a small heart attack.

Alcie
so sorry to hear about your symptoms
i am on the blandest diet but sometimes just get a craving for something (tonight, green beans...BIG Mistake)...it just sucks sometimes and yogurt, while I love it, just is not always what I want.

anyway, glad you didn't tach and hope you're ok!!
lila

I caved and had a small 5oz cup of ice cream last night and was in pain the rest of the night. I'm lactose interolerant but can do cheese since it's processed. All of the things that taste good are "bad". :(

Definitely not worth it but was darn good! lol I tried to find soy ice cream but didn't see any. I wonder about sherbert or frozen yogurt. I have been getting my appetite back so I've been trying different things to see what I could tolerate and my fav, ice cream, is a no go.