Cinderella With A Stoma - An Olive-less Existence
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- Loopy Lin
Loved reading the post.... I too have an illeostomy and have found that I can and do eat everything.. and I mean everything in moderation!!
I learnt the hard way with mushrooms... like you with olives! Shortly after I came home from hospital after an emergency illeoostomy i fancied a mushroom omelette... I figured that everything was the same up until the stoma...... WRONG!! After a lovely omelette I spent the night doubled up in agony massaging my tummy, throwing up and not sleeping!!
Lesson learnt. I always chew whatever I eat really well and allow myself anything in moderation! Even nuts and sweetcorn as I love the flavour!!
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I eat olives on a regular basis and I've never had a problem. The usual quantity is half a normal hors d'oeuvre serving, shared with my partner, or whatever's on a pizza. Maybe I'm lucky, but I make sure anything that might be a problem is chewed carefully. I can also get away with mushrooms even nuts, enjoying the taste but know they have no food value. Sweetcorn.....well why would you bother?
Beans are of course a no-no, but green beans don't seem to have any effect.
The thing I do have a problem with is raw cabbage (coleslaw), source of the one painful blockage I've had. I avoid that now.
Probably everyone has slightly different issues depending on the surgery they've had. I personally don't have much colon, removal necessitated by a brush with death caused by cancer and clostridium difficile. I've been like this for a long time now, over ten years.
Maybe don't write off one of your favourite foods, small quantities chewed thoroughly might be the answer if you're feeling brave.