Re: adhesion diet
From: geniebene@comcast.net
Fri Feb 11 23:01:33 2005
Hi Kathleen.
i cannot eat raw apples, pears etc. Any fruits
that have seeds tend to bother me as well. Also,
if I eat raw veggies, expecially carrots and celery
or broccoli...bad news. Too many nuts causes pain,
dairy products cause major bloating and gas. Any
type of cream sauces or soups do the same.
I can eat meats, but have to cut them small and
chew really good, otherwise, I throw them up or
have horrible pain while digesting. Recently, my
docs suggested that I try a wheat-free/gluten-free
diet. I did it (although extrememly difficult at
first), i did notice that my symtoms had subsided
somewhat. For one month, I ate no bread, pasta
(except rice pasta), the only cereals allowed were
rice or corn and oats in moderation...because oats
have some traces of gluten in them. You really
have to watch labels. Believe it or not...things
you would think of contain forms of wheat...such
as Soy sauce...red licorice...salad dressings.
Also the obvious, no cookies or any baked goods
for that matter, unless you make them yourself
with gluten free/wheat free flour. I've tried it,
it doesn't bake the same. Everything is harder
and heavier, but the taste isn't bad. They sell
many things premade without wheat/gluten such as
pretzels, bread, waffles, pasta.
Life before I went on this diet consisted of me
bloated and throwing up/diarhea after almost every
meal. After four week on this, I hadn't thrown up
once...and my bm's were normal! I never thought i'd
see normal. Well, we still experimented and gradually
reintroduced these things back into my diet. After
6 months of being back on everything, I obstructed!
Go figure. Now, that could be coincidence, but it
made me think enough to give it a try again. I am 12
weeks post-op now from 2 bowel resections resulting
from 80% of my intestines being strangled by adhesions.
Fun eh? Docs gave me the go ahead to give it another
whirl. It's been only a few days, but I haven't gotten
sick once since I stopped the wheat/gluten. I am
noticing more the dairy now though. I may try to cut
that out more also. It's not worth the pain. You
can do an internet search on Gluten free diets...there
are tons of websites. They offer cookbooks, product
lists of things that contain wheat/gluten, all the
terminology that is included in that category, etc.
It's worth the time to give it a try. I promised my
family that I would do the wheat free thing through
Lent. The deal is, that if I feel better and don't
get sick while I'm on it, that I have to stay on it.
It was a great challenge on their part to me. Give
it a whirl! You've got nothing to lose...maybe a
few pounds along the way...and lots of sick days!
Best of luck.
hugs,
Jeanne
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> Subject: Re: adhesion diet
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> Knowing what foods are bad for you is helpful to me!
> Does anyone else know of certain foods that are bad or good for you?
> Let's share them. I know now that raw apples, bran, milk products are
> extremely bad for me.
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