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To be honest doctors advice is probably overrated at this stage. They have done what they can, they have no way of knowing how well your body will cope, what will help, what will hurt etc, it's all individual, and you already have more experience of living with a pouch than they do!

 

Usually post take down people stay quite closely to the ostomy diet sheet and slowly introduce be food.. so basically white and beige processed food that mulch down to nothing.. simple did such as chicken, fish, white bread and pasta etc, avoiding accusing food or anything with a high fibre content.. then slowly build on that.

 

Personally I ate a lot of veg prior to the op and was keen to get back to that for the healthier lifestyle (I find veg soups etc anti inflammatory on my gut)  I figured my body needed food nutrition at this difficult time more than ever.   Even though I was used to it I did suffer, in fact even now 12 months on, veg still greatly increases my volume and number of visits and cramping.  But I figure it's worth the hassle. Others disagree.

 

If say that a good quality probiotic is the most useful thing you can do for yourself in the early days. Plenty of threads in here about that, and again others disagree hth

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