It will be 8 years since my CLC and iliostomy. Looking for recipes under the low FODMAPs guidelines is not the answer for me, but using the app for eliminating individual FODMAPS has been invaluable.
I have eliminated gluten, lactose, many different vegetables including pumpkin and lettuce except cos, stone fruits, grapes, legumes, eggs, onions, garlic, seafood, spices, sugar, alcohol and all the generally good things in life. I never mix vegetables. I also rarely eat outside of home.
I take gastrostop, 2 different probiotics and codeine (to slow motility).
My bowel loves white toast, white rice, quinoa, oats but not Bircher muesli, green tea, potatoes, gf pasta and bananas.
If I follow this strictly to the letter, I can live a normal life, if you can call the above normal. The 2 worst triggers I find apart from onions and garlic, are lactose and eggs. If I slip up, I pay a high price.
The worst thing that ever happened to me, was a couple of years ago, having a coffee and eating a piece of carrot cake at a cafe and having an uncontrollable bowel within minutes. I’ll never do that again.