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I had mine in the fall of 2001, best advice I would give you is listen to you doctor. Start out simple with small meals things that are easy to digest and add things over time slowly in small amounts, one new food at a time. This will help you figure out what you can eat and what you can't. If something you used to enjoy doesn't agree don't be discouraged in time you may be able to tolerate it. After my surgery I went back to work and life for the most part was great as long as I paid some attention as to what I ate. The only times I've had issues was when I ignored my pouch and ate what I wanted no matter how I felt. I wouldn't recommend doing what I did but I felt so good I didn't go back to my gastro doc till 2009 when I had mild pouchitis which is a picnic compared to life with UC. Hope this helps.

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