Gas & constipation

You might get some benefit from *careful* introduction of soluble fiber, such as psyllium. Although most J-pouchers use it to bulk up the stool, it's actually labeled to help with constipation. It tends to make everything more like a gel consistency, whether it started out as liquid or bricks.

Thank you Scott. 

@rrip posted:

Thank you Scott. 

Did you have the same problem with an ostomy???

**Extra chewing helps reduce constipation, exercise, and definitely oatmeal**

Thank you Lauren. 

@rrip posted:

Thank you Lauren. 

Anytime I hope you feel better

@rrip posted:

Thank you Lauren. 

Fibers bars help a lot too I noticed. How are you feeling, are you doing better???

I have had some good days lately, which I truly treasure. I was in a motorcycle accident last night and broke most of my ribs and collar bone so I wont be eating much for a few days. 

@rrip posted:

I have had some good days lately, which I truly treasure. I was in a motorcycle accident last night and broke most of my ribs and collar bone so I wont be eating much for a few days. 

Glad you are doing better! Glad the advice worked! 

And oh my goodness! I am so sorry to hear that! I hear motorcycles get hit a lot nowadays! I hope you recover perfectly! Do you think you want to get on motorcycles again or are you done with them completely???

It was actually an 4 wheeled ATV. A Razor it's called. I was the passenger and he turned too sharp to the left and rolled it and I got partially run over by it and it is 1000 times more painful than the colectomy surgery. And I'm way too old for this type of injury. It was brutal and somehow I escaped with my life. As for motorcycles, Ive been riding since age 4, 1968, and ride pretty well, but may sell my bike because all of this pain has been a real wake up call as to the potential danger of riding. My upper body is so broken up. And thankfully no organ damage. My wife is just livid with me. 

@rrip posted:

It was actually an 4 wheeled ATV. A Razor it's called. I was the passenger and he turned too sharp to the left and rolled it and I got partially run over by it and it is 1000 times more painful than the colectomy surgery. And I'm way too old for this type of injury. It was brutal and somehow I escaped with my life. As for motorcycles, Ive been riding since age 4, 1968, and ride pretty well, but may sell my bike because all of this pain has been a real wake up call as to the potential danger of riding. My upper body is so broken up. And thankfully no organ damage. My wife is just livid with me. 

Wow, thank goodness you survived! You have been through hell! I do  not blame you for selling your bike after this experience, I would do the same thing to be honest. Are you in the hospital??? Did the driver get hurt too???

I am at home and the driver didnt get hurt at all. I'm pretty lucky, even though my upper side is so broken. Thank you so much for your concern. All Ive eaten is oatmeal and that's fine with me. 

@rrip posted:

I am at home and the driver didnt get hurt at all. I'm pretty lucky, even though my upper side is so broken. Thank you so much for your concern. All Ive eaten is oatmeal and that's fine with me. 

I am so happy you are home. Home is usually a better place to heal at than the hospital lol.  And of course, I hope you are going to be okay And soo happy the oatmeal is working! When I was having problems with constipation, it definitely worked for me too- fiber bars are awesome too. A lot of people do not know that Oatmeal has prebiotics in it, which are probiotic boosters. Its so healthy for the gut! I eat a lot of gut healthy stuff. 

Do you think you are going to press charges on the driver?

I didn't know oatmeal has prebiotcs. I sure appreciate your feedback.

I didn't know either that oatmeal has probiotics. Does the instant oatmeal also has probiotics ?

@rrip posted:

I didn't know oatmeal has prebiotcs. I sure appreciate your feedback.

Yeah, I did not know that until this year, I do a lot of research lol. 

Are you and that driver still friends??

@Unhappy posted:

I didn't know either that oatmeal has probiotics. Does the instant oatmeal also has probiotics ?

In my honest opinion, I would say yes. Instant oatmeal is just more quicker to cook and has added sugar in there. In addition to that: the oatmeal is precooked as well, I think it has the same benefits as regular oatmeal. I actually noticed instant oatmeal has a lot more added vitamins/protein in there as well; that is a bonus lol. 

I personally use fresh/regular oatmeal since its cheaper

Here is a statment from the USDA: In fact, in the USDA nutrient database, instant oatmeal possesses the same nutritional profile as regular or quick-cooking oatmeal

Yes we're still friends. He feels so bad about it already so I can't be too upset with him. He's afraid I'm going to sue him and I have no such intentions. He's 25 years younger than me and his dad told me he was on the verge of tears the next day over it, so I called him today and told him to stop worrying about it. I saw my doctor today and he showed me the x rays and I can't believe what I saw. I've made it all of my life (56 years) without a broken bone and now have 9 broken bones and each one is broken in at least 2 places. The collar bone is snapped in 3 pieces.  The irony is I retired from 33 years at Boeing about 4 hours before this happened and avoided serious injuries for all of that time.

@rrip posted:

Yes we're still friends. He feels so bad about it already so I can't be too upset with him. He's afraid I'm going to sue him and I have no such intentions. He's 25 years younger than me and his dad told me he was on the verge of tears the next day over it, so I called him today and told him to stop worrying about it. I saw my doctor today and he showed me the x rays and I can't believe what I saw. I've made it all of my life (56 years) without a broken bone and now have 9 broken bones and each one is broken in at least 2 places. The collar bone is snapped in 3 pieces.  The irony is I retired from 33 years at Boeing about 4 hours before this happened and avoided serious injuries for all of that time.

That is soo nice that you two are still friends And its very generous of you to not sue him either. You really are a true friend

AND DANG!!!!! 9 broken bones????!!!??!!! @#$%! I hope you heal up from everything, I cannot imagine! You must be in soo much pain! 

Its amazing that you never had any serious injuries from boeing! That is impressive!

I am glad your organs are okay, at least those are fine including the J-pouch! Thank goodness the Oatmeal is doing fine for your constipation too, I would hate for you to have constipation pain along with the pain you are already in!

Is the pain getting better each day???

The pain is pretty constant and is a little better, I can walk now. The first day I could hardly walk because so many bones were rubbing against eachother and popping. It's still very painful but I'm thankful to have survived and with no organ damage. They scanned my entire body and the scan showed "surgical alteration to the digestive tract with numerous staples". So the doctor wanted to know what that was. I wanted to mess with him and tell him Ive never had any work performed on my guts, but Im sure my wife wouldn't have been amused. She's still pissed about this. I've eaten eggs, oatmeal, & pancakes and that's it and seems to be working just fine. Had I injured myself at work to this extent I'd probably have made the local news.