Diet, a light hearted look at food we can eat and food to definitely avoid.

I’ve responded to you. Sorry admin are holding it. When they put it up it’ll make you chuckle. I flagged myself when I tried to fix a typo

best wishes

Wow,  Boris and Nichola worked well together. Maybe the bigger versions should take a lesson. 
I love those names.  
I love fish and chips too. Think may treat self tomorrow as had hospital appointment today and whoops was well behaved. Thank goodness 

Best wishes

I'm sure your response will make me laugh Aetsie. Thank you for the puffs.

What a great post everyone! It’s made me start thinking back to when I had Lily. I eventually started having mushrooms but made sure I chewed them well after actually watching her pass one while I was changing her with the bag off - surreal! Tuna used to go straight through me as did cups of tea after a limit - I’m from yorkshire so drink quite a lot of it! Fish and chips was great for thickening the output but I had to open the bathroom window before emptying. My dads apple crumble? Well it didn’t just thicken the output it turned it almost semi-solid which was a nightmare to empty and begs the question what has it done to my insides over the years? 

Top tip - some posts seem to go to the moderators first - dont know if it’s to do with the length but they do usually appear later. Having accidentally lost/undone posts previously I now ‘copy’ each one before sending and, if it goes wrong, I can just paste into a new reply. I use my iPad and just hold my finger on the screen at the end of my post, select all, copy then click reply 

Looking forward to the Santa stomas  x

hi Artsie - yes - it's awful when you get adhesions flareups they can be so painful. What worked for me was a couple of cocodamol and a hot water bottle on my stomach. Downside of cocodamol is they can give you constipation. 

hi Artsie let ne know how you get on with the coleslaw. You can make it as thick or as thin cut as you like. I add a little peppers but no salt. Also half and half mayonnaise and salad cream is a personal preference.

Another recipe I enjoy is corn been hash with a grated cheese topping. 

Hi Artsie 

I was like you before my Ileostomy low carb, high fibre diet mainly because I've got type 2 diabetes and slightly high cholesterol but also that was the best diet for me to keep the weight off.  So I was pretty happy to be eating beige carbs at first but what I wouldn't give for a crunchy skinned jacket potato, corn on the cob and a lovely green salad right now!  I know what I should and shouldn't eat and starting to be a bit more adventurous but I don't understand why onions are on the 'naughty' list.  Is it because they don't break down and could cause a blockage? Also people refer to their stoma pouch pancacking, do you know what this means. If anyone else on this thread knows the answer to my queries I'd be really grateful 

Thanks Melly  

Hi Melly73

I understood that pancaking is where the bag sticks together front to back. Not sure about onions, raw would be a blockage perhaps, cooked and well chewed? wind perhaps ?

Cheers John

Cheers John.