Food with a stoma

I had an iliostomy in july 2019.I eat well cooked beans and have had no ill effects.I havent attempted corn tho  and stay away from things like apple peel,corgette skins etc.have others eaten those at all?

Thank you, so the beans in chili should be fine?

Maybe try a small portion first.well chewed,and see how it goes.

Everyone is different of course.mushrooms are my personal nemesis and I used to love them hehho you cant always have exactly what you want I supppose

Thanks I will

thanks I will

Hi . The main thing to remember is chew, chew, chew and then chew some more. Personally I don’t like kidney beans so always have baked beans in my chilli (I know!) and I was always ok with my stoma. My stoma nurse told me to just try things and if it didn’t agree with the stoma then to try again a few months later.

The main things to avoid are things that will clog together and block your stoma and things that go through undigested like sweet corn. I remember a lady on the other board having a biscuit with dessicated coconut in and having a very embarrassing incident in the hairdressers. 
I also ate mushrooms but made sure I chewed well as I actually watched my stoma spit out a slice of mushroom when I was changing it once! Katz51 I think I was ok with courgette skin as we often have them in tinned tomatoes with fish and mash? Think things like apple skins and jacket potatos would be a bit tough though.

Take care

Karen x

Hi Raydar.  I had surgery in January 2021 and have a (hopefully) temporary ileostomy.  I really missed chilli too to begin with but have been eating it since July, with Kidney beans, with no ill effects, I've also eaten butter beans too.  I've also tried salad, as I missed it so much and again my stoma has coped, although I do remove cucumber skins and chop tomatoes and peppers very small and try to chew it well.  I haven't as yet tried mushrooms as I was told not to have these or sweetcorn, but as Karen has eaten mushrooms I think I'll now give these a try too.

Worth a try with a small, well chewed portion.  Good luck.

Net77

I know what you mean about mushrooms and the stoma.quite an experience the first time it happens.the other one I have noticed is tiny poppy seeds from breadrolls.they are like grit.

We have to get our amusement where ever we can!!

Kath

Hi Raydar.  Wanted to assure you that you’re not on your own - there’s an ileostomy support group on this site. Plenty of experience and good advice.