Guest guest Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 omg good luck Can indulgence of foods that are SCD legal harm your intestines or just slow your progress of healing? Just a question. My thinking is no but the end result is to heal, not delay that progress in any form. Right?! As soon as I am able to eat again I'll be taking it slow. (Liquids only for colonoscopy tomorrow.) So either way it would be back to square one. ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Yes, overindulgence of even SCD legal foods can cause a problem. You've been on clear liquids yesterday and today, and then there's the insult to your guts of the clean-out. Have some SCD-legal broth when you first get in from the colonoscopy, then graduate to some meat pureed in broth, with maybe a bit of tolerated vegetables pureed in -- kind of a thick slurry. Use clear juices (homemade pear or apple... I recommend pear as the easiest on MY gut). Then move to soft foods. Then, finally, go to normal foods. Think of it as introducing a baby to solid foods... 'cause your gut needs that kind of care. This is how I did it for my colonoscopy on 2 January. It's also how my surgeon insisted on my reintroducing food after my cancer surgery -- I had to do a clean-out, and then was on IV for three days after the surgery. Then I was allowed to reintroduce foods exactly the way I described above. — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 I planned on eating yogurt first thing to repopulate the gut with our good bacteria...thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 At 05:35 PM 2/4/2009, you wrote: I planned on eating yogurt first thing to repopulate the gut with our good bacteria...thoughts? Yes, that's good. I'm told that some people go out to breakfast after their procedure. <g> I chose to take it a bit easy with things because my clean-out was a doozey! (Due to other health issues no related to the gut.) Just don't overdo on anything... even if you're hungry as a bear after two days of clear liquids. — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 > At 05:35 PM 2/4/2009, you wrote: >> I planned on eating yogurt first thing to repopulate the gut with >> our good bacteria...thoughts? > > Yes, that's good. I'm told that some people go out to breakfast > after their procedure. <g> It depends on the kind of anaesthetic they give you, local or where they put you under. In the latter case, they pump your gut full of air, so, especially for people with gut conditions, it often takes several hours to get rid of that uncomfortable distended, gassy feeling in the abdomen, and to want to eat, even if you have an appetite. When the anaesthetic is just local, you feel much more like eating immediately afterwards. Mara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Local anesthetic. At least that's what they told me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 At 06:22 PM 2/4/2009, you wrote: It depends on the kind of anaesthetic they give you, local or where they put you under. In the latter case, they pump your gut full of air, so, especially for people with gut conditions, it often takes several hours to get rid of that uncomfortable distended, gassy feeling in the abdomen, and to want to eat, even if you have an appetite. When the anaesthetic is just local, you feel much more like eating immediately afterwards. Mara, I was not fully out because of my sleep apnea, but if the amount of gas I expelled afterwards is anything to go by, I had plenty of air in there! Because of the clean-out they had me do, I gulped my meds and some broth and came home, pulled on my Bipap, and went to sleep for about six hours. THEN I ate something. Thank goodness they said, " Absolutely normal... come back in ten years.... " — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 At 06:29 PM 2/4/2009, you wrote: Local anesthetic. At least that's what they told me. Local anesthetic, or what's called conscious sedation? You may well feel like chowing down on a full meal, but if you've stayed SCD-legal for the clean-out, I'd start introducing foods at a moderate pace as I mentioned above. — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 > > Thank goodness they said, " Absolutely normal... come back in ten > years.... " > I'm amazed they said 10 years - I believe it is usually 5. Mara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 At 09:53 PM 2/4/2009, you wrote: I'm amazed they said 10 years - I believe it is usually 5. Maybe the gastro doc hopes to be retired in ten years. I was not " the two o'clock pre-colonoscopy patient. " He didn't know what to make of my six pages of questions and insistence on staying SCD-legal even for the <bleeping> clean-out. He also didn't know what to make of my insistence on having my Bipap with me for the procedure -- Hades, if he can insist I sign a form which turns control of my body over to him, I can insist that he understand what other conditions affect that body. One reason I am going shopping for a new primary care physician. Because the current one is a jerk. — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Colonoscopy Results....No Disease Activity??!! No ulcers, inflammation, one polyp that was removed. Terminal ileum..no strictures, inflammation, scarring?????? I haven't even been SCDing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Did they do multiple biopsies? Some people have microscopic colitis and their colonoscopies look normal to the naked eye and it can only be diagnosed with biopsies. They also have to take several along the length of the colon because it can occur in patches and be missed if they only take a couple. Also, if they did do biopsies and those were normal, have you had biopsies for celiac? Shonda dx Microscopic Colitis Fall 2008 SCD Jan 1, 2009 allergies: egg, almonds, walnuts, peanuts, bananas, cow's milk > > Colonoscopy Results....No Disease Activity??!! No ulcers, > inflammation, one polyp that was removed. Terminal ileum..no > strictures, inflammation, scarring?????? I haven't even been SCDing. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Did they do multiple biopsies? Some people have microscopic colitis and their colonoscopies look normal to the naked eye and it can only be diagnosed with biopsies. They also have to take several along the length of the colon because it can occur in patches and be missed if they only take a couple. Also, if they did do biopsies and those were normal, have you had biopsies for celiac? Shonda dx Microscopic Colitis Fall 2008 SCD Jan 1, 2009 allergies: egg, almonds, walnuts, peanuts, bananas, cow's milk > > Colonoscopy Results....No Disease Activity??!! No ulcers, > inflammation, one polyp that was removed. Terminal ileum..no > strictures, inflammation, scarring?????? I haven't even been SCDing. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 At 11:06 AM 2/5/2009, you wrote: Colonoscopy Results....No Disease Activity??!! No ulcers, inflammation, one polyp that was removed. Terminal ileum..no strictures, inflammation, scarring?????? I haven't even been SCDing. Then you need to get things under control with SCD, so the symptoms you're having go away BEFORE there's damage! Hurrah for the results... someone upstairs is listening! — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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