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When you have ileostomy surgery, you need to prevent some foods in the initial days. However, it does not mean it will be for the rest of your life. In the initial days of the surgery, doctors recommend the food that is easy to digest. As your intestine is hurt, your abdomen is hurt, you have to eat small meals and soft food. You should eat vegetables and fruits after having surgery. But, there is no reason to avoid your favorite meal for the ostomy. An ostomy does not affect your health, and the food you will take after having the surgery does not affect your body or stoma. However, if you have any other diseases like diabetes, heart problem, cancer, or any other chronic disease, then you need to be vigilant. If you have a health issue, you should eat after the doctor’s recommendation. Else, there is no reason to give up on the food.

As I mentioned in the above para, you have to limit your diet in the first few weeks of the surgery. In the initial days, your doctor will suggest you low-residue diet. It will contain soft foods and small meals. You can digest the food items easily. Moreover, the low-residue diet is low in fiber and high in minerals and vitamins. The food will low the high fiber in the body. Therefore, your doctors will suggest some raw fruits and vegetables. The doctor will recommend you some dairy products, white rice, white bread with no nuts, fish, egg, banana, watermelon, honeydew, and some other soft fruits.

After a few weeks of the ileostomy surgery, you can eat whatever you want. However, you should follow the prescription of your doctor. If he restricted you to some specific foods, do not eat them.

When your doctor allows you to eat each and everything you want, you should not eat at once. You should eat one food you have not eaten since the surgery. Eat a small portion of your favorite meal. Chew your food well. If you feel any problem with the little section of your diet, consult your doctor. You may feel vomit, cramps, odor, or diarrhea. You should give up your small portions and continue after a few more weeks of the surgery. Maybe you should try your favorite meals after six months or more. Take little segments of your food and once in a day, whenever you will eat your food. For the rest of the day, you only eat fruits, salads, eggs, and milk.

Balanced Diet Plan

In a day, you have to consume proper fats, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals. You cannot avoid any of them. You have to maintain your diet and balance the meals. You have to consume all the above-mentioned minerals daily. For that, you should eat fruits, vegetables, milk, fish, egg, meat, high protein cereals, white bread, white rice, and fresh juices daily. Touch every food I have mentioned. Take small bites and sips, but you should not avoid any of them. If you are eating an egg, then you can avoid fish. In this way, you have to maintain your diet. You cannot avoid the need for mineral, calcium, and vitamin. You can only choose alternative soft food.

Moreover, you should not eat gastric meals. You should avoid the foods that create the odor of gas. It can trouble you. The gastric meals can result in the smell and cramps. You should avoid oily eateries. Apart from the oily meals, you should avoid food which is hard to digest. For example, nuts, kernel, some pulses, corn, popcorn, coconut, Chinese vegetables, coleslaw, and celery.