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(OT) Ping: Andy low-res diet
I have a hard-copy of what's on the okay foods list along with daily serving
sizes. They gave it to me when I was discharged from the hospital. I can scan it and email it to you if you give me your email address (mine isn't munged). This link might be helpful and says pretty much the same thing: http://www.gicare.com/pated/edtgs02.htm I have a friend who suffered through several bouts of diverticulitis before having his surgery. Apparently his doctor was hemming and hawing about it, too. He was hospitalized several times before someone finally said enough already! and removed the part of the colon with the diverticuli that kept getting infected. That was 5 or 6 years ago and he hasn't had any problems since. He pretty much eats what he wants to now. My SO had the surgery a couple of years ago after a couple of bouts with it himself. He's also fine The gastric surgeon who is treating me is confident if we don't nip it in the bud I'll just keep having the problem. Can't be that he's money hungry (well, maybe he normally is!) since he knows I don't have health insurance. Coincidentally, a very good friend back home emailed me right after I was discharged from the hospital. She casually mentioned a local weather guy had died. He was only 53. When I googled (just out of curiosity) I found he'd been ill and was being treated for diverticulitis. They hadn't released the official cause of death but I have my suspicions... Ruptures like the one I had can very quickly degenerate into peritonitis if not immediately and aggressively treated. That's why they were pumping me full of more than one very strong I/V antibiotic when I was hospitalized (as well as having inserted a drain). It's also why the gastric surgeon told me to call immediately (day, night or weekend) if I even *think* my symptoms are coming back. Said his service will get in touch with him and he'll immediately call in prescriptions for me so we can avoid another hospital stay. And yes, on his direction I'm sticking with the low-residue diet. I don't feel "clogged" which you mentioned in another post. Jill |
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"jmcquown" wrote in
: I have a hard-copy of what's on the okay foods list along with daily .. .. ..great info edited .. .. avoid another hospital stay. And yes, on his direction I'm sticking with the low-residue diet. I don't feel "clogged" which you mentioned in another post. Jill This is all _really_ good stuff to know. I guess non surgeons are always worried the surgeons are too ambitious but if I don't feel better by the 28th when I see my doctor I will have almost decided by then. The diet site looks good, I will let you know if I want more info. I just wanted to see if maximum amounts were suggested since the list I have does not really tell you that. There is no way I will let them put me in the hospital again just for treatment. I hated it. My doctor said we could get me a room with no TV at all but if I am going to ask people to watch my cats again I want it to be the last round with this condition. I feel rotten and I am getting a bit worn down by it. Andy |
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outsider wrote:
This is all _really_ good stuff to know. I guess non surgeons are always worried the surgeons are too ambitious but if I don't feel better by the 28th when I see my doctor I will have almost decided by then. The diet site looks good, I will let you know if I want more info. I just wanted to see if maximum amounts were suggested since the list I have does not really tell you that. There is no way I will let them put me in the hospital again just for treatment. I hated it. My doctor said we could get me a room with no TV at all but if I am going to ask people to watch my cats again I want it to be the last round with this condition. I feel rotten and I am getting a bit worn down by it. Purrs, Andy. I didn't know you'd been poorly. I hate having to stay in hospital, too, though they don't have TVs in the wards here, only in a separate TV room. I can imagine that would be terrible, having to listen to the TV all the time. -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. |
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Marina wrote in
: outsider wrote: This is all _really_ good stuff to know. I guess non surgeons are always worried the surgeons are too ambitious but if I don't feel better by the 28th when I see my doctor I will have almost decided by then. The diet site looks good, I will let you know if I want more info. I just wanted to see if maximum amounts were suggested since the list I have does not really tell you that. There is no way I will let them put me in the hospital again just for treatment. I hated it. My doctor said we could get me a room with no TV at all but if I am going to ask people to watch my cats again I want it to be the last round with this condition. I feel rotten and I am getting a bit worn down by it. Purrs, Andy. I didn't know you'd been poorly. Thanks, Marina. I hate having to stay in hospital, too, though they don't have TVs in the wards here, only in a separate TV room. I can imagine that would be terrible, having to listen to the TV all the time. For some people (such as myself) it really is not good. I watch a few TV shows but I watch them on a recorder where I don't see commercials and it is not 12-18 hours a day. Some people turn a TV on as company. The woman I was (foolishly) involved with for a number of years could not go to sleep without a TV on! I hate the commercials and I hate reality shows and daytime drama and Oprah etc etc and that is what was on day and night in the hosiptal room. I could see there were others on the floor that did not have TV (you pay a few bucks a day for the TV to work) and I should have asked to be paired with one of them. Live and learn. Andy |
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outsider wrote:
For some people (such as myself) it really is not good. I watch a few TV shows but I watch them on a recorder where I don't see commercials and it is not 12-18 hours a day. Some people turn a TV on as company. The woman I was (foolishly) involved with for a number of years could not go to sleep without a TV on! I hate the commercials and I hate reality shows and daytime drama and Oprah etc etc and that is what was on day and night in the hosiptal room. That would've driven me insane. I'd want to yell, "Could you turn that thing off? People are trying to recover here!" That said, I can also see wanting to watch some TV when you're well enough to actually focus on it. It must get awfully boring just lying there. I don't see why they can't rig up headphone connectors to the TVs so that people who want to listen to it could just put on their headphones. I've worked out in gyms where this was set up on the treadmills. They have it on planes. Why not a hospital room? I realize that headphones might not be practical or even possible for everyone who is hospitalized. But if your head is covered with machinery, you're probably not well enough for TV anyway. -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) |
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jmcquown wrote:
It is. Unless you like to read and have a book; then you can do that instead I had one nurse who had a great sense of humour; she brought me a colouring book and crayons after I said I was bored. When she came back she praised me for not going outside the lines! LOL LOL! I always bring books when I have to go to hospital. As a kid, I had to spend a lot of time in hospital. We didn't get bored in the children's ward, because we got into a lot of mischief. Those poor nurses, not only did they have to be good nurses, they had to be child-minders as well. We ran them ragged. :P -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. |
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Marina wrote:
I always bring books when I have to go to hospital. As a kid, I had to spend a lot of time in hospital. We didn't get bored in the children's ward, because we got into a lot of mischief. Those poor nurses, not only did they have to be good nurses, they had to be child-minders as well. We ran them ragged. :P If you were feeling good enough to run them ragged, they must have been doing something right! -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) |
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