Doing a bit better

I forgot to weigh in this morning.  I will do it first thing in the morning.  I am finally getting my eating a bit under control.  Not eating low cal. or low fat, but am not eating mountain size servings anymore.  Need to grocery shop this morning and am planing to stay away from as much processed junk as possible.

In Denial

Haven't posted all month on this blog.  My weight has only gone up.  Feeling unconfortable at this new weight.  Need to get committed to this blog and be totally honest.  My weight is now 136lbs. 

September 8,2010

Went out to lunch with Mom and Kris.  Had Chinese and really did a number on my "digestion".  When will I learn.  I need to get more disciplined and think of my diet like any other prescription medicine.  There are certain foods and certain times of day I just can't eat.  If I followed what my body needs, I would maintain a good weight and not have hours of misery.

Weekend Away Will Do It Everytime

Went away for Labor Day weekend.  I think I did well last week with my eating until the weekend.  Actually, I did well while gone except for this stupid can of Honey Roasted Peanuts.  I ate the whole thing.  I know I can't resist them, so why did I buy them.

So I weight myself yesterday, and I went up a pound.  Not a success but not a tragedy.

These few pounds I need to lose might take longer than I thought, but at least I am not gaining at the rate I was a few weeks ago:)

August 31, 2010

I am still trying to figure out this new site I am calculating my food and exercise.  Not sure if I will like this site better than my old one but will give it a few more days to understand how it works.

Breakfast- 2 large servings of juice
Lunch-2 large servings of juice
Dinner-Salmon burger, 1 slice sour dough bread, mayo, green salad, dressing, 3 oatmeal cookies

Water-6 glasses

Exercise-walk moderately-45 min.  Ride bike-15 min

Calories-1328   Exercise- 216 cal.

Trying to stay with juices during the day to not trigger my digestion issues.
           

Well let's try this again

I had a bad day with eating and then my day got even worse because of my "digestion".  I ate three meals and definitely ate too huge of portions. 
When I eat three meals, my bathroom issues take over my day and I do little else but run to the bathroom.  So today I am going to keep better track and also just very small snacks and one meal.  Hopefully I will do and feel better today.

Here I go again.

Today I start keeping track of my eating and exercise.  Had I started this days ago, I might be ahead.  As it is, I ate way too much this weekend and my weight is up even more.  I did exercise and so there is progress there.  Well, I guess I should tell you I weigh 131 lbs.  A few days ago I was 1 1/2 lbs lighter but this is my life and I am a real and flawed woman.  So here I go.  I am trying a different online site to keep track of my food and exercise.

New Name New Diet

Since my last surgery, I can eat anything I want.  So I have renamed this blog and am focusing on keeping my weight down.  I also need to figure out the amount and timing I eat.  If I eat too often or too much, I find I am in bathroom the whole day.  I my eating habits may look unhealthy but may be a neccessity.  So here it goes.

Another blockage

I had one blockage last week. Much worse then the two previous ones. And today I have another obstruction.

For breakfast I ate a lemon square and one egg cheese omelet. I guess all it took was that lemon square because less then an hour later the cramping started. Very painful. I stopped eating or drinking until just a few minutes ago I had a jello. So I guess it's mashed potatos for dinner tonight.

I go to Portland to have a test done on Friday. It will take most the day. I did call Dr. L and he wants me in the emergency room if I start vomiting, or don't pass gas or have a BM within the next 24 hours. Otherwise I go in on friday for the test as planned.

I can not believe how frustrating this is.

Thursday and Friday's eating

I didn't post Thursdays menu because I ate 3 questionable foods that caused D. So I will just post the three items. I don't know which was the problem or it could of been the combo. Alfredo sauce from Mac's. Gin and tonic. or Ice cream. All are low fiber but not low residue. Up all night with D.

Friday

Breakfast

• coffee and creamer
• toast
• butter and jam

Lunch

• French toast
• butter
• syrup
• apple juice

Dinner

• Basmati Rice

Fiber-4.5 Fat-42.02 Calories-1354

Health-No bm, but after being up all night I am not surprised or worried.

Steamed clams

I went out to a local restaurant for my sister's birthday today. Creekside Grill. I was a little nervous because I did not want to make a mistake. I was relieved when I saw steamed clams on the menu. It is something that has not bothered me so far. And I enjoy it. My fat grams were way over the top today. Ch. Chip cookies are something I need to not make as often. Definitely ate more today than I have been today. Hopefully I will still sleep ok.

Breakfast

• coffee
• creamer
• toast and butter
• ch chip cookie

Lunch

• Steamed clams
• garlic toast

Dinner

• french toast
• syrup

Snacks

• Toast and butter
• ch chip cookies

Fiber-4.2 Calories-1696 Fat-68.85

Health-BM-L 9:00am and 8:45pm

Soluable and insoluable fiber

This morning, starting at 8:45am I started having bathroom issues. Didn't last long. Most of what I ate yesterday I thought was safe. But I am thinking the Mozzarella might be the culprit. I hope not. I love cheese and did not eat much of it yesterday but I might be totally cutting out dairy.


I have been reading a lot about soluable vs insoluable fiber. I need to wait another day or two for my body to totally heal, then I am going to experiment adding a little more soluable fiber into my diet. I need my body to be healed first so I have a good baseline.


Breakfast

• coffee


• creamer


• egg


• toast


• butter

Lunch

• Bow tie pasta with pizza sauce


• 2 pieces of toast


• butter

Snack

• 3 choc. chip cookies


• fresh apple juice

Skipped dinner so that I wouldn't have problems and miss Baileys last school concert.

Fiber-5.1 grams Calories-1123 Fat-39.46 grams

Health-My abdomen is feeling almost normal now. BM-8:45am-L. Butter is the only dairy I had today, so I will see if I have the same problems tomorrow or if I will have improved. Hungry but it is 9:40 and we just got home from concert. Too late to eat or I will not get sleep tonight.

My eating was on target today except the calories are low. I got a new book, it is for IBS but I think it has good info and recipes I can adapt.

Breakfast-

• Rice Krispies
• sugar
• milk
• coffee
• creamer

Lunch-

• Pasta with pizza sauce and mozzarella

Dinner

• Tilapia
• Basmati Rice
• Tartar sauce

Fiber-3.3 grams Calories-848 Fat-19.69 grams

Health-Felt much better today. Was very careful. Hopefully new cookbook with help me stay on track

Weight-124.5

BM-9:00am-N. 1:30pm-N

Improvement!

This morning, I woke up feeling that my intestines are on the upswing in healing. When I eat too much fiber or meat or residue, if it is starting to block, I get bad cramping. I might also vomit. 3 nights ago I started doing both. The vomiting stopped. Slowly, over a day or so the cramping stopped. But then I am left with the bloating, swelling of the abdomen, intestines and stomach. It also is tender to touch. I have not wanted any pressure from pants, even some of my jammies to be against my middle.

This morning, I woke up knowing I had improved a lot. I am still swollen in my upper small intestines, but I don't feel like someone took a Brillo pad and scrubbed the inside of my bowels. Yes, that's how it felt. The secret to avoiding doing this is to first make good choices, keep track throughout the day on fiber grams, and then post here on my day so if I have an issue, I can go back and see what the problem may be. Why do I get lazy and stop this process until I have problems? I don't know. But I need to be consistent. Today, I plan on eating more. My calories have been too low because I wanted to give my bowels a bit of a break. I probably could use one more day of very low eating but I am hungry and might start making bad choices if I don't eat more soon.

I weighed myself this morning. I guess the tightness of my pants is only because of swelling. I weighed 124.5. I am conflicted about what weight would be the healthiest for me. I know I can't be any bigger because I gain it in my abdomen region. Which is not good for cancer detection. And I am pretty sure if I lose 10 or 15 more pounds, most of it would come off my middle because that's the only place I still have fat. But to maintain 110 to 115 lbs would be much harder and the foods I eat are not low fat, diety type of foods. I guess I will just stick with trying to keep my calories between 1400-1600 and if with more activity, I lose a few more pounds, great! If not, it wasn't meant to be.

Breakfast

• coffee
• creamer

Lunch

• egg
• 2 bread
• butter

Dinner

• Mac and cheese

Fiber-5.0 Calories-691 Fat-28.79

Health-Abdomen is still sore and swollen. I was careful today, eating things that I knew would not bother my intestines. Haven't weighed myself in a while. I need to remember to do that in the morning. It may not be pretty. BM at 7:30pm. A pretty normal one for me.

Saturday May 29, 2010

I kept my eating somewhat to a minimum.

Breakfast

• coffee
• creamer

Lunch

• Halibut
• mashed potatoes
• garlic toast

Dinner

• I skipped, just to be safe

Fiber-4.4 grams Calories-547 Fat-15.17 grams

Health-Cramping has been slowing down. BM about 2:00 in afternoon. Not very much. But my abdomen, intestines and bowel are very swollen and very sore. Need to have my head examined if I ever do this to myself again.

Spitting Nails

I am so angry at myself. I have no business just winging it with my diet. The stakes are too high.

Not only have I not been keeping track of fiber grams, but I also have introduced many foods to my diet at the same time. Without even documenting. So today, I am about 36 hours from my last bm, I had bad cramping last night. and I vomited 3 times. All signs that I possibly have a blockage. I can't even say what food has caused it because in yesterday, I had 3 new foods. Stupid, stupid, stupid. So today, I am going to my sisters to celebrate her birthday. Then we are all going to lunch. I will be lucky if I make it to my sis's. Let alone go to lunch.

I will not eat breakfast this morning, just coffee. If I do make it to lunch, I need to be very careful what I eat. If I am still cramping, I will skip lunch also.

I have said it before, I need to be meticulous on documenting what goes in my body. But I have ignored this. I have had too many scares this month. I am being reckless with my life. Stupid stupid stupid.

Oh no, maybe blockage

So far today I woke up and felt a bit bloated. Ate toast with margarine and very little seedless marion berry Jam. By about 8:30 cramping started. I have had nothing else to eat and am sipping just a bit of water and 7-up. It is almost 5:00pm and I am still cramping. No BM yet today either. post more later

May 5, 2010 Thursday

Breakfast-

• cap'n crunch
• milk

Lunch

• 2 servings pasta
• Sauce from pizza with slivered basil on top
• juice

Dinner

• homemade Potato soup
• Homemade white bread (the heal)

Did not figure out the fiber fat and calories today.

Health-No BM

Had Tests Today

I had a mammogram and my quarterly blood test today. So will be on pins and needles until I know the results of both.

Lunch-

• cheese pizza (ate two times more then needed to but was really hungry
• Juice

Dinner

• french toast and syrup

Snack

• Cap'n crunch and milk ( 2 servings)

Fiber-8.6 grams Calories-1680 Fat-51.15 grams

Health-Did not take my multivitamin. Had Bm starting at 3:30 till about 5:45. slight improvement today. I didn't start eating until lunch to prevent triggering bm before my appointments.

Home made pizza!

Last night after I posted, I had a bout of diarrhea. I decided to try not taking my multivitamin and see if it helps with burning or diar.

Breakfast

• cap'n crunch
• milk
• coffee and creamer

Lunch

• 2 eggs
• home made bread made into toast
• margarine
• juice

Dinner

• Homemade cheese pizza
• wine

Fiber-6.5 Calories-1436 Fat-48.05

Health-9:30 am. started having urgent BM's for about an hour. Ok the rest of the day.

***Added this later, I spoke too soon. 6:30pm diarrhea hit for a couple hours. Not good and can't figure this one out:(

Made a great homemade pizza. the dough is....................

proof 1tbs barely warm water with 1/2 tsp yeast. after 10 mins. put it with 3 cups flour, 3/4 cup barely warm water. Mix, add 3/4 tsp salt. Mix again. Add 6 tbs extra virgin olive oil. kneed in mixer for 7 minutes. Put in a oiled bowl and cover with wrap. Let rise for 4 hrs. separate in two balls, put each ball on pan and refrigerate for 15 min. take out and pull and roll to fit the pans.

Sauce recipe........................

12 oz of seedless homemade spaghetti sauce

3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

2 tablespoons honey

1 tsp anchovy paste

1 tsp garlic powder

1/4 tsp each of oregano, basil, and black pepper

1/8 tsp each of cayenne pepper and red pepper flakes

Put sauce on pizzas, mozzarella cheese, at the end add fresh basil julienned

Bake at 500 degrees for 15 minutes.

Breakfast-

• Cap'n crunch cereal
• milk

Lunch

• pasta alfredo

Snack

• choc. chip cookies

Dinner

• Tilapia fish
• bake potato
• margarine
• sour cream

Fiber-4.8 grams Calories-1155 Fat-54.26 grams

Diet-I did a bit better keeping portion size, fiber, dairy and carbs down a little but fat is still way too high and might be contributing to some issues.

Digestion-No pains, two BM sessions, normal form but still burning like acidic. Need more water.

Sunday May 2, 2010 Too many carbs

I need to make changes but here was what I ate.

Breakfast

• Honey bunches of oats cereal
• milk
• glazed donut

Late lunch-early dinner

• Pasta alfredo
• garlic bread
• chocolate chip cookies
• juice

Fiber-8.4 grams Calories-1826 fat-79

Mondays weight- 124.5

Health-I obviously am eating too much carbs and fat. I started having issues Saturday night with going a lot and being very acidic. Bottom burning a lot. The next day I went a little throughout the day and by around 6:00 I was going a lot. Not diarrhea but acidic. I think several things are going on here. I am eating too many carbs at one time, like pasta and garlic bread, cereal and a donut. I ate a double portion of the pasta, the sauce, the donut, the garlic bread all high in fat. I am eating more dairy than I should and I am not drinking enough water. So the plan this week is as follows:

Eat only one new or complex ingredient food in a day, IE. alfredo sauce, eat pure one ingredient foods for the most part. Eat small 1 serving size portion. 1 cup pasta instead of two. Eat one carb. per meal. Eat at least 1 egg or fish per day. less cheese, and drink more water. List every bite on my food calculator.

Well that's it. I hope to be having more manageable BM's in a couple days.

What Can I Eat?

Well I did create this blog so I could document my diet and health closer and not have so much of it on my other blog. Well this post is going to be a whinny one. But since no one really reads this, I feel free to unload.

The last couple days I didn't document what I ate because I felt I was getting pretty good at keeping with in the low residue guidelines. Well I shouldn't have been so sure of myself. I am still finding foods that I can not eat.

Yesterday I went fishing and didn't get back until almost 6:00. Didn't want to fry fish by the time we would get them cleaned so I put bacon in the oven and let it cook while we cleaned our fish and put them in the freezer. So at around 6:30 I ate a bacon sandwich with one leaf of lettuce. I am not sure if it was the one leaf of lettuce or the 2 strips of bacon or probably both. But around 1:30 this morning the now familiar pain and cramping in the location of my damaged intestine started up. Meaning it was partially blocked. If it was not blocked, it would have passed the area and been in my colon hours ago. See the kind of detective I am becoming. Anyway, panic set in so I got up hoping the food would dislodge and pass through. Although my abdomen is sore this morning, I think I got lucky and avoided a trip to the hospital. I think. Didn't sleep much after that.

So now I am crossing lettuce, even a small amount off my list and also bacon. So what can I eat? Well so far fish doesn't seem to be a problem. White rice, white bread, low fiber cereal, white pasta, eggs (thank God for my chickens), baked goods made with white flour and without nuts and fruit. A little dairy. Juices without pulp. Except prune juice. Thinking..........Thinking.............Yep that's about it. It may sound like a lot to someone else but there is not many dishes I like that doesn't have meat and vegetables in it. Oh I forgot potatoes without the skin. I can have that:)

So today I am back keeping track of exactly what and how much I eat. I do not what to have my belly cut wide open and have my intestines removed, only to cause more scarring and possibly more problems and perhaps an ostomy. So this diet is very serious for me. No one in my real life really wants to know the details of my diet, weight and in general health. Besides my hubby, what every one else really wants to know is that my cancer has not returned and that's about it. Who could blame them. So this little blog that no one reads gets to hear it all. Aren't you so lucky:)

Going to try making a Quiche with homemade pie dough, eggs, milk and a little cheese. I hope I can digest that.

Made Bread

Learning to eat low residue is not so hard. But not getting bored or keeping that kind of food on hand is another story. Today I made white bread. It actually turned out pretty good.



I also made my juices for the next few days. Carrot and apple.


Here is what I ate today

Breakfast

• Life cereal
• milk
• coffee and creamer

Lunch

• egg and cheese muffin
• apple juice

Snack

• bread and butter

Dinner

• Pad Thai Homemade vegetarian with egg and well cooked red onion.

Snack

• Life cereal
• Milk

Fiber-9.8 Calories-1216 Fat-30.69

Health-Felt pretty good today. BM starting around 2:00 in afternoon. Lasted a couple hours and a little loose.

April 27, 2010 Tuesday

Went to doctor in am so didn't eat breakfast.

Lunch

• Macaroni and cheese KFC
• Potatoes and gravy KFC

Dinner

• 2 egg omelet with cheese
• toast and margarine
• 2 ch. chip cookies

Fiber-5.2 Calories-1042 Fat-54.53

No natural bm, I had to do enema prep. for exam

The food from KFC surprisingly did not affect me in a bad way. So in a pinch I know I can eat that if we are out and about.

Not feeling well

April 26, 2010 Monday



I did not feel well so I ate easy to digest food. No meat!



Breakfast

• cereal


• milk

Lunch

• cereal


• milk

Dinner

• french toast with syrup


• apple juice

Fiber-8.0 grams Calories-1173 Fat-17.24 grams

Weight-124.5 lbs Up a little but am not concerned since no bm for 3 days.
Health-I had to do enema for doctor appointment this morning. Hopefully I will feel better soon.

April 25, 2010 Sunday

Breakfast

• French toast
• Syrup
• bacon

Dinner

• Tilapia fish
• white rice

Snack

• Cinnamon bears

Fiber- 2.2 grams Calories-1024 Fat-17.29 grams

Health-Feeling a bit bloated, low energy. Very little bm. I think the hamburger from night before has backed things up.

April 24, 2010 Saturday

Busy day

Breakfast

• Coffee and creamer
• Life cereal
• Milk
• Toast
• butter

Lunch

• Homemade Mac and cheese
• Apple juice

Dinner

• Cheese burger on bun
• Roasted potato

Fiber-8.6 grams Calories-1580 Fat-64 grams

Health-Felt pretty good all day, but no BM

Friday, April 23, 2010

Breakfast

• coffee and creamer
• Lemon cake

Lunch

• 2 oz chicken breast
• 1/2 cup stuffing

Dinner

• Homemade mac and cheese
• apple juice

Snack

• Hot caramel sundae

Fiber-5.9 grams Calories-1406 Fat-48

Health- Doing a bit better today. BM starting at 4:00 and lasting a couple hours. Urgent but not D.

Heavens To Merkatroid, Restaurants Are Out

Well today was my first restaurant meal since I started the low residue diet. I thought I made a good choice. I obviously did not. Oh my what a long afternoon and evening I have had. I went to lunch with my hubby to a Chinese restaurant we have been to many times. I knew I was not going to be able to have my regular fare that I usually have. Like chow mein or kung pow so I chose sweet and sour chicken (made sure I did not eat any pineapple) and white rice. Well about 2 or 3 hours later I knew it was a big mistake. I am not sure if it was the sauce or the breading on chicken but I will not be trying to eat any other food but food I have prepared, for quite a while. The cost is way too high.

Breakfast

• coffee and creamer

I knew I was going out to lunch so I did not eat food which sometimes triggers bm's.

Lunch

• Sweet and sour chicken
• White rice

Fiber-3.0grams Calories-752 Fat-8.94grams (I had to estimate and am high in amts. if anything)

And that's it. I have been drinking water ever since and do not plan to eat anything until tomorrow. Well lesson learned. I am not ready to eat out.

Can't stop eating sweets

Well, as I posted on other blog site, my sweet tooth continues. Here is yesterdays list.

Breakfast

• Life cereal
• Milk
• coffee and creamer
• coffee and cream

Lunch

• Tuna Sandwich
• Homemade juice
• Lemon cake

Snack

• Banana bread

Dinner

• 3oz chicken breast
• stuffing
• wine
• lemon cake

Fiber-6.1 grams Calories-1455 Fat-27.55 grams

Health-I felt good all day. Had BM around 8:30 for about an hour or so. But woke up in middle of night feeling bloated. Probably either the wine (which is not on my diet) or too much sweets. I will forgo the wine but the sweets might be a challenge.

Back To Measuring Food

When it comes to dieting, I have been on one for a lot of my adult life. I have easily lost weight eating healthy high-fiber foods like fruits and veggies and whole grains. They are filling and keep the calories down. In other words, you bulk up to bulk down.

I don't need to lose weight now but I do need to keep the weight off. This will be a challenge. I have the added challenge of not being able to eat any of the food that are bulky. I also, and this is most important, need to keep fiber under 8 to 10 grams a day. So over eating calories is very easy. I have a new problem, since this past year my tastes have changed. I have never been a sweet eater. But now I crave sweets. Baked goods, chocolate, sugar, sugar, sugar. It doesn't help that I love to bake.

So here I am measuring my foods carefully. I have been doing well keeping my fiber grams down. But not my calories. Because I am not overly active yet, (although improving everyday), my goal is to keep calories somewhere between 1400-1600. I am not very tall, a little over 5'1" and my goal is to stay between 120-125lbs. So wish me luck keeping this weight off. I try only to weigh myself once a week. I don't want to obsess and lets face it, some days I probably retain 3 lbs of water, so for now, Mondays are weigh in days.



Measuring my breakfast, 3/4 C. Life cereal and 1/2 c. nonfat milk is about 2 grams of fiber. That's about a quarter of the amt. I can have all day. See my dilemma.

Tuesday April 20, 2010

Breakfast

• Life cereal


• Milk


• Coffee with creamer

Lunch

• 1 egg omelet with a little cheese and onion


• 1/2 cup homemade juice


• toast with small amount of butter


• Lemon cake I had just baked

Dinner

• 3oz steak


• 1/2 c Rice


• 1 deviled egg
  
• 1 c. homemade juice
• Lemon cake (again)

Fiber-5.4 grams Calories-1389 Fat 33.12 grams

Holy Chocolate Sundae Batman!

Monday April 19, 2010

Well I did really well today, that is until about 7:30 in the evening. I had a bad sweet tooth and made a Hot fudge sundae. This added over 400 calories and a lot of fat grams to my day. Oh well, here is the run down

Breakfast

• coffee and creamer
• life cereal
• milk

Lunch

• ham sandwich
• Ch. chip cookies
• Homemade apple.strawberry.carrot Juice

Dinner

• Salmon Burger
• Bun
• Red potato without skin

Snack

• Hot fudge sundae

Fiber-7.3g Calories-1536 Fat-55

Health-My stomach feels a bit bloated this morning(Tuesday) I had bm starting at 3:30 in the afternoon. Loose and urgent but not too bad. Lasted for about 3 hrs. I didn't have the sundae till afterwards so couldn't be the cause. The sundae is probably the cause of being bloated this morning though.

Was still at beach until after lunch.

Sunday April 18, 2010

Food
Breakfast

• Scrambled eggs


• 2 slices of bacon
  

Lunch

• Clam chowder


• Crab and Shrimp open face sandwich


• wine
  

Dinner

• Life cereal


• 1/2 C Milk
  

Snack

• 1/2C apple juice (made from my new juicer)

My new toy. My Juicer.

Fiber-5.2g Calories-1045 Fat-40g

Health-Felt good all day. Was very happy to purchase my juicer. Small bm @ 8:30 am.
Monday's weight-123lb

Went To The Beach

Saturday April 17, 2010

Breakfast

• 1 slice Banana Bread
• butter
• coffee and creamer

Lunch

• Ham Sandwich
• strawberry-kiwi juice

Dinner

• Steamed clams
• potato
• clam chowder
• garlic bread
• wine

Snack

• Ice cream dessert
• Wine

Fiber-7.6g Calories-2160 Fat-67g

Health-Went to the beach in the afternoon and stayed the night. Ate way too much and the wine and ice cream were not good choices. Was up from 1:00 to 4:00 in the morning with urgency but not with cramps or diarrhea.

Exercise-None

Update to Today

This isn't my first time being on a low residue diet. When I had my ileostomy, I had to be careful not to eat certain foods. But this is my first time I am needing to be very serious about what I put in my mouth. This last hospital stay really gave me a scare. So to catch up so I have a full account of this journey, I will do an overview of the last 6 days. I am doing it mainly from memory so it really is just a general overview.

Sunday April 11-I ate breakfast at the hospital. This was my first solid food for 4 days. They let me out of the hospital after they knew my breakfast went through the narrow part of my intestines. Takes 1 to 2 hrs for this to happen. I got home around 2:00.

• Breakfast-Pancakes, coffee, crandberry juice
• Early dinner-Pasta, and ? (? means I don't remember)

Monday-

• Breakfast-coffee and creamer
• Lunch-Frosted flakes, milk
• Dinner-Bacon, eggs, toast, Juice, Potatos
• Snack-Earthquake, Potato bread, and butter

Fiber-5g. My Weight 121lb Health-feel good and bm's good

Tuesday-

• Breakfast-coffee and creamer
• Lunch-Bacon sandwich
• Dinner-Beef and Cheese Tortilla, Wine
• Snack-Brownie

Fiber-4.9g Health-feel good,BM's good

Wednesday-

• Breakfast-Honey bunches of oats, milk
• Lunch-Egg salad sandwich, chips, Brownie
• Dinner-Scallops, Green beans, New potato

Fiber-7.5g Health-Not feeling as well. Diarrhea. E-mailed Doctor for more Directions

Thursday-??

Still not feeling well. The Doctor e-mailed me back and said he wanted me on the strictest form of Low residue diet, which means limiting dairy, no alcohol, and only juices for fruits and vegetables except for bananas. He did say I could have coffee:)

Friday-

• Breakfast-Coffee, Creamer, apple juice, banana bread
• Lunch-Mac and Cheese, chicken breast, crandberry juice
• Dinner-Hamburger, bun, chips, banana bread

Fiber-5.6g Health-felt a bit constipated. It was 2 days since BM but apple juice took care of it and I hope to feel better tomorrow.

Now I can start fresh with daily postings.

History of my Illness

I will give a very brief rundown of how I got here on this journey.

A little over one year ago I was diagnosed with colon/rectal cancer. My tumor was large and located mainly in the rectum. I had a colostomy bag put in, 5 weeks radiation and chemo, My Big surgery where they removed my tumor, along with all my rectum, part of my colon and removed my colostomy and added an ileostomy. I then had 4 months of chemo, and another surgery to take out my ileostomy. This all took about a year.

Well about a week ago I was hospitalized with an obstruction. They almost had to do surgery which they really don't want to do because I already have enough scar tissue. What they have found is that I have a large area in my small intestines that is very damaged and narrow probably from the radiation. This means instead of being on a high fiber diet, which would be good for my cancer, I now have to be on a low residue diet. My doctor would prefer me to be on the strictest form of this diet and then maybe add a few foods back later, if I can tolerate it.

So this is my journey.......................