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How do I eat after digestive tract surgery?
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So happy to hear my comment helped. I think it's a great topic and I hope to get a bit of advice too. But I'm pretty early on. My surgery was April 23 this year and it sounds like yours was a while ago and you are still working on your diet. I really need help with some ideas as I'm happy to eat what I've figured out but much else doesn't appeal a lot or at all. So not balanced enough, I don't think. Looking forward to working with this dietician at the diabetic clinic to find new options. Restaurant eating is difficult as well. Just always end up with a salad with a protein on top. Not much else. All the best. Great topic!!!
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Hi @midford,
If your surgery was just on 4/23, you have lots of time to figure out how to eat. My surgeries of the duodenum were in 2003, 2005 and then again in 2016. As you can see, I've been at this process of figuring what to eat and how much to eat for a while now. I still feel disappointed on Thanksgiving when everyone is woofing down everything on the table and I'm taking a spoonful of just a few things, but I've learned to appreciate life, even though eating is different.
You made a comment that "much else doesn't appeal a lot or at all." I still deal with the feeling that I'm really not all that hungry. So, I have to do a lot of pep talks with myself and eat whether I feel like it or not. It can be frustrating, but then not dealing the cancer would have been worse.