@anything4him
For anyone who has a smart phone, go to your search bar and ask the question, what is the diet for an individual who has CHRONIC radiation enteritis? You will be told for the individual to go on a low residue diet. However this is must qualified by the phrase, low residue diet FOR CHRONIC RADIATION ENTERITIS. AI will give you a list of foods you can eat and foods you should not and cannot. For example, only soft white bread nothing whole grain. No raw fruits or vegetables with the exception of bananas, applesauce, canned peaches. For veggies, only potatoes, boiled or baked, NO SKINS OF ANY KIND,
cooked carrots until mushy,
Cooked pumpkin, zucchini NO SKINS OR SEEDS. I can eat cantaloupe and watermelon. I eat only certain dairy products before which I need to take a lactatid. I find OIKOS triple zero and Chobani zero sugar yogurt agreeable. I eat very little cheese only occasionally and I have completely eliminated ice cream from my diet. I do eat a little shebert. For meats, I can eat chicken and turkey breast, white fish. I have eaten shrimp and crab.
I can eat eggs, INSTANT oatmeal, INSTANT grits, pancakes only 3 small. I use a smear of plant based buttery spread instead of butter. I eat CREAMY peanut butter but need to be cautious of the fat intake.
The key to this diet is:
YOU CANNOT EAT A LOT OF FATS. I FIND I CAN EAT ONLY VERY LITTLE OTHERWISE MY BOWELS ARE UNHAPPY.
YOU CANNOT EAT ANY HARD FOODS OR FOODS WHICH ARE HARD TO DIGEST BECAUSE THAT WILL SCRAPE THE INTERIOR OF THE BOWEL WHICH IS INFLAMED.
THAT GOES FOR SPICY AND VERY HOT FOODS AS WELL.
The goal of this diet is to be aware of the fat intake because the bowels have a difficult time absorbing the fat and be aware of the fiber, hard to digest foods because the bowels have a difficult pushing the stool matter out.
I also have been on one daily dose of Miralax for a while.
HBOT begins the healing process. Proper diet makes life bearable living with radiation enteritis.
Let me know what works for you. Good luck with your journey.