Re: Can diet changes prevent the reoccurrence of small bowel
From: Nancy (anonymous@msn.com)
Wed Sep 8 10:06:44 2004
Diet cannot affect the formation of bowel obstruction. However, a high
fiber (and low animal protein) diet will keep things moving faster and
you will feel better. Nothing will be getting "stuck" near the narrow
area. I avoided surgery for a year by doing this. Unfortunately, the
disease progresses and relief doesn't work indefinitely. Eventually, I
had to resort to magnesium citrate to empty my bowels. It liquifies
everything so it can pass through the ever narrowing areas.
Good luck.
At Tue, 7 Sep 2004, Dawn wrote:
>
>Doctors don't agree with me on my feeling that diet can prevent the
>reocurrence of a partial small bowel obstruction. Has anyone ever heard
>that diet can prevent the reoccurence or has anyone ever had any success
>in changing their diet to a high fiber diet to prevent an obstruction? I
>will do anything to prevent having a third laparotomy due to an
>obstruction. Thank you, Dawn