My intestines had become so blocked at one time that I ended up on an NG tube for 15 days with an NPO (no food or water). They were "pumping" my contents out because nothing was passing due to the severity of adhesions. BM's literally brought me to tears and put me on the bathroom floor. The fiber seems to have helped (after surgery). But you know how it is with this disease. What seems to help one day can dramatically change overnight!
Again, thank you and I wish you wellness!!
--- On Thu, 3/26/09, Katie <katie_scarlett67@hotmail.com> wrote:
From: Katie <katie_scarlett67@hotmail.com> Subject: for Susan Kuszczak To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@mail.obgyn.net> Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009, 7:32 PM
I just wanted to tell you that I have had an Internist, 1 G.I. doc and
my P.C. all tell me that high fiber is a bad idea if you have
intestinal adhesions. I'm not saying that information is true for
everyone but I know that it was true for me. My bowel movements were
soooo much more painful when I was eating 20-25 grams of fiber a day.
Everything would get "hung up" and then just stop for 3-4 days.
Also, the soy? Be very careful with that. I used to eat and drink soy
products all the time and no doctor ever noticed the lumps growing in my
thyroid. It got so bad that I had to have it completely removed 4 years
ago. I am now on synthetic thyroid and it makes me feel awful. That on
top of the adhesion issues is almost more than I can bear some days.
My endocrinologist at the Mayo Clinic believes that my use of Soy
contributed to my thyroid problems.
Just be safe is all I am suggesting.