Certain foods are best to avoid after acolostomyorcolectomy.
This article explains how your diet may change right after surgery on your colon.
It also discusses foods to enjoy and foods to avoid long-term after recovering from surgery.
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Drink plenty of fluids (at least 8 to 10 cups daily) to prevent dehydration.
You should drink moreduring hot weather and to replace fluids lost through diarrhea.
Dairy products containing lactose should also be avoided if you have diarrhea after eating them.
Cooked corn and popcorn should also be avoided.
Foods That Help
Other foods can be helpful after a colostomy because they thicken the stool.
They may also cause less odor.
These foods may cause a bad odor when you open your colostomy pouch.
Once your colon has healed, you will be able to eat more of the foods you normally eat.
If you had a colostomy, you may want to limit foods that cause gas.
These foods can make it harder to handle a colostomy bag.
Foods that thicken the stool and cause less odor can make life with a colostomy bag easier.
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.Diet guidelines for people with a colostomy.
