I think I've come across the perfect illeostomy meal(s)

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This meal contains protein, iron, carbs and just a tiny bit of fat for taste and ease of digestion.

Frozen Black Angus steak burgers well drained
Italian pasta (don't use American wheat)
Heinz Beef Gravy (only 1% fat)

Cook and mix.


Italian Lemon Chicken over thin spaghetti

Again easy on the system with protein and carbs with just a little fat for ease of digestion.


Also for lunch

Sourdough bread (toasted is awesome)
Swiss cheese
Sliced pastrami or roast beef unseasoned (the good kind)
Yellow mustard
3/4 teaspoon of olive oil applied to the bread

Hamburger buns
Ketchup
Steak burger patty
Cheese
3/4 teaspoon of olive oil applied to the bread (smooths digestion, no bile salts irritation)

What's nice is I bake up the entire box of steak burgers, an entire box of pasta and just refrigerate the unused portions to mix and microwave as needed.

Hot pastrami or roast beef and cheese sandwich or a hamburger patty with ketchup for lunch.

To drink: 2 packets of Drip Drop hydration mix in 32 oz of water and chilled. Two bottles at the ready per day.

Everything goes down well, digests well..fat content maintained and just enough but not excessive.

What I'm trying to do is avoid the bile salt stoma irritation by eating too much fat. Avoiding American wheat because of gluten like issues giving me a upset stomach. Consistently of output, pack a lot of energy in less food equals less trips to the bathroom.

And yes I'm putting the beef gravy on the Italian pasta, would make a native cry, but it tastes good and easy on the system unlike tomato sauce which is acidic. I'll do butter substitute, olive oil and a bit of garlic sometimes but it's not as fulfilling unlike the beef gravy is.

I also have small other things like unsweetened applesauce, Greek yogurt for snacks as well as chewable vitamins and small TV dinners. But for main meals I've been packing on the protein and carbs with the beef steak burgers, pasta and beef gravy or lemon chicken over pasta.

It's because I lie on my back must of the time because sitting can pop the wafer off so output needs to not stick to the stoma but not be runny enough to cause diarrhea and dehydration.

Feeling great too.

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Uh, went off the diet and had chilli for lunch, suffered greatly because of it, the stoma is burning.

Usually I take a couple of large antacids before a potentially risky meal, I forgot.

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Removed eggs from the list.

Too much gas and undigested bits.

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Okay updated the first post adding olive oil and a few more successful menu items.

The secret to defeating bile salt irritation of the stoma seems to be between 1/2 and 1 teaspoon of olive oil added to ones low fat meals.

Just enough to lubricate and use up the bile salts without triggering a massive amount of bile.