Second Try

Well, its March and I haven't updated this since June. Guess I'm not a very good blogger. Let's give this thing a second shot. Since last June and my first surgery, I had a second surgery to reverse the first surgery. It happened in July and after a much shorter recovery, I went back to work at Lifeway. I work there about 40 hours a week and have had an interesting time recovering from my surgery and all and getting used to not lifting as much and not eating what I want. I am not very good at the eating thing and gained all my weight back. Now I am on a diet. It has been interesting to learn what I can and can't eat.

List of things I can't eat:
-Fried Okra (or any kind of okra, can't have the seeds.)
-Lettuce or cabbage or spinach (they don't digest.)
-Sunflower seeds (this is killer)
-Popcorn (the kernels get stuck)
-Anything with a seed
-Anything too spicy
-Anything leafy or pointy.
-Oats or seeds of any kind.
-Granola bars
-Ranch Dressing (BAD!!)
-Raw Broccoli
-No POP
-Nothing with High Fructose Corn Syrup should be eaten, but I am not good with that, and its in everything!

But I have found that there are many things I like that I have never eaten.
Cooked broccoli, carrots and the sort are good as long as they are properly cooked not soggy
Love Apple Juice now
Meats are good and so are veggies and fruits, just need to cut down on the breads and carbs.
Have to up my fiber and protein and up my water consumption.

I have my good and bad days. As long as I stick to my diet, I should be good, but if I don't I have to spend a day doing nothing but liquids to flush my system out.

It is important for me to remember that I will always have diverticulitis. There are still a couple of pouches in my intestine that could weaken and burst causing me to have more surgeries. Just have to eat the right things.

Okay,
I will post more tomorrow or this week.