Day 25 on paleo:
It's been 6 days since I last reported anything, simply because... there's not much to report! Weight has stayed about the same (I'm 126 now) and pain has still been pretty minimal. It's very tough to ascertain whether or not my relief is due to the surgery or the diet, which is why I think we'd all love to hear from some of your other folks who might be trying out a diet similar to this and seen dramatic change OR has just gone through surgery and seen dramatic change.
The biggest change for me has been bowel movements. I've gone...jeez... I think only twice today, and it's 4:16pm. Pre-op, I would have gone about 7 times by now, with another 4 or 5 by the time I go to bed. Because I've changed 2 variables (diet and surgery), I'm trying to think back to my LAST surgery (in 2006) when my diet DIDN'T change, and whether or not I was still going to the bathroom many times a day right after the operation. I think I was still going a LOT. I'm pretty sure that I've been a consistently frequent pooper for the last 6 years. Anyone else have experience with bowel frequency change after a change in diet or surgery?
And I actually stopped the cholestyramine for the time being. I actually don't feel I need it right now. I was starting to get "too" blocked up. I might re-introduce at a later date. We'll see.
I'm still sticking to as strict of a diet as possible for 6 more days. Even then, I'm not sure if I'm going to deviate, simply out of fear
I'm going away in early August for 2 weeks and will be camping for half of that, so I might have to deviate a bit, out of sheer necessity. I'm pretty sure my girlfriend is sick of eating Nando's and Pho for dinner too.
As far as the sharp pains? They've mostly subsided for the last few days after going off nuts. I caved yesterday, however because I've been craving crunchy/salty like crazy. But no pains today thus far.
Gas....gas has been SMELLLLLY. And yesterday I felt bloaty. It could still have been a gas producing food (cauliflower, cabbage, brocolli, etc), or maybe candida. Or something else altogether. But tomorrow morning I'm starting a mild candida cleanse after I see my naturopath. Hopefully that will help things along in that department.
Funny side story: I was doing computer work for a guy at my company (one of the higher up bosses in a company of 1000+ people) and I had to be on his computer for an hour. He told me he was going for lunch. He left the room and about 10 minutes later I let a terribly smelly fart go, thinking I had a safety net of 50 more minutes. Not even TEN SECONDS later, he walks back into the room and starts chatting with me. I'm sitting there, sweating and just praying his nose lost all feeling in a terrible hiking accident when he was younger, but he left fairly quickly thereafter. I'm pretty sure he knew. So.... that was awesome.
Hi there!
I wanted to thank everyone for this thread, and especially Adam for starting it and reporting back faithfully about your experience with this paleo trial.
You're very very welcome. I've been on this site for years on and off, gleaning bits of information here and there. I'm glad I can finally give something back.
-Adam