Rice

[12dobidog]

As a few of you will know I am in my 5th week and I have checked my diet sheets and I am allowed rice but I cant eat it. I am over cooking it and mashing it but caused me to be sick and quite some pain I only had 1tbs on my plate and only tried a little.
I will try again in a week or so
Any one else had this problem

 

[galm37]

Not tried it myself yet Bryan (not fancied it), but through reading other posts I believe it can be hard to get down/stay down.

 

[gaelic girl]

Hi Bryan
i have to say i didn't try rice until about 12 weeks post op but never had a problem with it. Like you i could have eaten it at 5 weeks but was just wary of it so delayed trying it. As you say give it a week and try again and you may very well be fine xx

 

[Mixman]

I liked it before but don't like it now, same as pasta, I can't eat much of it.

 

[Sambucca]

I'm like Allie, didnt try it till I was about 3 months out and had no problems with it. I was reluctant to try it before then as I had read it could be a problem food. I believe its because it can continue to swell in the pouch so you eat what you think you can manage and then the pain can come 20-30 mins later.

Try it again in a few weeks or so. x

 

[SOON SLIM SUE]

i havent tryed it yet because i heard it was a problem food, and i'm a bit of a wimp when it comes to trying new foods.

 

[tiarasandtantrums]

I'm on soft foods until 12 weeks, so haven't tried rice yet ... or pasta .... or bread. I'm avoiding carbs as much as possible.

Maybe you should leave it for a few weeks before trying again xx

 

[LisaG]

Hi Bryan. Loads of people seem to have problems with rice. I tried it this week too (just over 5 weeks post op like you). I only had a tablespoon and mixed it with a tablespoon of chilli con carne. Went down fine. Think it's slightly better if it's sloppy. I wouldn't try it dry just yet. Hope that helps.

 

[Andrea73]

Hi, I still can't manage rice. I'm the same with rice pudding, it just doesn't sit well. Hopefully one day it'll be ok but in the mean time I don't really miss it.

 

[salski]

I was about 6 months post op before I could stomach rice, and even now at 12 months out only 2-3 desert spoons have me so full I cant eat anything else, so I therefore dont eat it. HTH x

 

[moonflower]

I've had rice small amount with homemade curry. Went down ok, it was basmati rice as its low GI and apparently doesnt swell too much after cooking unlike long grain

xx

 

[rybens]

I used to love rice and pasta but could not cope with them till i was about 3 mth post op , it just didnt feel right some how and still now i can only manage a little of it . Best thing is to leave it a couple of weeks then try again , our pouch's like to show us who's boss lol

 

[Porpo]

Hi,

Rice is a tricky one. I had a nightmare with a tiny bit in a thai restaurant at 6 weeks post op - actually had to run through the place to the bathroom gagging and doubled over in pain (v-embarrassing). Anyway I left it alone and tried again after a few months and now its fine. The best way to introduce it I found is something like long grain I found that easier as its bigger and softer than the smaller spikey stuff like basmati which gave me more problems.