Barb - the booklet also has food lists for when you have constipation. It's really very helpful for whatever problem and treatment you are having before, during or after cancer treatment and you can go from one sort of list to the other when your problems change. They also explain why the problem often occurs. Here is the actual publication number of the booklet and where to get it free:
NIH Publication No. 09-2079
Title: Eating Hints: Before, During and After Cancer Treatment
Published by National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health, US Dept. of Health and Human Services
Phone number 1-800-4-CANCER (can be ordered by phone)
www.cancer.gov
NIH Publication No. 09-2079
Title: Eating Hints: Before, During and After Cancer Treatment
Published by National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health, US Dept. of Health and Human Services
Phone number 1-800-4-CANCER (can be ordered by phone)
www.cancer.gov
thanks i ordered the booklet
did u have colon cancer???
i had a bowel obstruction...
did u have colon cancer???
i had a bowel obstruction...
I checked this site looking for recovery times. I have surgery scheduled in four weeks. Now I'm thinking the devil I know is better than the devil I don't know. All the postings here are horror stories compared to how I feel at the present time. I'd rather live with the pain I have than join a world where there is nothing I can eat and I am in constant pain.
I was given a diet plan for after this attack and up until surgery and it didn't sound that bad. It said after surgery I would first not eat this diet I should eat very bland liquid diet. Then when I was able slowly introduce : (fruits without their skins) apple, pear, peach, nectarine, tangerine, vegetables ( fresh- not canned - cooked): asparagus, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, romaine lettuce, spinach, summer squash, tomato *(raw), squash: Starch vegetables; baked beans (canned), kidney beans (fresh) lima beans (fresh) potato (fresh- cooked): Grains; bread, whole-wheat, brown rice, cereal, bran flake, oatmeal, plain, cooked, white rice, cooked.
After surgery I was told that I could develop my own eating plan but I could eat normally avoiding high fat foods, foods with hard skins ie: apples (so peel them) and any particular food that bothered me individually. My doctors said that usually what bothered me before surgery would be what would bother me after surgery. He said that there is not a list that is a blanket for everyone but there are certain low risk foods. Now I'm not so sure......... The list below is what was provided for me. Isn't there anyone out there that is a success story????????
Low Risk Foods - Include but are not limited to:
1. Chicken
2. Skinless Potatoes
3. Carrots
4. Fish
5. Banana's
6. Skinless apples
7. Peaches
8. Tea, iced or hot
I was given a diet plan for after this attack and up until surgery and it didn't sound that bad. It said after surgery I would first not eat this diet I should eat very bland liquid diet. Then when I was able slowly introduce : (fruits without their skins) apple, pear, peach, nectarine, tangerine, vegetables ( fresh- not canned - cooked): asparagus, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, romaine lettuce, spinach, summer squash, tomato *(raw), squash: Starch vegetables; baked beans (canned), kidney beans (fresh) lima beans (fresh) potato (fresh- cooked): Grains; bread, whole-wheat, brown rice, cereal, bran flake, oatmeal, plain, cooked, white rice, cooked.
After surgery I was told that I could develop my own eating plan but I could eat normally avoiding high fat foods, foods with hard skins ie: apples (so peel them) and any particular food that bothered me individually. My doctors said that usually what bothered me before surgery would be what would bother me after surgery. He said that there is not a list that is a blanket for everyone but there are certain low risk foods. Now I'm not so sure......... The list below is what was provided for me. Isn't there anyone out there that is a success story????????
Low Risk Foods - Include but are not limited to:
1. Chicken
2. Skinless Potatoes
3. Carrots
4. Fish
5. Banana's
6. Skinless apples
7. Peaches
8. Tea, iced or hot
hi...i eat what ever i want
my pain stems from an insicion
i hope...none of my tests show any more blockage..
so they think its nerve related
just eat small amounts
and see how you feel...
i had a burger the other day i was ok..
just should not have eaten the whole thing...
my pain stems from an insicion
i hope...none of my tests show any more blockage..
so they think its nerve related
just eat small amounts
and see how you feel...
i had a burger the other day i was ok..
just should not have eaten the whole thing...
semicolon2 Thanks that is about the best info I have seen. I had my resection Feb 18 and was cruising along getting better all the time then about 3 weeks ago I woke up with a bout of diarrhea and cramping that still isn't over! I have determined some foods (dairy for one) that don't work well for me anymore. Coffee or tea start the cramping so I have stopped that too. I have decided that I just went too far, thinking that I was "back to normal" and could eat anything I wanted but that turned out to be a big mistake. So now I am trying to eat soft bland foods again like just after surgery. If the cramping pain would go away I could deal with the diarrhea easier. I thought fiber was a good thing but everyone says low fiber. I guess the process of elimination is the best way to go. My surgery was to remove a large polyp at the beginning of the colon that could not be removed during my colonoscopy. It was clean no cancer but the kind of thing that could become cancer. So get it out of there! Now I think "what have I done to myself" couldn't I have just monitered it and maybe Never have to have the surgery? I get so depressed I think my body will never be the same again... I guess I just have to be patient and hang in there and hope some things can return to normal. Thanks again for the good advice.
my pain is still there i never had cramps just pain
i have lots of pain on my right side where the incision is
a dull throbbing pain..
no matter what i eat..
my sureon said since nothing shows on test the only thing
would be open me up..again
btw...pain mg does not help me
i have lots of pain on my right side where the incision is
a dull throbbing pain..
no matter what i eat..
my sureon said since nothing shows on test the only thing
would be open me up..again
btw...pain mg does not help me
njd -- I am glad that the information was helpful. Don't forget those darn polyps usually turn into cancer so you did the right thing! And yes, patience and time are your best allies.
Well, I'd like to post an update on me. After three or four months of digestive misery after my colon resection in October I saw the dietitian and got on that low fiber, low residue diet in January (see earlier long post about foods that finally worked). After three or four months on that, I'm doing great!
After about 2.5 months on the low residue, low fiber diet and the right amount of Metamucil capsules (two in the morning for me) I saw major improvement in my life (that was six months after the surgery) for the first time. My life was no longer governed each day by bouts of painful diarrhea or unpredictable bathroom trips multiple times per day. IN fact, as long as I stuck to the foods I mentioned in the earlier post, I could go along effortlessly and forget about planning my life around bowel movements. My digestive system settled into a routine. About every three days I would go through an emptying process and have several bowel movements in succession. This was an amazing improvement -- every three days instead of every day meant I had two days in between I didn't have to worry about my digestive system and could eat from the list of foods.
I went back to the dietitian in late March and told her how much the diet had helped me. Although I was doing well, I told her it was a bit depressing to think that I might not ever be able to eat some of my favorite foods again or the conventional "healthy" diet of fiber, fruits and veggies, and that I was wondering whether I would ever be able to do so. She said she had had two other patients with similar problems after colon resection, that had digestive problems that were not the norm after surgery. One of them, she said, was eventually able to eat all the foods they had before but it was a process of gradual improvement and it took two years before that person could eat anything without worrying about it causing a problem. The other person, she said, eventually had to have a colostomy and probably should have had one to begin with. She said that the fact that I was improving on the low residue and low fiber diet was a very good sign that I would continue to make progress. This was encouraging.
At that time she suggested that since I was doing so well I should start trying one new fruit or vegetable at a time. Add one thing to my diet and see if it caused a problem. She said it was very important to only try one thing at a time so as not to confuse the results. She told me to try peeled cooked squash as my first fresh vegetable and melons as my new fresh fruit. The melons worked great! No problem whatsoever. The squash resulted in stomach cramping and diarrhea. Next I tried mango...went down great. Then grapes -- cramps and diarrhea. Raspberries -- also not good. Plum - fine. I tried squash again, same unsatisfactory result. I also found by accident this way of experimenting that I cannot digest things with a lot of vinegar -- like pickles, olives and potato salad made with balsamic vinegar.
The dietitian offered to prescribe some pancreatic enzymes and my doctor authorized it. They are supposed to help people with digestive diseases break down food. I thought about trying this, but at the time since I was improving I hated to throw a wrench into the works. I didn't mind making slow improvement as long as I was making some improvement. I felt I was making great strides with tolerating foods, one building block at a time. So I turned down the RX for pancreatic enzymes. I might have tried it earlier on in my recovery though.
One of the next things we agreed on is I could drink as great a quantity of V-8 vegetable juice as a veggie substitute as I could tolerate. Back in the first months after my surgery I could not tolerate anything tomato based, not even ketchup for my fish (acidic, I suppose). But that was then and this was after three months of healing on the low residue diet. V-8 went down fine. Next I switched to V8 Spicy Hot. That was fine too, and tasted better to me (person who in the old days like spicy Thai and Mexican foods best of all!). Now one 6 oz cup of V8 is equivalent to a serving of vegetables, or the bigger 12 oz. can is equal to two servings. I made it my mission to have 12 oz or more per day. This made me feel like I was tricking my body to tolerate some veggies one way or the other. It does have a lot of salt, and you can get it in low sodium. Salt was the least of my worries at the moment.
You do get tired of the same foods on the low fiber and low residue diet, just like I got tired of Ensure back when I couldn't digest anything. The challenge is to try and find new ways to prepare the foods that you know you can digest. For me, the potatoes and mushrooms and turkey ham and turkey bacon products have continued to be the most tolerated and most versatile items in my low residue diet. And one of the best things I make at home is potato and mushroom or potato and turkey ham soft tacos in flour tortillas (with mild taco sauce). This is quick and really good.
Recipe: (one serving or two tacos) Buy small red potato and microwave it till fork goes through easily (1 min to 2 min). Remove peel and chop in chunks. In skillet, add a little bit of butter and sautee the cooked chopped potato, three or four sliced raw mushrooms, some chunks of turkey ham. Cook until the mushrooms are soft (turkey ham is pre-cooked so mushrooms is all you are cooking, the rest you are just blending flavor). Wrap a soft flour tortilla in a damp paper towel and microwave 15-20 seconds until warm and soft. Spread a little mild taco sauce on tortilla if you can tolerate the spice and tomato base (still good without the sauce if you can't). Spoon potato mushroom ham mixture onto it and roll up and eat. Add grated cheese and avocado slices if desired.
Something else with mushrooms -- At the grocery, they sell those pre-made pastas in the refrigerator section. Many of them are mushroom filled or cheese filled. Buitoni makes a mushroom filled ravioli that's really good. If you can get to a upscale grocery store with gourmet items (I've sought these out for the exotic nut butters), there is also a product called Crepini. These are French crepes ready made in the freezer section -- they also come stuffed with portabella mushroom and cheese.
So now it's nearly five months since I got help from the dietitian (not from my doctors who had said I could eat anything). I am doing great. I do not even go through the emptying out every three days anymore. I don't even have to really think about digestion and bowel movements unless I try a new food that is an unknown. If I stick to the foods I learned on the low residue and low fiber diet I'm good. but I keep trying to expand my diet one food at a time and I think eventually I will be able to eat everything I want to eat in time except maybe beans and corn.
Frankly, there are a lot of things I ate before that I cannot tolerate now that I have no intention of adding back to my diet even if I can eventually tolerate them. Beef is one, even though I was raised on it and will miss a good steak now and then. Everytime I eat the slightest amount of beef I have a bad time digestively. It's a goner as far as I am concerned. I have recently discovered chicken bratwurst and had it grilled and basted with a grilling sauce and think I will probably not eat too much pork in the future now that I am used to turkey and chicken substitute products (not all of them are good; there is really a difference in brands. Any turkey product made my Appleton Farms is superior to any other brand, in my opinion.)
I still take my gummi multi vitamins for adults each day and my iron tablet.
Six months ago I could not imagine that I could ever be this good again as far as eating and digestion. In fact, after losing 22 lbs. in the first weeks after my surgery, I have now gained most of it back and will start watching my weight to make sure I don't put on any extra pounds!
Well, I'd like to post an update on me. After three or four months of digestive misery after my colon resection in October I saw the dietitian and got on that low fiber, low residue diet in January (see earlier long post about foods that finally worked). After three or four months on that, I'm doing great!
After about 2.5 months on the low residue, low fiber diet and the right amount of Metamucil capsules (two in the morning for me) I saw major improvement in my life (that was six months after the surgery) for the first time. My life was no longer governed each day by bouts of painful diarrhea or unpredictable bathroom trips multiple times per day. IN fact, as long as I stuck to the foods I mentioned in the earlier post, I could go along effortlessly and forget about planning my life around bowel movements. My digestive system settled into a routine. About every three days I would go through an emptying process and have several bowel movements in succession. This was an amazing improvement -- every three days instead of every day meant I had two days in between I didn't have to worry about my digestive system and could eat from the list of foods.
I went back to the dietitian in late March and told her how much the diet had helped me. Although I was doing well, I told her it was a bit depressing to think that I might not ever be able to eat some of my favorite foods again or the conventional "healthy" diet of fiber, fruits and veggies, and that I was wondering whether I would ever be able to do so. She said she had had two other patients with similar problems after colon resection, that had digestive problems that were not the norm after surgery. One of them, she said, was eventually able to eat all the foods they had before but it was a process of gradual improvement and it took two years before that person could eat anything without worrying about it causing a problem. The other person, she said, eventually had to have a colostomy and probably should have had one to begin with. She said that the fact that I was improving on the low residue and low fiber diet was a very good sign that I would continue to make progress. This was encouraging.
At that time she suggested that since I was doing so well I should start trying one new fruit or vegetable at a time. Add one thing to my diet and see if it caused a problem. She said it was very important to only try one thing at a time so as not to confuse the results. She told me to try peeled cooked squash as my first fresh vegetable and melons as my new fresh fruit. The melons worked great! No problem whatsoever. The squash resulted in stomach cramping and diarrhea. Next I tried mango...went down great. Then grapes -- cramps and diarrhea. Raspberries -- also not good. Plum - fine. I tried squash again, same unsatisfactory result. I also found by accident this way of experimenting that I cannot digest things with a lot of vinegar -- like pickles, olives and potato salad made with balsamic vinegar.
The dietitian offered to prescribe some pancreatic enzymes and my doctor authorized it. They are supposed to help people with digestive diseases break down food. I thought about trying this, but at the time since I was improving I hated to throw a wrench into the works. I didn't mind making slow improvement as long as I was making some improvement. I felt I was making great strides with tolerating foods, one building block at a time. So I turned down the RX for pancreatic enzymes. I might have tried it earlier on in my recovery though.
One of the next things we agreed on is I could drink as great a quantity of V-8 vegetable juice as a veggie substitute as I could tolerate. Back in the first months after my surgery I could not tolerate anything tomato based, not even ketchup for my fish (acidic, I suppose). But that was then and this was after three months of healing on the low residue diet. V-8 went down fine. Next I switched to V8 Spicy Hot. That was fine too, and tasted better to me (person who in the old days like spicy Thai and Mexican foods best of all!). Now one 6 oz cup of V8 is equivalent to a serving of vegetables, or the bigger 12 oz. can is equal to two servings. I made it my mission to have 12 oz or more per day. This made me feel like I was tricking my body to tolerate some veggies one way or the other. It does have a lot of salt, and you can get it in low sodium. Salt was the least of my worries at the moment.
You do get tired of the same foods on the low fiber and low residue diet, just like I got tired of Ensure back when I couldn't digest anything. The challenge is to try and find new ways to prepare the foods that you know you can digest. For me, the potatoes and mushrooms and turkey ham and turkey bacon products have continued to be the most tolerated and most versatile items in my low residue diet. And one of the best things I make at home is potato and mushroom or potato and turkey ham soft tacos in flour tortillas (with mild taco sauce). This is quick and really good.
Recipe: (one serving or two tacos) Buy small red potato and microwave it till fork goes through easily (1 min to 2 min). Remove peel and chop in chunks. In skillet, add a little bit of butter and sautee the cooked chopped potato, three or four sliced raw mushrooms, some chunks of turkey ham. Cook until the mushrooms are soft (turkey ham is pre-cooked so mushrooms is all you are cooking, the rest you are just blending flavor). Wrap a soft flour tortilla in a damp paper towel and microwave 15-20 seconds until warm and soft. Spread a little mild taco sauce on tortilla if you can tolerate the spice and tomato base (still good without the sauce if you can't). Spoon potato mushroom ham mixture onto it and roll up and eat. Add grated cheese and avocado slices if desired.
Something else with mushrooms -- At the grocery, they sell those pre-made pastas in the refrigerator section. Many of them are mushroom filled or cheese filled. Buitoni makes a mushroom filled ravioli that's really good. If you can get to a upscale grocery store with gourmet items (I've sought these out for the exotic nut butters), there is also a product called Crepini. These are French crepes ready made in the freezer section -- they also come stuffed with portabella mushroom and cheese.
So now it's nearly five months since I got help from the dietitian (not from my doctors who had said I could eat anything). I am doing great. I do not even go through the emptying out every three days anymore. I don't even have to really think about digestion and bowel movements unless I try a new food that is an unknown. If I stick to the foods I learned on the low residue and low fiber diet I'm good. but I keep trying to expand my diet one food at a time and I think eventually I will be able to eat everything I want to eat in time except maybe beans and corn.
Frankly, there are a lot of things I ate before that I cannot tolerate now that I have no intention of adding back to my diet even if I can eventually tolerate them. Beef is one, even though I was raised on it and will miss a good steak now and then. Everytime I eat the slightest amount of beef I have a bad time digestively. It's a goner as far as I am concerned. I have recently discovered chicken bratwurst and had it grilled and basted with a grilling sauce and think I will probably not eat too much pork in the future now that I am used to turkey and chicken substitute products (not all of them are good; there is really a difference in brands. Any turkey product made my Appleton Farms is superior to any other brand, in my opinion.)
I still take my gummi multi vitamins for adults each day and my iron tablet.
Six months ago I could not imagine that I could ever be this good again as far as eating and digestion. In fact, after losing 22 lbs. in the first weeks after my surgery, I have now gained most of it back and will start watching my weight to make sure I don't put on any extra pounds!
I just had my takedown surgery almost 5 weeks ago. I have never felt more healthy or normal. While i had the colostomy bag I stayed away from raw fruits and veggies for the first few weeks. Never ate corn, too risky! haha. I took Imudiom every day 2 times a day. this helped with the dirreiah. After takedown surgery, I have found that potato skins are the worst thing to eat. always skin them. Skins remain completely undigested. Be careful with bread salad, and doughnuts, some is okay but a lot at every meal will "plug" you up so bad that you think youre dying. It creates constopation, cramps and backpain. But I still eat what ever looks good, many small "meals" many times a day is the best way!!! hope this helps someone!
My surgery to remove a section of my colon, along with it's cancerous tumor, is scheduled for tomorrow. The way my surgeon talked, was, once I had recovered from the surgery (maybe 6 weeks) life would go on the same as it always had (as long as the cancer hadn't spread). From reading these posts, I'm pretty sure he has NO idea what's going on with his patients once he's finished with them.
I'm very glad I found this thread, as I will now be able to avoid some of the dietary mistakes some of you endured. It definitely looks like a lot of trial and error, and patience, will be in order. It's amazing how much conflicting information is out there... don't drink milk/drink lots of milk... cheese is good/cheese is bad... red meat is bad/ red meat is good... apple juice is good/apple juice is bad... I guess I'll be finding out what's good for me by trying one food at a time, starting with low fiber low acid foods. But, I'll manage all that, once my surgery is over.
semicolon2, your post has SO much good info in it... you even threw in a recipe! :-) Thanks so much for sharing your journey, and I wish you continued good health and happy eating.
I wish everyone recovery to good health, and I'll be back with my own observations and, I'm sure, many more questions, as I go through my own recovery.
I'm very glad I found this thread, as I will now be able to avoid some of the dietary mistakes some of you endured. It definitely looks like a lot of trial and error, and patience, will be in order. It's amazing how much conflicting information is out there... don't drink milk/drink lots of milk... cheese is good/cheese is bad... red meat is bad/ red meat is good... apple juice is good/apple juice is bad... I guess I'll be finding out what's good for me by trying one food at a time, starting with low fiber low acid foods. But, I'll manage all that, once my surgery is over.
semicolon2, your post has SO much good info in it... you even threw in a recipe! :-) Thanks so much for sharing your journey, and I wish you continued good health and happy eating.
I wish everyone recovery to good health, and I'll be back with my own observations and, I'm sure, many more questions, as I go through my own recovery.
I had colon cancer surgery 2 times in the past 3 years. They removed a 1 ft. section the first time and 1 1/2 ft section the second time. It has been 1 year since my last surgery and I am just now getting to as normal as I will ever be. I am finding out new things every day and have tried everything in the past. My salvation has been by following these few simple rules:
1) Never eat a lot of the same thing, no matter what it is. Variation and small portions is key.
2) No beef, pork, onions, broccoli, cauliflour, whole grain
3) No milk products
4) Multi vitamins do not absorb in your system when you have a shortened colon. Take chewable children's vitamins only.
5) My doctor perscribed an anti-depresent that regulates the seratonin level in your system. This was my saviour!
5) Enema's and Hemeroid Creams are your friends.......
Life can be good again, but you have to be dilligent with your diet
1) Never eat a lot of the same thing, no matter what it is. Variation and small portions is key.
2) No beef, pork, onions, broccoli, cauliflour, whole grain
3) No milk products
4) Multi vitamins do not absorb in your system when you have a shortened colon. Take chewable children's vitamins only.
5) My doctor perscribed an anti-depresent that regulates the seratonin level in your system. This was my saviour!
5) Enema's and Hemeroid Creams are your friends.......
Life can be good again, but you have to be dilligent with your diet
Semicolon2:
Is the title of the NIH publication actually "Eating Hints: Before, During and After Colon Treatment"? If so, its NIH publication number is 09-2079. Searches for the title as you gave it yield no results on the NIH and National Cancer Institute sites.
All the best...
Is the title of the NIH publication actually "Eating Hints: Before, During and After Colon Treatment"? If so, its NIH publication number is 09-2079. Searches for the title as you gave it yield no results on the NIH and National Cancer Institute sites.
All the best...
Hi I had a resection surgery almost 2 months ago, I am amazed at the amount of discomfort I am experiencing. My abdomen is swollen, and I have alot of gurgling noise, and pressure and of course pain, I do have alot of air trapped inside as well.
I was given the lower fiber low residue diet booklet in the hospital. I am a trained macrobiotic chef, so I am pretty versed in foods to avoid and what not. But I am at a loss for what to do at this point. I am getting to the point I am becoming afraid to eat.
Currently I am only eating once a day, today that was a bagel plain untoasted with 2 tablespoons of FAGO fat free yogurt. I did not finish my cup of mate from this morning but did have about 24 ounces of water.
Since my surgery the pin started to increase roughly 2 weeks after discharge. I did have an infection in the incision which is still healing. I do not think there is any relation to the infection. The pain was so intense that on september 2 I was at urgent care ( I had my surgery at Sloan Kettering) that is their patient er, they gave me 3 doses of morphine, and a CT scan later, they think that the desmoid in my abdomen might be part of the problem( I have Gardner's Syndrome a variation of FAP), but then I went home and medicated myself for a week, the pain went away for 2 days, but then started to return, today I was almost at the point of where I was on the 2nd, I ttok gas x and beano, and tylenol, then at 7:30 I finally took a pain killer.
I do not know if this makes sense but my abdomen feels heavy, especially if I try to liw on my side, or when I roll to the right in order to get out of bed.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated
I was given the lower fiber low residue diet booklet in the hospital. I am a trained macrobiotic chef, so I am pretty versed in foods to avoid and what not. But I am at a loss for what to do at this point. I am getting to the point I am becoming afraid to eat.
Currently I am only eating once a day, today that was a bagel plain untoasted with 2 tablespoons of FAGO fat free yogurt. I did not finish my cup of mate from this morning but did have about 24 ounces of water.
Since my surgery the pin started to increase roughly 2 weeks after discharge. I did have an infection in the incision which is still healing. I do not think there is any relation to the infection. The pain was so intense that on september 2 I was at urgent care ( I had my surgery at Sloan Kettering) that is their patient er, they gave me 3 doses of morphine, and a CT scan later, they think that the desmoid in my abdomen might be part of the problem( I have Gardner's Syndrome a variation of FAP), but then I went home and medicated myself for a week, the pain went away for 2 days, but then started to return, today I was almost at the point of where I was on the 2nd, I ttok gas x and beano, and tylenol, then at 7:30 I finally took a pain killer.
I do not know if this makes sense but my abdomen feels heavy, especially if I try to liw on my side, or when I roll to the right in order to get out of bed.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated
Just thought some of you might want to know that my husband had Colon Cancer and had a portion of his Colon removed about 6 months ago, he began eating everything he used to eat within a month, now eats anything and drinks - he does not seem to have any problems, lets hope most of you will also be able to do the same.
Hi;
You mentioned "If you can get to a upscale grocery store with gourmet items (I've sought these out for the exotic nut butters), there is also a product called Crepini. These are French crepes ready made in the freezer section -- they also come stuffed with portabella mushroom and cheese."
Just wanted to let you know that we appreciate your kind comment about our Crepini products. We are continuing to develop delicious, good for you, unique products, which are ready to heat and serve. Just to let you know, we now have a fresh line of Crepes sold in the deli and bakery sections of supermarkets. Some of the retailers who carry our lines either Crepini, The Crepe Team, or both are: Whole Foods Market, Fresh Market, HEB, Central Market, United Market, Longos, Kings, Key Foods, Union Markets, Stew Leonard
You mentioned "If you can get to a upscale grocery store with gourmet items (I've sought these out for the exotic nut butters), there is also a product called Crepini. These are French crepes ready made in the freezer section -- they also come stuffed with portabella mushroom and cheese."
Just wanted to let you know that we appreciate your kind comment about our Crepini products. We are continuing to develop delicious, good for you, unique products, which are ready to heat and serve. Just to let you know, we now have a fresh line of Crepes sold in the deli and bakery sections of supermarkets. Some of the retailers who carry our lines either Crepini, The Crepe Team, or both are: Whole Foods Market, Fresh Market, HEB, Central Market, United Market, Longos, Kings, Key Foods, Union Markets, Stew Leonard
:Dhello thank you for all the info. I had my colon removered 3 weeks ago. I have no appeite but forse myself to eat small meals. I wonder if you cried alot . I am glad to be alive but can not understand why I need to cry at times. I go back to the surgeon Nov 29. I am off his pain meds. but have to take over the counter meds. for the discomfort I still have. I do have bm serveral times a day. i will try the foods you spoke of . Thank you happy I found this site and someone that is so honest of after surgery problems.