#ileostomy — Public Fediverse posts

I'm not really the sort to ask for RTs but I really want to see if anyone else has any feedback or if it's a one off or unreported trend, so if anyone would be so kind as to boost this I'd be grateful...

All my life I've been a fussy eater and not even particularly enthusiastic about the food I do like. At times when skint, I've even let calorific content dictate my diet because I've been that unbothered about enjoying what I eat.

For the last year or two I've been getting progressively more ill due to inflammatory bowel disease, which culminated in me getting an #ileostomy (majority of my large intestine removed) last week.

Since then, everything I've eaten has tasted amazing. I feel like I've gone from considering eating a chore to being a full on foody. There's foods that I've always considered disgusting that I now find really appealing (and annoyingly, but maybe tellingly, they tend to be ones I'm now not allowed to eat).

So my questions are, is this a common thing? and has anybody ever studied whether being a fussy eater might be a very early warning sign for #IBD?

#Crohns #colitis #ibd #ileostomy #colostomy #stoma #FussyEater #disability