Craving popcorn..... can I eat it???

lisa42 said:

now I'm wondering
Jennie,

I've continued to eat popcorn all throughout the last two years of treatment- no one ever told me not to and I never even thought about it possibly being an issue until you just mentioned it. It's not given me any problems. I guess it might be different if someone has an ileostomy or colostomy bag, or are still recovering from colon surgery.
I didn't have the colon surgery and it's not been an issue.
I see what you're saying, though, and am still wondering because my last MRI said I had "numerous diverticula", which are little indents and pockets in my colon. I'm wondering if they could get stuck in there. Hmmm.... anyone else have thoughts on it?

Lisa

I Don't Wonder Anymore...
They radiated me very hard in the rectum, the hips, and lower back, so my GI told me my intestines looked like "fried bacon." The rectum resection was very difficult too, because so there was so little margin left in which to hook me back up, it was very close.

As a result of both of those events, I suffered tremendously from anything that I ate for the 1st years, which is way more than most people would have to endure. It has actually taken now about 4-5 years to get the bowel to settle down and learn to become what it largely will be for the rest of my days, unless it gets worse as I get older, who knows?

I was told not to eat popcorn or peanuts, because they would be like gravel in my guts and cause me pain - I tried them both and they did just that, tore me up.

Diverticulitis can definteily be had eating popcorn, so I just stopped eating that and have not in 5 years now. I tried some peanuts recently and if I keep the dose small, those taste good and are great in protein...eat too many and lets just say that peanuts can keep things
"moving right on thru." Really works better than most of the fiber ideas I'm reading. If you eat some each day, it will help you in that regard. They still taste good too, especially the Honey Roasted, mmmm good.

Anything that I eat though can still come back to haunt me, not as much as previous years, but I'm always reminded. Whatever you eat has to come out and that's when things can still ger very interesting.

I just try to stay away from the popcorn though - not worth the risk or the pain.

Lisa, strawberries can also cause diverticulitis too with their seeds becoming lodged in the colon too...but I've eaten those and enjoyed them...maybe I've paid for them and maybe not. But they are good to eat, so I try those from time to time.

My treatments and such always seem to differ from the rest of the groups and I'm on the outside looking in...but safe to say that radiation and the rectal surgery changed the way that I process food.

Anyway, that's my take on it...Jennie I'm late to the post, so I'm sure by now you've enjoyed yourself a big bowl, melt some butter on it for me...I can still smell it and almost taste it.

I'm outta' here...Craig

Popcorn
Funny that you mention popcorn, because I just had a big bowl! I was never much of a popcorn eater before but it seems like the last 6 months I've become one. My doctors told me I could eat whatever I felt like eating, and popcorn doesn't seem to bother me, which is great! Enjoy your popcorn!!!