Simply Adult Ballet: the progress of one adult dancer who took up ballet later in life

[LinMM]

I am puzzled by the diet they have put you on Michelle as too much of those foods are more likely to make you constipated! It’s usually a high fibre diet recommended for that… but may be more that high fibre could cause more inflammation? I know a friend who had IBS had to avoid quite a lot of fruits etc. Really hope a solution for you is found soon. Don’t forget to let me know the date of any op. or major treatment etc. 

[Ruby Foo]

Sending lots of virtual love and hugs and strength to you Michelle.

I’ve never read this thread before yesterday, but it sounds like you are having an extremely challenging time of it.
Hoping you get through it all super quickly and successfully and get back to your beloved ballet asap. x

[Jan McNulty]

36 minutes ago, LinMM said:

I am puzzled by the diet they have put you on Michelle as too much of those foods are more likely to make you constipated! It’s usually a high fibre diet recommended for that… but may be more that high fibre could cause more inflammation? I know a friend who had IBS had to avoid quite a lot of fruits etc. Really hope a solution for you is found soon. Don’t forget to let me know the date of any op. or major treatment etc. 

 

It’s the diet I was put on Lin.  Basically it’s beige with nothing with pips, skins or seeds.

 

A lady in the bed opposite me on my first stay in hospital last year had been on this diet for over 30 years due to a long term condition and she gave me helpful hints and tips.

[DVDfan]

Michelle and Fiz, so sorry to hear of the health issues that are affecting you right now.

Fiz, I know what it is to have a child with a serious health issue, my heart bleeds for you. We mothers always find the strength to get through it somehow, and truly, time is a great healer. Wishing you all the best.

 

Michelle, there are no unhealthy foods (unless you're thinking that the chicken had fowl pest or the wheat had rust (-: ), only unhealthy diets. I'd check that duck is OK as it is a very fatty meat compared to chicken or turkey. Otherwise it's all down to cooking, and understanding what you are trying to avoid. I think what they're telling you is that white bread is Ok, low fibre, while wholemeal and wheatmeal aren't as they are high fibre. Most of the things you list are regarded as bad in the ordinary way because they contain no fibre and a lot of energy. But just now, that's what you need. I'd select the items from the list that you like, so that you can continue to enjoy your food until the crisis is past.

Wishing you the best of luck for the next stage of your recovery.

[Kate_N]

On 07/04/2024 at 09:11, Michelle_Richer said:

the procedure they are looking at for me is a Right Hemicolectomy. This is where they cut the colon in half and remove the grown and the affected colon area, then join the other two ends of the colon back up again

 

Michelle, if it's any reassurance, my father had something like this done for colon cancer, and after recovery from the operation, continued to build a house - at age 70 or so. He's still going strong at 90 - no stoma bag, and just a course of 'preventative' chemotherapy by tablets rather than infusion after the operation.

 

Good luck!

[LinMM]

What amazing news about your dad Kate_N that’s lovely to hear!! 
 

Also I know somebody who had to have part of colon removed (don’t know which bit) and for a while did have a stoma bag but later on this was reversed so she no longer has one. 

Edited April 12 by LinMM

[Michelle_Richer]

A big thank you for everyones support, especially Kate_N and Jan McNulty, at least I can face this procedure with some optimisum.

 

I have just returned home after seeing the Surgeon at Peterborough City Hospital and he has said my operation will be sometime in either May or June providing the Anaesthetist is happy.

 

I will get an appointment so see the Anaesthetist in the next couple of weeks or so. I did mention to my surgeon that my Specialist Cardiologist from Boston is happy to urgently arrange a Dobutamine Stress Echocardiogram to help demonstrate the fitness of my heart to withstand the anaesthesia for the Right Hemicolectomy operation. The stress test exercises the heart whilst I am lying down, the dobutamine make the heart run faster and stronger than normal, whilst the echo cardiogram detects any abnormalities in the hearts response.

 

However the surgeon declined and said it could be offered once I had seen the Anaesthetist.

 

Time-line:

My stay in Peterborough City Hospital 7 to 10days.

Fitness to drive after discharge from hospital 2 weeks (providing I can steer and do an emergency stop properly).

Athletic fitness for Ballet training 6 weeks.

 

For the time being I’m off the low fibre diet, I will be given special instruction nearer the time, however I do know that I will not need to do the bowel cleansing as with the two previous procedures thank goodness.

 

I must confess when I attended both Boston and Peterborough hospitals for these consultations, I really felt out of place as if I shouldn’t be there, I felt a bit of a fraud, most other patience looked really poorly, there need was much greater than mine.

 

Back to pointe training this week Whoopee

[Jan McNulty]

Thanks for the update Michelle.