In late September, I had a gallbladder attack, and am scheduled for surgery to remove the beast on November 14. Because it was so inflamed, my surgeon wanted to give it some time and a corrective diet to hopefully cool things down. It has worked; my pain is greatly diminished. But here’s what I didn’t expect: the strict low fat diet has made a huge difference to my output, in a positive way. Since my cancer/ostomy surgery in 2015, I have had very loose and frequent output, requiring me to take 4, occasionally 6 Imodium per day. This is odd for a sigmoid colostomy - my output should be very similar to what it was before my surgery. I had always assumed that the radiation was the culprit, because of the timing and because I had other problems related to the radiation (bladder spasms during treatments, and slow healing perineal incision requiring hyperbaric oxygen therapy). Since I have been on this low fat diet, I have taken exactly 2 Imodium, over a 5 week period. Additionally, I have had none of the strong contractions that I usually have with output, as if my body can’t wait to expel its contents. I feel like I’m on the brink of a breakthrough in my search for answers about what the heck is going on. I’m not quite there yet - are my output issues diet or gallbladder related? The next piece in this puzzle will be having my gallbladder removed - whatever happens, I think I’m getting closer to solving this longstanding problem. 

The low fat diet meant that I had to be careful about pilfering Halloween candy! Chocolate has fat in it.🙁

Laurie