You will loose your enjoyment of food if your too careful. Try eating everything in moderation , like 12 strawberries or one kiwi to start , and chew your foods until theres not much left in your mouth & have flattened those tiny seeds between your teeth.  I eat nuts but I can pulverize them down to a fine powder with my teeth & have never had an issue with them but I also limit them to about 1/4 tob1/3 cup & enjoy a bit of applesauce after to mix them together, start with less if your testing out foods. 

I used to get a lot of bowel blockages until I learned 2 things, I have a wierd gut,  1... the majority were suedo blockages,  then 2 ...to cut my foods differently for eating them. I always ate slow & chewed well but I soon discovered  it was the "bigger, longer fibres* in foods I ate causing issues for me. I eat a big salad with a variety of veggies on it almost every day for 2 years & no blockages but its due to the way I prep my foods and cut them to eat them.  I only use iceberg lettuce rarely the romaine, its just too hard on my gut & teeth, lol, to break down.  I missed raw carrots something fierce but I eat them now only I fine grate them on a salad. I still chew that salad down to nothing! 

I missed RAW veggies something fierce so I cut Asparagus in 1/4 inch rounds onto a salad.  I steamed all my veggies for a dip with Hummus, I do cucumbers, green beans, asparagus, carrot sticks, whatever you choose & steam them until fork tender at the thickest parts but not knife tender. The difference between fork & knife tender is that a fork means it needs to be cooked just a little longer giving you a slightly softer veg to eat & digest but at the same time skipping the mushy  gross stage,  an ice bath stops that cooking process.   Our bodies actually absorb cooked food vitamins better then raw so steaming them 1st just made more sense to me plus it tenderizes the fibre better too.  A cold/ice bath &  you still have a relatively nice crunch like from raw veg only your body won't work as hard to digest it & its still satisfying. 

The length of say 1 inch asparagus pieces of the fibre from it clumps up in the gut causing issues verses the 1/4 " slices mixed with a variety of other bites & Hummus or....?.  So, if you want a large serving of  vegetables eat mashed spuds or coucous or....?  with it & also your protiens.  A little bit of everything & in moderation working around your dinner plate.  If you find yourself hungry a lot as I did,  eat smaller meals more frequently untill you adjust to the changes. 

I love rice But wow! Issues there too. So now I rinse the starches off before cooking until the water runs clear moving it around with your fingers makes this step quicker.   Cook it with extra water or broths whatever your choice.  So something like couscous I add another 1/4c. to 1/2c. the amount of fluid needed, let it sit a little longer. Rice 1 cup of rice gets the usual 2 cups of fluids but I'll add another 1/2 cup flyid & test it possibly adding more fluids. Brown rice gets an extra 1 cup or more of fluid until I see the grain actual splitting but because the starch was rinsed off it won't be gummy or clumpy.  It all takes a bit of patience  & testing to what you like.

For meats I eat a lot of fish but when I  have a red meat I'll cut thru the long fibres into 1/8th inch strips and enjoy a thinner slice verses a 1/2 " chunck. knowing I've cut those long fibres way down in size then really mix up my intake with veggies & potatoes, rice or....?  

I hope this is helpful  & saves you the stress of wanting to eat but being over cautious. Enjoy! 

On the kiwi’s and other fruits like strawberries with seeds

I don't worry about small seeds like that - unless I've got a scope coming up =) 

Id like to add that I’ve been binging on fruit smoothies no milk just blend

If you're a fan of ice cream or sorbet, you may want to invest in a juicer that can run frozen fruit through it ;) It's a wonderful treat! 

i notice that any discomfort with my stoma usually settles down for a while and I seem to absorb liquids better during that time. Get ready to have thicker output and some pancaking occurring as well.

and if they don’t find a specific root cause, it can be like it does not exist.

Knowing something is "off" but not having a diagnosis can be very frustrating. It could end up that these pains simply go away without you ever knowing the real source, but please keep your doctor in the loop if it does continue for a while longer or gets worse, 

appreciate the comments on pain and output also. It’s good to hear that what I’m experiencing is not unique, that’s not saying I’m glad you have similar experiences, but sometimes the medical feedback can be very black and white and if they don’t find a specific root cause, it can be like it does not exist. So it’s good to hear I’m not special!!

cheers dave

1. I have started blending and am considering looking at juicing as a way to get fibre (fruit and Veg) into my diet. I cannot eat them as I find it creates blockages. Appreciating the Vegan part of this site, any tips on smoothie or juice recipes that you have found work well.

I like to keep smoothies really simple, although, you can find recipes that are quite exotic or complex. 

Nearly all my smoothies start with bananas and non-dairy milk as a base, then I'll add either fresh or frozen fruit, but not more than one or two (I like it really simple 😂), so maybe mango or pineapple. 

Some smoothies that include greens can cause more output (for me, it's raw spinach), but everyone is different. 

2. 7 months post Ileostomy being formed and 4 months post procto colectomy completion, I am having severe cramps in muscles and joints, I have been scanned within a inch of my life and nothing is showing. I have read that post procto colectomy that this pain can be experienced by patients and can hopefully pass in time. Has anyone else experienced this. A good example is, if I sit for more then 10 minutes it is hard to stand up and takes a few minutes for muscles and joints to relax and let me walk normally.

I did have pains following surgery for some time, similar to what you describe (although, joint pains have always been part of my illness).

I would continue to explore causes with your doctor. I'm not sure why you'd have muscle pains, or if they are related to the surgery, assuming there are no other underlying conditions that could be causing this. 

3. Output has moved from porridge to predominantly liquid. Can this be related to still on very low residue.

I would bet on yes, however, it's common for ileostomy output to be loose or liquid. "Normal" for one person could look vastly different from "normal" for someone else. 

My output can be very thick... Like modeling clay, and at other times it's liquid. LOL 

Increasing fiber, especially the soluable type, can help to thicken it up. Starchy foods like pasta, rice, potatoes, etc. nearly always work for me. Adding ground flax seeds to your smoothies can be another option 😉

1. I have started blending and am considering looking at juicing as a way to get fibre (fruit and Veg) into my diet. I cannot eat them as I find it creates blockages. Appreciating the Vegan part of this site, any tips on smoothie or juice recipes that you have found work well.

2. 7 months post Ileostomy being formed and 4 months post procto colectomy completion, I am having severe cramps in muscles and joints, I have been scanned within a inch of my life and nothing is showing. I have read that post procto colectomy that this pain can be experienced by patients and can hopefully pass in time. Has anyone else experienced this. A good example is, if I sit for more then 10 minutes it is hard to stand up and takes a few minutes for muscles and joints to relax and let me walk normally.

3. Output has moved from porridge to predominantly liquid. Can this be related to still on very low residue.

thanks in advance

dave