When you have got the whole stomach removed, the esophagus is connected to the small intestine.
Normally the stomach is a reservoir for the food and the food is grinded into small pieces and blended with gastric juice. When the food is sufficient grinded it is let out in the duodenum in small amounts.
After this surgery the food leave the esophagus and goes directly into the small intestine.
Be aware
There may be food that makes you feel uncomfortable. Avoid this type of food for some time, and try to re-implement it again after a while step by step.
The result is that the fat is not absorbed sufficiently and leaves with the stools, which may lead to unintended weight loss and a lack of fat-soluble vitamins.
Dumping syndrome is a pain in the stomach, where you feel bloated, maybe you vomit, maybe you have nausea, maybe you will experience having a cold sweat, maybe you have palpitation, you feel the need of lying down and maybe you get diarrhoea.
If you have some of the symptoms above you should be careful with foods and drinks/liquids containing large amounts of sugar, lactose (sugar from milk) and fruit sugars (fructose).
Talk to your doctor if you have some of the mentioned problems
Injections with vitamin B12 every third month by your doctor
Multivitamin-mineral tablet every day
Iron supplements
Instructions for you
Eat small meals and eat many times a day – maybe 6 to 10 meals a day (“a meal” can include both solid foods and/or drinks/liquids rich in calories and proteins)
Chew the food carefully
Drink only small amounts of liquid to the meal. Larger amounts of beverage and liquid meals should be taken 15 minutes before or 15 – 30 minutes after the meal
Be careful with fruits such as oranges, grapes, plums due to the peel and skin (cut into small pieces or remove the skin) Be careful with vegetables rich in dietary fibers such as asparagus and leeks (cut them into small pieces)
Eat and drink plenty of protein. Foods rich in protein are especially found in meat, fish, egg, milk, cheese and leguminous fruit (kidney beans, lentils, chick peas etc.)
Eat a variety of foods and eat foods with a high content of energy (kJ/kcal)
You can receive some recipes of drinks rich in protein and/or a prescription of protein enriched oral nutrition supplements to buy at the Pharmacy
Contact
Contact clinical dietitian
If you have questions before or after the konsultation your welcome to contact us.
Phone
4025 5866
Phone time
Monday to friday between 8.00 am to 14.00 pm.
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