Low residue diet-

Kind of a strange diet I've been ordered to follow.

Definitely not the type of diet you can cheat on now and then.

No fiber allowed.

Anyone else on it?

Hard to imagine eating like this for the duration...

They say not to eat "whole grain" breads or pasta. No seeds or nuts, no fresh fruits or veggies...

I'm vegetarian, so that limits me even more.

I'm on liquid protein drinks, kombucha, and water crackers right now, since I screwed up with the black beans a few days ago.

I had read a lady that has radiation enteritis from cervical cancer treatments saying that she was able to tolerate blended black beans, so I figured I'd try a small sample of a black bean burrito, with white flour tortilia and no cheese.

It made me terribly ill for 2 days. The doctor told me the black beans are acceptable but absolutely HAVE to be ran through a blender before I can eat them. Sure enough, my burrito had whole black beans-

vaportrail,

I completed 39 rounds of IGRT several months ago (5 days per week for 2 months). I eat fairly low fat, high fiber diet. My radiation oncologist told me not to change my diet. He said that he doesn't expect any problems and if there are any problems then he would adjust my diet accordingly. Well, I had zero side effects.

Nick

Ugh-

I've gotten to the point where it's hard for me to digest anything at all. Though thankfully I feel much better when staying on a liquid diet.

Tomorrow's my big day at the VA-

It's an MRE for me, then back again Thursday to hear about any findings.