Hi Mary

I don't quite know what the medical names for your procedure mean but I can guess that the surgery  you've had to remove the sarcoma has removed quite a lot of your insides.

It takes a very long time for everything to repair and settle into the space left. It took my wife 2 years to feel right after having surgery to remove a large part of her intestine.

Is it a good idea not to eat Brussels sprouts? you have kind of answered that yourself. Sprouts can cause excessive gas to build up in your digestive tract causing pain especially to people in your situation. My wife permanently avoids cabbage broccoli cauliflower kale beans and lentils and pork for this very reason.

Nobody will mind if you leave the sprouts on the edge of your plate, I always do because I do not like the taste.

Hope that your treatment is a success and that you have many more Christmases declining sprouts.

Ed

Hi Mary

I don't quite know what the medical names for your procedure mean but I can guess that the surgery  you've had to remove the sarcoma has removed quite a lot of your insides.

It takes a very long time for everything to repair and settle into the space left. It took my wife 2 years to feel right after having surgery to remove a large part of her intestine.

Is it a good idea not to eat Brussels sprouts? you have kind of answered that yourself. Sprouts can cause excessive gas to build up in your digestive tract causing pain especially to people in your situation. My wife permanently avoids cabbage broccoli cauliflower kale beans and lentils and pork for this very reason.

Nobody will mind if you leave the sprouts on the edge of your plate, I always do because I do not like the taste.

Hope that your treatment is a success and that you have many more Christmases declining sprouts.

Ed

Thank you. Removing the sarcoma necessitated removing my left kidney, spleen, about half the pancreas and the left half of my colon. A recent CT chest, abdomen and pelvis scan showed no sign of recurrence! :-)Your reply has been very helpful, thank you.

I'm really happy you have no recurrence! Bodies are amazing the trauma they can go through and still function. Yeah, skip the sprouts. I have a mind to and all I have is IBS. Hope you both have a lovely Christmas x

Thank you. :-)