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Doctors, after examining a person with colon cancer, decide to surgically remove the cancerous region...?

doctors, after examining a person with colon cancer, decide to surgically removethe cancerous region of the persons large intestine. suggest what dietary adjustments that person might have to make afterward inorder to live a healthy life.

High fiber diets
a recommended exercise routine by your doc
avoid alcohol and red meat

Check the links out to get more information.

Eat a balanced diet, nothing needs to be totally excluded. Some foods may pass too quickly through the colon now that part is missing - varies from person to person. For my husband after this surgery, too much green vegetables or salad makes things go fast.

The research on continued good health suggests
- reaching / maintaining a healthy weight
- taking exercise 3-4 times per week, enough to elevate the heart rate for 30 minutes
- restricting intake of processed meats (bacon, ham, sausages, burgers etc) - there is some chemical (phosphate?) that is used in the processing and is connected to incidence & recurrence of colon cancer

From my colon resection experience, I asked the doctors about diet afterwards after the initial recovery period and I was told I could eat whatever I wanted. Personally, 5 months after my surgery I decided to quit eating red meat and all muscle meats (for instance poultry). That was in Feb. '09. I have been on this regime now since then and feel pretty good and I don't get digestive upsets.

I had the same surgery 4 yrs. ago and I eat everything I want but I eat a healthy, balanced diet which includes fibre, fruit, probiotic yogurt, berries, vegetables. You're not that hungry after surgery anyway so it takes time to eat full meals.

My mom had that same surgery and it went wrong my mom is really really sick she had a leak in her intestine and now she has fluid and her stool inside her stomach and a lot of bacteria and infection in her blood stream and the Dr. has giving up on her

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