manymules

Hi. I'm hoping someone can advise. I'm still waiting for my very first appointment with the dietician at the START of the gastric sleeve process but there is quite a while to wait apparently as they're short on dieticians. Sigh. So in the meantime, it's just me and google....and you guys. As well as the weight that kept piling on over the years, I've also developed diverticulitis in the last 18 months (bitty bits of food getting stuck in colon, getting inflamed then infected), and in the last few months it turns out that I'm riddled with candida (yeast infection). Happy Days. :/ Both of these require careful changes to my diet (on top of my high protein/low carb changes for the future gastric sleeve). For the candida, I'm reading fairly stock standard low carbs but also NO GRAIN AT ALL. Many Beans are out too because of how the tummy needs to work harder breaking down whatever it is. ... I'm still reading. Extremely limited on fruits because of the natural sugars. Certain vegetables that are still lower carb but off the list for candida. OK. I figure I can work all that into my life. ......but..... For the diverticulitis, it's all about high FIBRE. It needs the beans. It needs the grain foods but the right ones. The absolute bugger that I've been up against since last year is that with diverticulitis is that I'm meant to avoid seeds, nuts, whole grain, skins of fruits ........basically things that end up getting trapped in my colon. So that really messes with my high Protein and high FIBRE fixes in my diet. I'm so confused. I realise this is a problem for a professional to help me untangle and I will patiently wait my turn to see the dietician. My question for you all IS related to this post. I promise. My fibre content of my food has since been whittled down to "poo powder".....the lovely term I give to the metamusils of this world. .....the powder that we mix with liquids and drink to add bulk to our poo so we can poo better. Apparently (says doctor) it's safe to use and won't teach the bowel bad habits like getting lazy. I'm now taking it twice every day and seriously considering upping it to 3 times. Ugh. Here is THE QUESTION. If I have the gastric sleeve and my stomach will be that much smaller with all the careful increasing of consistency that will be required. ...WILL my tiny tummy be able to drink the poo powder in the volumes that I'll need, while still keeping the protein high enough? I'm really concerned that my diverticulitis will cause me problems. It's not just about getting uncomfortably constipated. If I don't poo, I get intense pain from infection because it hasn't moved through fast enough. Any experience or advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks . Change Sent from my GT-I9300T using the BariatricPal App