What's for breakfast?

Looks like your going to be on the 'full english' then. 

I think the main problem is gas in the bowels, so fizzy drinks are to be avoided and perhaps baked beans, but it does depend on how gassy these foods make you and we are all different. 

You also do not want to lose weight whilst undergoing treatment, that causes the prostate to move. 

I think I would look at your existing diet, cut out anything which is obviously a problem: fizzy drinks replace with still cordial. Things which may be a problem, cut down on: Brown bread replace with white bread. I can't immediately think of breakfast cereals because I don't eat them. 

If your current diet makes you fart a lot you will need quite a lot of changes; if it doesn't you probably don't need to change much.

Dave, Derek, thanks. I've already changed my wholegrain bread and am trying out different white breads. I will cut out spicy stuff, onions and the like and I don't drink fizzy stuff anyway. More of a red winer and morning coffee (that has never irritated my bladder) or a real ale at the pub. My wife has done the research and will cut out the farty veggies (perhaps for her benefit as much as mine). At the planning session, the radiographer advised to avoid large portions and wholegrain, hence the cereal question. The session was in the morning and to be sure I was OK (and in my ignorance) I didn't eat anything beforehand. When I told the nurse she raised her eyebrows and said that an empty rectum is normally full of wind. It turned out that mine wasn't and we proceeded with the CT without any intervention required. Perhaps I was just lucky on that occasion. But there is always Wind-eze, I suppose. 

Peter 

Hi Peter. I did have surgery in 2021. This is now salvage RT to prostate bed and lymph nodes. I took a second opinion and the consultant confirmed that better to have a scatter gun approach at 0.2  rather than wait until something is big enough to appear on a scan. Will add it to my profile today. I think I wasn't clear........ the radiographer said to avoid large portions at mealtimes and avoid wholegrain, but not to cut out fibre altogether. I may just switch to corn flakes which has less than half the fibre content of the granola I have been eating. Or perhaps just chew the box. 

Peter 

.... and definitely more tasty than the bog standard cornflakes. Thanks for the tip Andy. 

Peter

Hi Plexx.

One thing that I found helpful when I went through my RT was a book called 'The Atkin's Diet' - or something like that. This was popular a few years back as a weight loss diet. Basically, it involved cutting out carbohydrates and replacing them with proteins. Eggs and bacon for breakfast, grilled fish or chicken for lunch and steak for dinner, that kind of thing. Actually, it is a little more varied than that, but it does mostly avoid fart-inducing foodstuffs. As I recall, puddings were boring, consisting mostly of jelly. When my RT was over, I was thankful to get back to eating fruit and vegetables.

Hope this helps.