Patient Education Resources

Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCT) Oil

You may need to take medium chain triglycerides (MCT) oil if your body has trouble digesting (breaking down) the fat in your food. This pamphlet explains how to order and use MCT oil, and gives MCT recipes.

Methotrexate (MTX) Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

Methotrexate (MTX) may help you manage your over-active immune response caused by your inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This pamphlet gives information about what MTX is, combination therapy in IBD, who should not take MTX, how MTX is given, and possible side effects, and what you can do to lower the chance of side effects.

Nutrition Guidelines After Bowel Surgery

This pamphlet provides guidelines for the first 4 weeks (1 month) after bowel surgery. They will help with your healing, comfort, and bowel function. Foods that are best tolerated and foods to avoid are listed.

Nutrition Guidelines After Stomach Surgery

After having stomach surgery, you will need to change the way you eat. This pamphlet offers guidelines to monitor your symptoms relating to eating and stay healthy after surgery. Topics include what you should do if you are losing weight and whether you need to take a vitamin and mineral supplement.

Nutrition Guidelines for Colostomy

These guidelines will help you stay healthy and feel more comfortable after colostomy surgery. A list of best food choices and those to avoid in the first 4 weeks is provided. Foods to choose and avoid if you have diarrhea, gas, or constipation are listed.

Nutrition Guidelines for Ileoanal Pouch

These guidelines will help you stay healthy and feel more comfortable after surgery. Tips to control gas, bloating, and diarrhea are given. Good food choices after surgery are listed as well as a list of foods to stay away from for at least 4 weeks after surgery.

Nutrition Guidelines for Ileostomy

These guidelines will help you stay healthy and feel more comfortable after ileostomy surgery. This pamphlet provides guidelines to help you manage symptoms that may happen after surgery. It lists food that should be avoided and suggests preferred food choices.

Nutrition Guidelines for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a change in how food and digestive juices move through the bowels. This pamphlet explains the symptoms of IBS, how it is treated, and what you can do to help your symptoms.

Ostomy Discharge Instructions

This pamphlet allows you to write down the ostomy supplies that have been ordered for you after you have received ostomy care. Details about follow-up appointments and when to call the Wound and Ostomy Clinic are listed. Contact information for nurses specialized in wound, ostomy and continence in your local areas are listed.

Ostomy Discharge Instructions - South Shore Regional Hospital, Queens General Hospital, Fishermen’s Memorial Hospital

This pamphlet gives you space to write down the ostomy supplies that have been ordered for you after you have received ostomy care.