Full Liquids

Hey girls, I was reading your questions about full liquids and which soups you could blend and I just wanted to let you know that I've been on soft foods for almost a week and yesterday I had chili and had no problem with the little bits of beef in it. In fact, of everything I've eaten, it actually sat in my stomach the best so far! I also didn't blend the beans, I just chewed them really well and I haven't had any problem with the little skins. I know you are on "full liquids" though and not soft food yet, so you might want to blend the chili up -- it's a nice treat though! Wendy's has the best tasting chili! Another suggestion for you is cream of wheat, you can make it thin and add protein powder to it or thinned oatmeal (if you like oatmeal). A few other suggestions from my list on full liquids were: mashed potatoes thinned with broth pureed bean dishes soft boiled egg pate Hope that helps!

Hi Violet how are you feeling? I am 5 days post op now and i have been so lucky. I have very little pain{just a little on my left side still} and so far i have been able to tolerate everything i have tried. I have been eating s/f jello, ice pops, chicken broth, and yesturday i tried the stallone pudding and was fine and today i added cream of chicken soup blended up and did great. No nausea or vomiting. I am going to wait a couple of days to add in my farina and oatmeal i dont want to pu**** THank God for ice pops casue i am having trouble getting in my water.

Hi Lisa!! It's so good to see you here! I was wondering how you were doing. Glad to hear you are doing well. I've been lucky too in that I have tolerated everything I tried and felt pretty good. The only thing that made me feel weird was the little potato that I mashed up. It made me VERY tired afterwards! Guess I'll lay low on the carbs for a while! I was loving cream of wheat the first week and now I can't stand it, same with eggs. My tastes keep changing back and forth, but I heard that was normal. Water is still tricky. On a good day I'll get in 40 oz but over all I average about 30, so I'm still working on it. We'll get there eventually though! Hugs, Vi

Hi Violet! Have you tried crystal light or sugar free snapple..what about a chamomile tea with splenda?..... so you can get more fluids in...

Just got back from walmart with a case of Diet Snapple Fruit Drink... hopefully that will help me... water just doesn't taste the same as it used to to me. And that's a bummer because I used to drink a gallon a day! Hopefully my love of water will come back soon!

OOOOOHHHH, I LOVE THE CRYSTAL LIGHT FLAVORS, MS CL ... AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'M SIPPING THEIR PEACH TEA RIGHT NOW!

I'M SO GLAD YOU SAID THAT YOU ARE STILL ONLY GETTING 30 OZ OF FLUIDS, MS VI. I THOUGHT I WAS BEHIND. HOW MUCH PROTEIN ARE YOU GETTING? I'M MAKING UP A SPREADSHEET SO I CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT I'M GETTING FOR SURE. I DRINK EVERYTHING MEASURED ... NOW, SAYING THAT ... I DIDN'T MEASURE LAST NIGHT & PAID FOR IT DEARLY. I ADDED CREAM OF SHRIMP SOUP TO MY MENU & IT TASTED SO GOOD THAT I ATE FARRRRRRR TOO MUCH & WAS MISERABLE. I BURPED FOR HOURS & WAS SO OVER-FULL! UUUGGGHHH! (I WISH I COULD HAVE BARFED ... I'D HAVE FELT BETTER!) GOD BLESS YOU DAWN & NICK

I'm getting about 60 grams a day now, but ONLY because I'm on "soft foods" and eating things like tuna salad and shrimp salad (3oz of tuna has 25 grams of protein). When I was on full liquids I would have to choke down the protein supplements that I bought just to make 30 or 40 grams and I hated it!!

MY DR DOESN'T REQUIRE IT ... HE SAYS PUREED FOR 1 MONTH, BUT I STARTED OUT WITH CLEAR LIQUIDS & PUDDING FOR A WEEK. THIS WEEK I ADDED CREAM SOUP BUT AM BACKING OFF THAT A LITTLE. I'M NOT IN A HURRY TO MOVE ON QUICKLY. FOR SOME REASON, HE MADE MY POUCH EXTRA SMALL SO IT WILL BE VERY EASILY DAMAGED OR RUPTURED ... FLUIDS SEEM TO RUN THROUGH EASILY. I WANT IT HEALED BEFORE I STRESS IT WITH HEAVILY-TEXTURED FOODS. I'M NOT HAVING ANY CRAVINGS. I'VE GONE TO LA HACIENDA, NOISEY OYSTER & HARDEES WITH FAMILY & FRIENDS & HAVE NO DESIRE TO EAT ANY OF IT. THE FUNNY THING IS THAT I NOW SIT BACK WITH MY SPLENDA-SWEETENED ICED TEA & WATCH HOW PEOPLE "SHOVEL IN" FOOD & I THINK, OH MY WORD ... THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I DID & I WAS ALWAYS HUNGRY, OR SO I THOUGHT I WAS. WE TOOK THE KIDS TO DINNER THE OTHER NIGHT FOR THEIR BIRTHDAYS. THEY ATE LIKE SUMO WRESTLERS ... UNTIL THEY WERE BOTH COMPLAINING HOW FULL & MISERABLE THEY WERE. THEN, THEY ORDERED CHOCOLATE CAKE. NICK'S SON'S GIRLFRIEND ASKED IF SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS GAINING WEIGHT. EVERYONE HEMMED & HAWED TRYING NOT TO ANSWER HER. SHE PERSISTED & I FINALLY SAID, "YES, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'VE GAINED ABOUT 20 POUNDS IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. GUESS WHAT? DIDN'T STOP HER FROM EATING HER CHOCOLATE CAKE ... THAT WAS ME IN MY "PREVIOUS" LIFE. I'LL NEVER, NEVER, NEVER ALLOW MYSELF THE "RIGHT" TO DO THAT TO MYSELF AGAIN! I NOT ONLY HURT ME, BUT LIMITED THE LIFE NICK & I ... & MY FAMILY COULD SHARE TOGETHER. MY MONTRA ... "NOTHING TASTES SO GOOD AS BEING THIN!" GOD BLESS YOU DAWN & NICK