What do you call Macaroni?

I am about 3 weeks post op and was wondering is macaroni considered a soft food? Can you puree it? Looking for more than broth, SF jello and pudding, yogurt etc. Has anyone tried Eggs at 3-4 weeks. My doc has down to wait until week 5-6. I would think they would just "slide down"? thanks for any advice!

Unfortunately it is on a "do not eat" list that my doc gave me... This is a small list that was a "ok to eat soft food" list he also included: Soups in a blender Pureed Tuna Pureed Canned Chicken Breast with borth Egg Beaters (but check with your doc) Dannon Crb Control Yogurt Nonfat Cottage Cheese (you can mix in so much with this... salsa, no meat spagetti sauce, jam, etc) High Protien puddings Sugar free puddings Sugar free jello HTH

I think I would ask the Dr that one. I was able to have eggs 2 weeks out, but I have the LapBand. GL! Jess 248/228/140

Hi Cheryl, My surgery was Dec 2, and at Christmas I was just sick of the pureed stuff, so I did macaroni! For me personally, it was my first vomiting episode. It tasted wonderful, but it felt like it was stuck in my lower throat and would not go any further. It stayed that way for about 5 minutes, with me getting more and more nauseous, until finally it came back up. So macaroni is now on my hit list. I will have to wait a long time before I try that again. Of course, I hear everyone is different, so what didn't work for me, might for you.

First of all, your Dr. or nutritionalist should be giving you a list of exactly what you are to eat at a given stage, if not go back and request that information. My surg was Dec 9 I am just over 3 weeks and I am still on puree for another week, then soft for at least 1 month after that. Macaroni or rice are not on those lists for me. Eggs, fat free cottage cheese and yogurt, fat free refried beans, tuna or canned chicken with a little fat free mayo or miracle whip put in the blender and pureed are on for me right now. Of course I still drink the Syntax Nectars in between to get my protein in. Hope this helps.

I have always heard you should stay away from pasta early on. I was 10 days out when I started on softly scrambled eggs and have had them every morning since. I am now two weeks out and foods that have worked for me so far have included: Canned salmon with a little no fat cream cheese to soften it, canned bean with bacon soup mashed with a little underwood deviled ham added in, El paso brand frijoles mashed, cottage cheese, pureed beef stew didn't eat the meat though - to fibrous, apple sauce - no sugar added, etc. All of the above were in small amounts of 1/4 cup or less, all was chewed thoroughly. Dairy stuff did give me the runs at first. Bought some chewable acidopholus tablets from GNC and they fixed that.

Cheryl, I was served a scrambled egg post-op for breakfast in the hospital. It's a great source of protein. A member of my support group told me that she survived on them for her first month post-op. I also try to keep a couple boiled eggs in the refrigerator for a quick meal. Chauncine

I have been having eggs since 4 days post op. I had scrambled eggs with cheese that day. I have since had egg salad (hard boiled egg with mayo and mustard and seasoning pureed). That was very tasty. I bought light Mayo, but since I wasn't getting my 30 grams a day of fats in back then, I made it with a tablespoon of regular mayo. DH made scrambled eggs for dinner last night and then omelets tonight. I have had no problem with eggs as long as they are pureed or I chew very well and eat slowly. Oh, I also remember one morning I made an egg over easy, pureed it, added salt and at that. I have truly had a wide variety of pureed foods, but looking back, it seems eggs are what I have had more than anything else. I just measure out 4 ounces (in a small measuring cup like a shot glass) once they are prepared. It is usually one egg. Note: I was released from the hospital 12-14-05 on pureed foods.

Cheryl, Pasta and rice is on my soft food list that my nutritionist gave me but I also heard that pasta and rice is not great early out. I am scared to try them even though they are on the ok list for me once I finish the pureed stage. I have been adding food slowly to my diet that is on the list that I can have and just been using this as a trial and error time. I have been eating eggs since I came home from the hospital, mainly scrambled. I just make sure that they are watery so that they can go down and now I have added cheese to them when cooking them for extra protein. Each doctor is different as to what you can and can not have. The best advice is to stick to what your doctor has ordered or to check with them before altering your diet. JaNae 338/314/175

Macaroni is a "no no" for me too-my first, "oh I shouldn't have ate that" moment was after one bite of noodle from a tv dinner. I absolutly cannot stand eggs without toast-so I'm waiting a while on them, but I do like tuna pureed with a little FF mayo on crackers-or even a little fake crab meat done the same way. From what I understand crackers are ok if you chew them really well and are considered to be a "soft" food-anything that disolves in water-is ok.