How scary is it to eat after Week 1 or fluids only?

I had the 2 weeks of Boost and last Monday I had my surgery and for the past week have been drinking fluids only along with Boost for my protein supplement. I am able to do this fine but now am experiencing some anxiety thinking of starting some thicker fluids down that new tract. I haven't had any nausea but wondering if anyone else has experienced this "first food" thing anxiousness????

Congrats on Surgery !!!   i am now 5 weeks post op and im still scared of trying anything new lol  I would just follow the booklet you got  start there and  go slow . I did  Broth adding protein power to it and  to my coffee ,i still add protien to my coffee every morning and night .. If you have questions dont hesitate to also call the clinic  thats what they are there for  they only want to help us .Make sure you get fluids and as much protien in as you can tolerate ,  dont force things . Starting food freaked me out too and like i said i still am freaked out .

 

I felt really good with shakes and yogurt, puddings with protein powder... You may not feel as much  restriction until you add non liquidy things.... measure and take it easy with stuff like cottage cheese, and yogurt , puddings etc. go slow and listen to your body. If you do well on those things then add soft or pureed foods. Chew chew chew.

I remember fantasizing about real food. For me it was chicken breast in a crock pot with mushroom soup and eggs.

a scrambled egg was my first non liquidy food and I was super constipated and impacted that day ( 2 weeks after my surgery according to my plan) and went to a movie with my step daughter ( had the egg in the morning) and drank some of her iced tea. and was soooo sick. I think it was the combination of the sweet liquid and iced tea but I spent the next 4 hours puking violently. I still can't handle sweet liquids ( not a bad thing really - shouldn't be having them) and got so weird about eggs for months and months ( weird association) 

Follow the plan , add food slowly and chew once you have something to chew.

Thanks for the reply. I am at Day 9 post op and yesterday I tried some Greek yogurt mixed with skim milk (blended) and some protein powder. That went down quite well. No problems. I had low fat cream of chicken soup for supper last night (about 1/2 cup) and had no problems with that. Tonight I had some roasted chicken breast (blended with chicken broth) and that was about 3 1/2 hours ago and no problems. No problems so far with bowel movements either. Took my steri-strips off today so hopefully I can shower now. Incisions are well healed. Been walking but just short distances.

Eggs bothered me before surgery (actually since I had my gallbladder out 40 years ago) so I think I'll hold off on them for a while. Did you follow their week by week food plan quite honestly after surgery?

I agree the more solid the food, the more we chew.

You talk about soft or puree food - like what???? would you consider these?

I was anxious too but I tried things slowly, and like feeding a baby new foods, if it goes well, great!  If not, try it again in a week or so.  As foods get thicker, eat slower and as they get more solid, chew more.  30 seconds between bites is a great thing to follow so you don't get in too much.  And as soon as you feel full, STOP!

Thanks for the reply. Any extra info is always a help. I'm only 9 days post op today.

I cant tolerate any milk products and apparently it's pretty common. So I cant have pudding, yougurt etc. Just take it slow. Try one product a day so if you react to something, you'll knowwhat it was