Not out of the woods yet....

I thought I was firmly on my way to recovering from the shock of the surgery but not yet. My body is still adjusting. Maybe it was what I ate? Today was the first day of the non clear liquids phase of my diet and I had a little tomato juice. Im feeling weak and drained again like I did a few days ago. I guess Ill wait a while before trying tomato juice again. The first thing I eat when I am able to is going to be some pinto beans. With sliced onions and maybe a little cornbread? Hey a guy can hope cant he?

Pinto beans, sliced onions (and I'm assuming raw here) and cornbread...that sounds painful even BEFORE surgery, I can't even imagine what that meal would do to you AFTER surgery...good luck with that plan.

Yeah I know its not too realistic right now but hey you girls crave chocolate and I crave other foods...lol

You may not be able to have the cornbread but Taco Bell's pintos and cheese goes down pretty good.....and has protein.....not to bad of a substitute.. Tina

Hello RM, I hate to tell you this, but it will be a long time before you should try corn bread and raw onion , sorry. But Pinto's and Cheese ( as someone else mention ) is a wonderful thing to try. I remember my first visit to Taco Bell after surgery , I was so excited ,,, took 2 bites and was done, then I cried , I just knew my life was over Take it slow on the tomatoe juice , it is not really a good choice for you, stick with clear liquids without so much sugar. Remember as long as you give your body that type of sugar , you will crave it. Try some cottage cheese, sugar free jello, it will help you and make you feel better.

I found that acidic foods, like tomatos, bothered my pouch (and sometimes still do!). For whatever reason I can eat raw tomatoes... sketti sauce on pizza (I dont eat sketti sauce on sketti I like garlic n olive oil) fresh salsa is fine but canned/jar salsa bothers the heck out of my pouch!! You may also want to watch out for citrus stuff like OJ... I can drink it now (8 months out) but pour it over a huge glass of ice

http://obesityhelp.com/forums/nutrition/cmsID,9809/mode,content/ Try this section of the website. It offers great suggestions for each phase.