Hi, again, everyone.  Well, I'm now about 11-12 days post op.  Had some really bad days about a week post op, but everything is starting to settle down now.  My doc said to try some scrambled eggs and I found I can eat 1 to 1-1/2 before I'm pretty full.  They want us to stick to 3 "meals" per day, but that went by the wayside pretty quickly.  I usually get up, take my daily meds, have some fluid, then midmorning I have a protein shake.  I am tripling up on the amount of powder (so about 70-80 g per shake) and that has helped I think.  Also trying to do 2 shakes per day.  I still get light-headed when I go out to do errands, but I figure it will take a bit to build back up.  I also tried a bite of refried beans today (reportedly a good first first after the shake period) even though I'm a couple of days early.  I stlll feel hungry and when I do eat or drink, my stomach growls and snarls for about 30 minutes or so.  Hopefully that little embarrasment will go away.  I'm feeling much more positive now, and looking forward to "real" food in the not too distant future.  We were told to reintroduce foods one at a time to see how we react.  My first will be turkey breast probably, maybe I'll try the beans again since they have done well by me (though hard to tell with only 1 teaspoon or less). 

What foods did others of you start with and how did they work out for you?

Thanks.

so i have surgery on the 28th with dr o'rourke at ohsu, and i am either coming down with a cold or i have very bad allergies. i dont know which it is. i thought it was allergies at first but then i started having a cough with a lot junk in my chest. i am taking every precaution to make sure i am better by then and trying to stay away from anyone who is sicky. but i am just afraid if i do have a cold still when surgery comes , that they might reschedule. dont know what to do......ahhhhh. losing my mind. i am so close i dont want anything to screw it up.