Update from the loser's bench!!

So proud of you.   I hope I can be as sucessful as you.  

There are a few of us having surgery next week...keep us posted on how you are doing and what you are eating and drinking. I am sure we all send you our positive thoughts !! :)

I went back to my surgeon today for a follow-up. I'm on the liquid diet for another week, but "liquid" is a broader term than I thought. My surgeon has said anything that is thin enough to be sucked through a straw is okay (although he says that my husband should do the straw test, as straws are bad after surgery).

Up to today, I'd only had broth, diet Jello, lite apple juice mixed with water, tea with fat-free half and half, and protein drinks. Today, I had some peach Kefir for lunch and some very thin cream of broccoli soup for dinner. I will admit that the cream of broccoli did not sit as well as I'd hoped it would, but I'm not sure if that was because of the soup itself or just the amount I ate. I was a little nauseous for about a half hour after I ate the soup, but then it went away and I felt fine. I also found it was better for me to drink the soup from the bowl instead of using a spoon--the spoon was leading to too much air getting into my stomach and it was giving me gas pains.