Post-op Diet

What are some of the things that you ate/drank during your transition to regular food? The liquid, soft, etc part...I want to get some things before surgery since I live alone and don't have a car

Thanks in advance 

I had my surgery monday, and am still in the 'full liquid' phase.  I am doing isopure dutch chocolate protein shakes, water with mio vitamin enhancer (b vitamins) in it, broth when I am interested in something warm, sugar free pudding, plain greek yogurt (with sf torani syrup), and jello.  So far, in a day, I pretty much get in 12 oz of protein shake (3 different servings, each over an hour), 1 4 oz serving of broth, maybe a 33oz bottle of water with flavoring, and I am constantly full and not wanting to finish anything.

For me, Phase 1 .. Clear liquids was only 3 days ... Isopure liquid protein and strained chicken noodle soup

Phase 2 --full liquids meant adding cream soups, protein shakes, thinned yogurt

Phase 3-- mushy foods .... This was the Evanston to real food, in my opinion.

I had yogurt in the morning and 1/2 a protein shake and water

I had well mashed tuna or egg salad or ham salad 

I had Ricotta bake for dinner (similar to the inside of lasagna, ricotta, Parmesan, egg, spices baked with some marinara on top)

I had another 1/2 protein shake during the day and plenty of water.

Cottage cheese, string cheese, small pieces of whole grain crackers (I broke wheat thins into fourths) to eat my tuna/egg/ham salad with were also options.

Thank you both, gives me some ideas of what to stock up on. 

Every Doctor is different on what they allow during each phase. Yes protein drinks, I would try several before surgery but don't stock up on too much as your tastes will change over the course of weeks. I recommend getting samples/ individual serving sizes so you can try several. My hospital gave us isopure, but i couldn't stomach it. Once I reached full liquids I could have yogurt, cottage cheese, ricotta, creamed soups(pureed or strained) and farina. During my pureed stage I didn't really puree anything , just chopped finely and make sure it's moist. My Doc said poached or soft-boiled eggs at this point not scrambled. They said to put a little gravy on meat. I am 7 weeks out and can theoretically eat anything but beef and chicken are still hard. had a hard time with canned tuna too. Some people at my support group say use your crockpot to keep meat moist, and try eating dark meat chicken instead. Most important things: chew well, chew slowly and make sure it's not dry! Good Luck!