VERY DISCOURAGED

Hi,

  I am 3 weeks out having belly pains, dr sent me for upper gi nothing showed, no leaks everything is moving down like it should..   I got sick from tuna last thurs, and now can't seem to keep anything down, back to clear/full liquids for a week till we try again.   Egg salad, beets, chicken salad mushed everything in my book I have been following to a T.

   VERY DISCOURAGED.    any suggestions

               susan

Eggs seem to bother many, as does chicken.. best advise, take it super slow and start with very soft foods like cottage cheese and yogurt, maybe no-fat refried beans, thinned out with some broth. Stay with that for a bit, then try slowly and in tiny amounts adding in more substantial foods. If you get discomfort, take a step back for a day. I was not allowed any meats until full solids at one month. 

Thanks, I have been following my book to a T that the dr gave me and I am hungry I want to eat but  it is just not working.

This sounds like no fun. Glad you got it checked out with your doc. Did he/she give you any dietary advice?  It seems some people are just more sensitive to mushy and solid foods in the early phases than others. Also it can be a matter of quantitiy. A tablespoon of any of these items may be all you can handle at once. You are right to go back to whatever your liquid diet was before this. Its no fun because I sure hated my protein drinks and couldn't wait to get rid of them. Of course that took a long long time as even with real food I couldn't get enough protein without the supplements.  Greek yogurt, cottage cheese and ricotta cheese are pretty gentle unless you have a dairy issue. Chicken and eggs give lots of people a hard time early out. When i did get to chicken i ground it up in the food processor and had a spoon or two of it with broth. So I think you are going to have to be patient.   also you can settle down that tummy with gax-x strips or plain old chewable tums. GL   diane

I tried the refried beans today and got sick for the first time. I think it is just too dense early out. Protein mashed potatoes, protein pudding and protein ice cream are good this first few days.

I'm with Jo... Take it easy. Not everyone can do everything at the same time. Small amounts of everything. Small bites of everything. Eggs were OUT for me. At 5 months, I can do egg salad, but not a scrambled egg. Weird? Yep. Please try some of the easy stuff first. Good luck!

I agree with the other food suggestions (greek yogurt will help with your protein intake and digestion so I highly recommend it....you may have to add a packet of splenda because its a little sour).

I still don't eat eggs much or chicken....just had an episode with chicken tonight but that was mostly because i ate it too fast. I got sick on tuna early out too and I used to love it...now I avoid it. Shrimp (when you start back on more dense food) worked well for me and still does...and I wasn't a bill shrimp lover before. You learn to try different things, at least I did because I didn't like the protein shakes.

Also, funny thing is that thin slice cheese (your favorite) went down well..although the low-fat variety would be best. I figured since I was only getting in about 400 calorie a day a little extra fat wouldn't hurt me ;-)

Good luck!
Cathy

thanks for all the great ideas.