For the first week out of surgery my doc kept me on the pure liquid diet for another week. Then I switched over to the full liquid diet. The first week was not so bad but once I started on the full liquid (creamy stuff) I did noticed I started feeling hunger again. Then shortly after starting full liquids he changed me to the mushy foods and that is where I found my biggest surprise, that of feeling hungry all the freaking time. That is where I am at now in my Journey and really trying to deal with the hunger pains.

Here is the situation, I call it the catch 22 situation.

My restrictions mushy foods 6 times a day that have to fit in this 2oz cup he gave me. Also nothing to drink 15 min prior and 15 min after eating the mushy stuff.

Now that I am a eating I find myself more hungry than when I could only have the broth. It is as if the 3oz don’t even slow me down a bit. But here is where the catch 22 comes into play. I did say to heck with it and doubled my portion to see if that would stop the hunger pains. Well it did and it didn’t Soon after eating it WOW the pain. I karamba!!!! Breathing was hard the chest pains were unbelievable and to further irritate me I still was not full just in freaking pain. Ok that is a mistake I only make once.

So there is my catch 22 for now Eat to little no does nothing for me, Eat too much and yikes that is even worse.

I gotta figure out how eating just a tad bit will help me feel fuller. I been doing mushy foods for a week now and I put back on 2 lbs. I am suppose to start my full foods this week but to tell you what I am pretty apprehensive about that. I mean two pounds on soft foods and the pain with two much........ Its got me scared a bit.

Just dealing with a little disappointed in the past week.