Today was my first day of the soft food stage. I felt like I was getting ready to test drive a car and not know what to expect. So even though I originally was going to eat an egg..I went for the Cream of Wheat. I had about 2 ounces and I am thinking this may not be a food for me. I could feel it in my throat an hour after eating. Next test was afternoon meal of pureed tuna and lite mayo...it went down a lot better. When I looked at it, the two ounces didn't look much...but as I ate it in small amounts, I think I barely got one ounce down and was full. I added three teaspoons of chicken broth to water packed tuna to make it softer and not so dry instead of upping the mayo.

Also found if I want to eat fruit or veggies, if I drink my EAS protein shake (17g protein) mixed with a scoop of Whey protein (23g protein) that gives me 40 grams of protein right off.

Word of caution...almost got dehydrated two days ago. My heart started beating hard with abnormal beats. My pulse was 102 at rest. I called my doctor office and was told to come in immediately. When I arrived pulse rate was back to normal. So I was sent for an EKG and it showed that I do have some abnormal spikes and the doctor thinks that may have been the cause but decided to do some blood work to check for dehydration.

My numbers were about to go below normal for potassium and magnesium. I drank some gatorade and after 30 ounces felt better. So far no more issues. Even though I was drinking almost up to 64ozs a day in water, I still needed the extra stuff from Propel or Gatorade so lesson learned.