sam-i-am

I've never posted before but have been an avid follower of everyone else's stories and posts. I'm 1 month out and have started on 'normal' food. I feel terrible after I've eaten for the last couple of weeks, ever since the pureed food stage started. It doesn't seem to matter how little I eat or how slow, it has become worse since I've progressed to this next stage. It also feels like the foods sitting somewhere between my throat and the bottom of my ribs. I'm not sure if it's just taking my system a bit to get used to the variety of foods again perhaps?? I've told the dietician but she just says eat slower and smaller, but I'm down to half a cup at a time and that's taking me about half an hour. Sometimes I wish the dietician was someone who has been through this as well as opposed to the one I have who actually looks incredibly underweight and can't seem to understand what it like to be where I am...

Thankyou all so much, it's good to hear that I am not alone in the way I feel I have porridge in the morning and that doesn't seem to sit as bad as the more solid mushies or the solid food so perhaps there is something in the warm liquid theory, will try this a little more. I've got a small baby food bowl that only just hold 1/2 a cup if it's filled to the brim and I eat with a teaspoon all in the aim not to eat too much in a mouthful or too fast. I see my surgeon on Thursday so will try all suggestions atill then and see what he says as well. It's just one big learning experience aint it!! Overall I still have no regrets and I can see this is going to be great, I don't feel hungry, except if I haven't drunk enough, so just have to get through this nasty bit.