Thank you to all of you.....I am trying to understand these feelings you are having and symptoms you are experiencing. I am the mother of a mildly mentally disabled 18 year old young man. He has been through extensive therapy and whatever else they could think of. It has been a year since the process began, but they found him to be capable of dealing with the change of eating habits. He had surgery on May 10th. This is the 5th day since surgery. I need to know if he is hungry..or deprived . He tells me he is hungry...but then he eats very little...5 or6 spoons of soup. He says he craves something sweet. We bought every flavor of every sugar free drink in the store, I did discover shaved ice today. He loved it! The protein drinks are getting old to him. I am afraid he is answering my questions the way the way he thinks I want to hear........Does this phase truly have to be 2 entire weeks. I am not sure he can eat and drink this day in and day out. Am I over reacting...is he just confused...I read where the head must catch up to the stomach....H es had no problems......thank goodness. He walks...goes places already...does not complain of any pain just soreness. He seems a little more tired than normally. he has had a bowel movement daily since Wednesday. I almost feel like I should ask for him to move to the soft "real food" in phase 2. Maybe his recovery is different due to his young age. Tell me what your bellies feel like before and after you drink the protein drink or eat the soup? I just need reassurance........by the way he was 458b/f surgery and on Thursday...he had lost 16 pounds. when he did the pre op diet, it was a modified version ....he ate one meal a day along with the protein shakes throughout the day.
Today he was in a drug store with me and went down an aisle that had candy and snacks on it. I saw him look at it and I asked if it was hard for him to see it and he said yes. How can I help him best?
