Jennifer Shoemate

I've been on my puréed diet for 1 week. The 2 weeks of liquids went well. The first couple days of puréed went well. A couple days ago I got a cold (or allergies or something) and now the only thing I can keep down is sugar free Powerade and Water. The sight and smell of food makes me nauseous. If I take 1 bite of anything I get extremely sick and it's very hard to keep it down. I talked to my surgeon day 1 of my cold and he told me what I could take for it and what I couldn't. Claritin dissolve tabs are good, robitussin makes me sick. Has anyone else had any issues like this? Do they pass? Do I need to go to ER for fluids?

I had surgery on a Wednesday at 10am. I didn't have any pain meds or anything during surgery so they pumped me full of them at the end. Took about 18 hours for me to come out of anesthesia. Got a really good nap in :-) I would have gone home Friday, but I had a UTI, so I got iv antibiotics, and was cleared to go home Saturday. I would ask your surgeon what the average time is, and then prepare for an extra day or two for anything unseen happening. Good luck!

I had issues with my lungs after surgery. I had little pockets of mucus so I had some bad coughs. My doc heard me and prescribed a binder. That was a life saver. It hurt so bad to cough I tried not to, which is bad. With the binder I could cough, and even get out of bed without help those first few days. I would say try it and see if it helps you. You don't have to wear it if it doesn't.