CJPyper

I start full liquids tomorrow and cannot wait! I never thought I’d say this, but I’m so ready for purées!

1 minute ago, Sami2209 said:

I am struggling with knowing when to slow down. I am 7 days post op, and I am really struggling with not being where I was activity wise before surgery. When I am walking around, though I might be slow, I am not feeling myself get worn out until I finally sit down, and then I fall asleep so hard, that it is difficult to wake me.

My surgeon is super insistent that I should be back to my regular daily activities, and that I should not be taking frequent rests, but I find that I am just overdoing it. I have 4 kids, oldest is 11 and youngest is almost 3, but I am so drained I don’t know how I am going to manage going back to work 14 days post-op:

I have been the SAME way! I’m also 7 days post-op. I’ve heard once we can have purées and get some Protein in, it shifts and we will have more energy.

On 7/13/2024 at 9:15 PM, Rosslyn said:

I envy those with limited liquid diets. I've been on mine since this past Thursday and I feel tired today, which I was warned would happen. I haven't enjoyed chicken broth as mush as beef or vegetable. I ended up mixing the vegetable and chicken together and it's pretty good.

What kind of items are you bringing with you to the hospital so far? I hadn't thought about that yet.

Wonton Soup minus the wonton, egg drop soup strained and Japanese house Soups were a GAME changer for me on liquids. I’m on week 3 of 4 (2 weeks prior to surgery and two weeks after surgery) and I couldn’t have done it without those.

On 6/15/2024 at 1:38 AM, HeatherG5 said:

I am stressing out over preparing for the liquid phase, artificial sweeteners like sucrulose, aspartame and acesulfame trigger Migraines for me. I am waiting on insurance authorization and to be notified of my out of pocket will be. How are ya’ll doing with preop preparation?

Stevia in the raw is the only one I’ve found that doesn’t do this for me!