5 days post-op...still hungry

[dcowens 2]

Hey all,

I had my surgery on the 25th and just today I began feeling so much better. Barely sore at all and lots of energy. My only problem is that I have a big appetite again suddenly. The first few days I didn't even want food, but today I was starving. I'm on a full-liquid diet, so I can have cream of Soups, Tomato, runny oatmeal, cottage cheese, etc. (all of these things are on my food list from my patient advocate) Today I've had some oatmeal, almost 2 cups of cream of potato Soup split between lunch and dinner, and a few hours later I had some more oatmeal. Maybe 1/4 cup of it. I'm still hungry but I'm fighting the urge to eat. I was told to consume freely but i don't want to be eating all day and gaining weight. Is anyone else having a problem similar to this after their surgery? Or did have this issue after surgery? I hope I'm not the only one.

Thanks!

[honk 780]

I see that you are allowed cottage cheese which is source of Protein. Protein is going to help you stay full longer. When I was in the mushie stage I would have a Tomato or sweet red pepper Soup (with no salt Mrs Dash chicken flavor seasoning added before heating); and then an hour or so later have the protein. You dont want to eat the cottage cheese and then the soup because you will wash it out of the pouch. As long as you are not eating high cal/fat foods I would not worry about gaining. There are low/no fat cottage and ricotta cheeses, and low/non fat Soups cream of mushroom or chicken or tomato.

[dcowens 2]

Thanks, Honk. I guess you're right. I got fat free cottage cheese and I'll do like you said. =) I will do like that tomorrow and see how that goes.

[mrsbdd 0]

I don't have anything to add, I'm only 2 days out and I"m hungry too. I can start full liquids tomorrow and that includes the same things you said cottage cheese, Soups thin oatmeal/cream of wheat/grits. I tried eating the thin grits this morning made with milk for Protein and I could only get about 2 tbsp down, I wasn't hungry for a while after then. I drank Water and had a little of a Protein Shake but right now I'm starving and don't know where to go from here, I'm tempted to go ahead and eat the cottage cheese since I am starting full liquids tomorrow anyway.