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So I've been meaning to ask this question, yet every time I go to my surgeon's office I forget!

My Soup dilemma. I love chunky meaty Soups. I'm ok without the carby starchy veggies, but can we eat the meats and broth if we can't drink and eat?

Also, right now I'm still on puree stage. Could I puree both liquid and meat? I'm guessing I can so my question I guess is more geared for when I'm further out.

To elaborate, and maybe TMI, I'm hispanic and I :wub: LOVE mondongo (beef tripe soup) :wub: .<--- No Judging! :P It's high in Protein, not fattening (w/careful preparation) and can be made without starches without sacrificing much taste. If anyone else has had experience with this food post op please share.... I will, of course, experiment. Still, I'd rather save myself the trouble of having a bad episode, if that's the case.

Please share experiences with other soups as well, as I can't imagine them being much different. :D

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well, my surgeon doesn't allow any form of beef until six months out. So I can't help you there.

We are allowed to either strain everything from Soup and drink the broth as a liquid, not a meal, or strain a high-protein soup such as lentil soup or black bean soup and puree the Beans and eat that as a meal. We aren't allowed veggies or high-carb foods like rice or noodles at all on the puree phase, so straining a chicken soup and pureeing the solids wouldn't work as most chicken Soups have veggies and something like rice or noodles.

So, under my plan, what you want to do would never, ever be permitted in the puree phase, and not even in the mushy food phase (because we aren't allowed high-carb foods or beef then). But every surgeon has their own rules. Does your surgeon's office have something set up where you can email questions in to the nutritionist? That way you could email the question now and not worry about forgetting to ask later.

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i'll see about the emailing... didn't think of that... :ph34r:

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I ate black bean Soup puréed to break up the Beans and squash soup. I have eaten meatballs with no problem at 4 weeks out. Once I was in mushy stage, I really went to eating soft food like dolphin and salmon and chewed well. I also ate a plantain (just one but love them). I am not much help but I think if you can break down the fibrous tissues and /or blend the soup, you should be fine but ask your doctor. Also, people have mentioned pureeing Wendy's chili so don't see why you can't do something similar.

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So I've been meaning to ask this question, yet every time I go to my surgeon's office I forget!

My Soup dilemma. I love chunky meaty Soups. I'm ok without the carby starchy veggies, but can we eat the meats and broth if we can't drink and eat?

Also, right now I'm still on puree stage. Could I puree both liquid and meat? I'm guessing I can so my question I guess is more geared for when I'm further out.

To elaborate, and maybe TMI, I'm hispanic and I :wub: LOVE mondongo (beef tripe soup) :wub: .<--- No Judging! :P It's high in Protein, not fattening (w/careful preparation) and can be made without starches without sacrificing much taste. If anyone else has had experience with this food post op please share.... I will, of course, experiment. Still, I'd rather save myself the trouble of having a bad episode, if that's the case.

Please share experiences with other soups as well, as I can't imagine them being much different. :D

I went to full liquids upon discharge from the hospital. I'd blend the chunky soups, strain out the chunks, and drink what was left. Could you do that with mondongo?

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