Liquids to soft foods

[Nicole Kahla 1]

Did anyone else have difficulty transitioning from liquids to soft foods? I was told by my nutritionist I'm now able to eat anything I can 'cut with a fork'. When I'm eating I'm definitely pacing myself cause I've found I get sick otherwise. But my stomach makes constant noises and I occasionally have to stop because I get the feeling I'm going to be sick, but it goes away after a few minutes. I just want to know if that's normal or not, or if it goes away?

[Shaunie 123]

My first day I switched I ended up in the ER :-(

Not sure if it was the transition or just bad timing.

I ended up waking up that night with severe stabbing abdomen pain with vomiting. Test showed nothing was wrong probably because of no bowel movements in a few weeks.

Been 5days since then and feeling so much better and did have one movement.

Just take it very slow

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[missblonde20 72]

I am progressing along mushy foods and then next week more soft foods.

I stick to poached egg, yoghurt, Protein Shakes, avocado, Protein pancakes (made primarily from egg and banana in my NutriBullet), hummus, a piece of deli meat with light cream cheese, Soups, Weetbix Cereal etc....so far I have had no problems but if you eat too fast, I know that feeling - a horrible nauseaus spell that makes you want to gag!!

I ate a cheese and egg omelette a bit too fast and it just sat in my throat! Uhh, horrible.

I just walk around and try to get it moving!

[Dub 9,935]

My only fear was with the high-carb puree choices that were on the "approved list".

I didn't want to open the door to that garbage, even though it was in super small doses.

I just stayed with Protein shakes for 4 weeks until cleared to move on to flakey fish and moist soft meats and continued to supplement with Protein Shakes.

[beyondgrief 93]

Sounds bad but tomorrow will be one week since surgery and I'm allowing myself to have things like black bean Soup, which has whole Beans that I mash into a paste. The consistency is less liquidy but it was a good trial for moving into solids. Don't know if that helps, but maybe transition with something soft that can be smashed?

[triplethreat 257]

My biggest challenge (I'm in the soft foods stage for two more weeks) is that I can eat such tiny amounts that I don't know if I can get up to 60g Protein for a while. The nut really advised against Protein shakes during this stage but if I don't, I won't get near enough.

But yes, my stomach makes all kinds of noises now and as soon as my upper chest/throat starts to hurt I'm finished.

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