Mushy Foods

SCW I'm 3 weeks out tomorrow and have been eating mushies since the evening of day 3 with no pain at all. The only time I've had a twinge at all is when I swallowed too much too quickly. I've learned not to do that!
I love my food too much to have pain when I eat. I'd have complained way before now!! lol

SCW,

You can take pain killer still if it hurts too much, by the way since you're seeing the Dr on Tuesday you definitely should ask him what's causing the pain... Because we're only one day different I am already eating mushy food, and they go down really well I don't feel pain at all whilst eating...

XOX

Yools

Hi RG

my sense of smell has increased ten fold and everything smells bad
My pain is in my stomach like a tummy ache it had me crippled over yesterday now its a dull ache constantly
I thought I should be better by now I am having BM so that can't be the prob I am of to the drs on tuesday
panadol does take the edge off it I took nurophen and the took the pain away but i am not sure if i should take them to
often close to the surgery
Thanks

SCW I'm wondering why you're still in pain and feel sick on eating?
And what sort of pain?
Sorry if that sounds nosy....

Thanks all for your help I am making a stew in the slow cooker today and I will blitz it

I have had half scramble egg and it goes down nice

I am still in pain its my 13th day so that is still getting me down a bit I had weetbix this morning and i just felt to sick to eat it but i had a little I think when the pain and sickness goes It will be a great turning point for me


Thanks again

I made the Tuna mornay last night, with the tuna chunks broken into fine pieces.
Ate it this morning, it went down alright, but just doesn't feel right, so I blended the whole thing to a puree consistency, took one ladle of it, and microwave it, and it's still YUMM!!

Thanks for the tips Janette and Apple :)

XOX

Yools

I was given all this information by my dietician before surgery.

Puree / Mushie Diet:

Everything you eat needs to be of a smooth pureed (blended) consistency.
You will feel full with a small amount of food.
You will need to have your protein food first and then include some amounts from other food groups.
Drink adequate fluids 1 - 1.5 litres per day
Drink small amounts of fluid at a time throughout the day, sip sip sip...
Do not eat and drink at the same time.
As you can only take small amounts of food, to make sure you get good nutrition, a multivitamin and mineral supplement is recommended.
You need 50-60 gms protein per day to meet your needs.
You can still have Optifast meal replacements as they are high in protein.

Sample Meal Plan:
Breakfast: 1/2 to 1 weetbix or 1/2 cup porridge with skim milk
MT: Low fat custard or yoghurt
Lunch: 1/2 Optifast or 1/2 cup pureed chicken/meat/fish and vegetable soup/casserole
AT: Low fat custard or yoghurt or skim milk
Dinner: as per lunch

You can add fibre supplements (Benefibre) or fruits to your meal replacement.

But remember, every surgeon has different requirements. I had to stay on this diet for the first 4 weeks, so no eggs for me until I started on the soft drink after 4 weeks.

stews casseroles or an indian or thai take away minus the rice and put in the blender for a few minutes are all fine. Pick ones that are mostely meat with lots of sauce so you are getting in your protien and the big hint is once you have put it though the blender put it in your bowl THEN microwave it for a few minutes to get nice hot food. People tend to forget that and wonder why their food tastes horrible. Start with a consitancy closer to soup then wiz in the blender less over the next week or two until you are just mashing stuff up with a folk. Remeber tho to reheat your food after you have played with it AND it is fine to get up and reheat your meal half way though if the going is slow I did that with soup all the time :)

poach your eggs rather scramble or make them into omletes as it is harder to digest egg whites once they have been beaten up. Save that for a little later just incase you are somebody who has a hard time digesting them.

applesauce

THank you Cheekybugger, I will try it tomorrow and see if it goes down or not, the tuna mornay is going to be a bit liquid not too thick.

Deswa: will check it out thank you :)

XOX

Yools

EGGS are often overlooked as a great source of nutrients - have a look at http://www.eggs.org.au/health-and-nutrition/nutrition-table. I promise if you chuck a raw one into a smoothie you wont know it's there. If you check out the link you'll be surprised just how much just one egg can provide as far as your daily RDI.

Hi yools, you will find that as long as it is fairly "wet" it should go down ok, it needs to be wet or very moist to go down, remember chew chew chew if it is not wet enough - the saliva will help it along as well

Try will half a teaspoon first and gradually increase it if it stay down after a few mins

Hi,

I too going to start my mushy food tomorrow, thinking of cooking tuna mornay, is it OK with the tuna chunks? If I cooked it really well and make it soft?? It's just that if I blended the whole thing, kinda lost the tuna... I meat is it ok for me to eat it like that and start my chew chew chew practice?

Thanks

XOX

Yools

Hi Tracey,

i would almost encourage you to drag yourself to the appointment with the foodie on Monday, if you get the info you need from them in terms of high energy foods and those to stay away from, you will be bounding along with energy in no time!

http://www.gastricsleevesupport.com/the-post-op-page-f4/mushy-recipes-t209.htm

Hi Tracey,
What I did was things that were just pretty much flat out protein and stayed away from vegetables because I got full so fast.
Tuna mourney with extra sauce. Braised steak and onions with mushrooms with lots of gravy and then put it in the vitamiser.
If you are getting in the protein your energy will start to come up.
I have pasted the thread for recipes but remember it is early days so take it easy on yourself and remember that you have just had surgery.

Hugs Gail

Hi all!

I went shopping today and it felt like I had run a marathon. I have an app with the foodie on monday which I am gonna cancel due to lack of energy I was wondering if anyone could send me a print out of the mushy stage foods pm me and I'll send my email

Thank-you