Re: Diane food changes.

[Guest guest]

Diane,

I am out 10 months from surgery but I can surely remember those early days.

I also could eat the same thing on different days and have my stomach turn

traitor on me. Sometimes it was the food, my stomach might have been a

little unstable, I ate too fast and didn't realize it, etc. I also found

that bagels especially did not gone down well at all - I would bite off a

piece, forgetting that my " piece " was a hunk of bread, chew then

swallow...needless to say my bagel would come back to say " hi " . Eventually,

I found the best way to eat in the beginning was very soft foods, yogurt,

cottage cheese, protein drinks, scrambled eggs, baked or mashed potatoes,

squash, etc. These worked well until I was able to start eating " heavier "

foods. When I started eating meats, I was really careful to cut up into

pieces so small they could have been almost ground up...more importantly I

used, and still use, a kitchen timer to help me take at least 20 minutes to

eat my meal...sometimes longer depending on texture of food. This helped

enormously and then I would set the timer for 30 minutes so that I could grab

a glass of water to drink after the appropriate time had passed. I have been

able to add bagels back into my repertoire of food but I only eat 1/2 the

bagel and I remember to chew well...has made me happy as a clam. Best

wishes, Annie

[Guest guest]

and Annie looks simply marvelous!!!

Dawn

Re: Diane food changes.

From: AnnieC1953@...

Diane,

I am out 10 months from surgery but I can surely remember those early days.

I also could eat the same thing on different days and have my stomach turn

traitor on me. Sometimes it was the food, my stomach might have been a

little unstable, I ate too fast and didn't realize it, etc. I also found

that bagels especially did not gone down well at all - I would bite off a

piece, forgetting that my " piece " was a hunk of bread, chew then

swallow...needless to say my bagel would come back to say " hi " . Eventually,

I found the best way to eat in the beginning was very soft foods, yogurt,

cottage cheese, protein drinks, scrambled eggs, baked or mashed potatoes,

squash, etc. These worked well until I was able to start eating " heavier "

foods. When I started eating meats, I was really careful to cut up into

pieces so small they could have been almost ground up...more importantly I

used, and still use, a kitchen timer to help me take at least 20 minutes to

eat my meal...sometimes longer depending on texture of food. This helped

enormously and then I would set the timer for 30 minutes so that I could

grab

a glass of water to drink after the appropriate time had passed. I have

been

able to add bagels back into my repertoire of food but I only eat 1/2 the

bagel and I remember to chew well...has made me happy as a clam. Best

wishes, Annie

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