--Diet suggestions when having to take just liquids

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Hi :-)

Thanks for the yogurt idea. I sometimes can get to pureed foods with

yogurt after an initial period on liquids. I have tried that a

couple of times already in the past month and not been able to do it

without pain, so I am waiting awhile to try it again. I don't

pretend to understand why one food will bother me and another won't.

It makes no sense to me at all. I seem to be handling non fat milk

and non fat frozen yogurt, with only a twinge of pain. But I can't

eat it all day, either. I have to space it with a lot of juices in

between.

Why I can handle that okay but have trouble if I add a pureed peach

to it, I don't know. I also can eat tomato soup without pain but

can't handle the acid. I can handle low fat homemade broth, but not

the veggies in it. Any fat is an automatic pain trigger.

I seem fairly stable right now, and got a good night's sleep last

night. I am hoping to keep trying new ideas, but also have to pace

myself or I go too fast and set myself back.

I like the applesauce w cinnamon idea...thanks. We don't have those

stores here in Massachusetts, but we have Whole Foods and when I am

doing better, I can do their store made tomato soup and squash soup.

We make home made beet soup that is low fat that I was handling. I

will have to try it again.

:-)

Adam

> Dear Adam,

> So sorry that your serious digestive problems continue. I have

> gastroparesis, and I find that a diet as liquid as possible when I

am

> having active symptoms seems to help somewhat.

> For lunch, I often mix plain yoghurt with unsweetened applesauce,

and

> cinnamon. It doesn't look that appetizing, but it seems to help.

Tastes

> OK, too.

> Also, soups help, but it is hard to find good ones with low salt.

Since

> I am in NYC frequently, I buy the homemade soups from Zabar's and

the

> Fairway markets. Ex.: borscht, summer chicken chowder and Andalusian

> gaspacho. I bought those last week, and they agree with me.

> Hope you find some solutions.

> Good luck!

>

> PA