Mush!

[Guest guest]

Eileen, Britt - haha, this is bringing back memories! The BEST

THING EVER while I had to eat mush was KFC mashed

potatoes and gravy. I ate a lot of soups, lots of ensure, and my

blender was my best friend. If you can open your mouth, throw

just about anything in the blender then swallow it on down. I

ordered up some takeout Chinese and blended it up, best

shrimp lo mein ever! I ate a lot of rice w/ sauce that could just be

swallowed, hamburger helper, etc. Took some getting used to,

swallowing the big chunks but the variety was worth it. Cottage

cheese too, yumm. And lots of milkshakes. Tried one pizza

blended -yuck! Just turned into a ball of dough, huge

disappointment. I was pissed that the fam was chowing down

on pizza but it's funny now in retrospect. Tried sushi, didn't go

over well. Had to dissect it bit by bit, swallowing the seaweed

covering was gross! Couldn't chew for four months, had to get

creative! Had fun, it's all what you make of it. The funniest

thing though, was breakfast - cocoa rice crispies, sitting in milk

til they weren't crispy any more then swallowed em on down.

Every day! Yeah, it gets old but you've gotta keep your sense of

humor (or humility!) and keep your eye on the prize, that light at

the end of the tunnel. Sometimes it's hard to remember why you

went through with this but it will all be worth it in the end and you

will be thankful for this learning experience.

> > Britt--you are way ahead of me, actually. I re-read my

message,

> and I

> > left out one VERY important thing: it's all liquified! I can

hardly

> > open my lips still. I'm tighly banded shut, so I have to DRINK

> > everything. A baby spoon sounds weeks away from me! My

zip-n-

> squeezes

> > are getting a workout.

> >

> > Basically, I started out with soup and easily-blended stuff

> (stews),

> > but when my husband made himself meatballs, it smelled

SO good,

> and I

> > was so sick of ensure. I said, put it in the blender. He

thinnned

> it

> > with spaghetti sauce and broth to a liquid consistency. Then

he

> > strained it and I drank it. We quickly progressed to whatever I

> could

> > think of or whatever he was eating. I had a cheese-steak

shake last

> > night. It was good.

> >

> > Maybe you could try a few " staw " meals between your

attempts at a

> > spoon. I would imagine that that is frustrating.

> >

> > Let me know what you think.

> >

> > Eileen