BRITT re: eating

[Guest guest]

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

> > > I am schedule for surgery later this month and I concerned about

> the

> > > amount of pain that I will be in afterwards. I also would like

> to

> > > know how long it will take for the swelling to go down. Does the

> > > liquid diet make it hard to maintain your weight. I guess since

> the

> > > surgery date has been confirmed I am just full of questions. By

> the

> > > way I'm having upper, lower and genio.

> > >

> > > J