Tuna

Annette, as you probably know the Vicodin can cause constipation.  If you can get by with Tylenol try to.  And Lori...just try and turn me in...Run run as fast as you can...you can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man...and I'm full of carbs!!

ha ha....you're full of SOMETHING..... :)

Hey Annette...
Im still on soft foods but I have been adding:  tuna, cannelini beans, light sour cream, relish, a sprinkle of shredded cheese and a little ranch dressing dry seasoning and chopping it in my mini food processor and eating it very smooth.  It doesn't look very good but tastes yummy and has tons of protein.

It also works with  the chicken in a can.

hugs!

Jackie

Morning Annette
My only 2cents to add is: be careful starting new foods....I would start with the tune and lite mayo...make sure your pouch says 'ok' and then next time add the onion powder, relish, etc. Be sure to chew the tuna real well...no chunks going down.  My pouch was still very tender at 3.5 weeks and I made sure everything that went down was in fairly liquid form. And be sure to measure! You won't know when you are 'full'...so stick to measureing everything.  At least, this is my opinion..and I'm sticking to it ^_^
Nancy aka Sunray

Hi Nancy..
That is a good point.  I think that has been a prob for me.  Im measuring but sometimes after I eat all of the sudden pain then lots of burping and occasionaly barf.     I don't feel full right away.. do you remember when you started feeling the full feeling?  Just curious!

Jackie

Hey Jackie
I'm just shy of 5mos out and I still don't feel the old feeling of 'full'. It's a new feeling.  I can eat a cup of say, diced chicken. I get a dull ache in my 'stomach'...it took me a couple of months to figure out that was my pouch telling me it had enough for that meal.  If I try to eat anything more beyond that point, I'm gonna hurt till the food passes...luckily I haven't had any dumping or side effects...but I'm learning to not pu****!  But to answer  your question, the sense of being hungry or full, not anything like the old feeling...just an 'ache' that signals the pouch is talking to me. Hope this helps
Nancy aka Sunray

I had (still do) my 2 oz of tuna with 1 tsp mayo mixed with 2 Tbl FF sour cream, diced dill pickles and a shake of dried, minced onion. 

I still can't eat scrambles eggs a year out. 

Advice:   One bite, wait a minute, second bite, wait a minute.  I usually know after the second or third bite if I'm going to have a problem. Good luck!

---jan---

In my tuna I add avocado and garlic....yummy.

Well I made my tuna.  It consisted of White Albacore Tuna, Light Mayo, diced dill pickles, and minced dehydrated onions.  I also made a slice of toast.  I ate 2 oz. of the tuna and 1/2 slice of the toast.  YUMMY, YUMMY, YUMMY.   I am pretty much afraid of eating anything other than yougart, pudding, cream of wheat, mashed potatoes.  I am trying to experiment a little so I will finish my tuna before I try something else.  At this point I have had no dumping, still do not feel full, and often wonder if maybe I have stretched my pouch or if it was left too big.  The reason I say this is because I feel like I can eat an entire chicken breast.  Over the last couple of days however, I have had some type of uncomfortable feeling going on but it is not when I eat.  I think maybe it is just things moving back into place after the surgery.  I started my iron on Monday as well, so BM has changed and no BM today yet.  I hope there is not a stricture or blockage or something.  My biggest problem is my back is just killing me.  I find myself taking liquid vicodin every 4-6 hrs for the pain.  I think I pressed the dialatin pain button in the hospital once.  Having just spent 3 hours vaccuming, dusting, laundry ect. it really hurts now.  Time for more vicodin so I'll post more later.

Hey Annette...
Last night I pureed some lentil soup from the can and added a lil shredded cheese and a spoon full of sour cream and it was yummy and had no pain from it!  yay.. just another idea for you if you like lentils.

Jackie