Oh BOY, do I remember THIS week in my journey! I was so freaking sick of protein shakes and soup I wanted to shoot myself.

I started with eggs, but found (and continue to find) eggs to be too hard on my new tummy (for some reason). I found ground chicken was good to start out with - I used a little peanut sauce in it -YUMMERS!.

I was told I could have sweet potatoes. Small amounts, obviously ... but was told that the nutritional value in white potatoes is next to nil thanks to the way in which potatoes are now grown and sweet pots are really good for you. Thankfully - I LOVE sweet potatoes. I just cut off a small piece (about an inch thick) of a sweet pot and nuke or steam it. Yummers! and no waste (well ... not much waste)

There is honestly such limited space in my pouch, that by the time I eat 2 - 3 oz of protein, there's scarcely room for a bite or two of anything else. The conflict comes in when your mind is telling you that you are really hungry and you look at that teeny little blop of sustanence on your plate and think - yeah, right ... that's gonna satisfy me ... so sometimes you might eat a little too fast (or I have) ... and then you SUFFER!!

Start off slow with eating. I didn't and I suffered. I even started a couple of days early (bad, I know). Oddly, I found the chicken the easiest on my insides. I ate it very slowly. I also liked the imitation crab meat with a little bit of low fat mayo and some pepper... and as time went on ... tuna became a good staple in my diet ... still is my fav lunch (though you must be careful of the mercury in it ... so not too often) ... solid white tuna with a little low fat Hellmans, some dill and pepper ... I eat a few l/f wheat thins OR veggie crackers with it ... yummers!

Good luck ... and don't use the pork rinds ... they are so full of chemicals. Yuck! If you like a little spice, I recommend peanut sauce. You need only the teeniest amount and it is high in protein - with minimal calories. I find I read a lot of 'sauces' at the grocery store and I figure - for the amount I'm going to use in a meal, it's worth a few extra calories to have something really tasty now and then - so I have tried a few bottled sauces. Thai sauces are my fav so far.

Best of luck this week. It really does get easier from here on in.

D

i can't do adult vitamins either.  they make me very sick!  I take 2 Flintstones instead, and so far, so good!  First bloodwork was fine - let's hope it holds!  For the taste, i always follow the flinstones with the delicious vitamin D chewable!

i was able to get pork rinds at zellers in the chip section

Hi I had the surgery Nov 7  2001 and Dr MacDonald did mine and I had the heparin shots my surgery was done in halifax I would imagine they still give the heparin shots at other hospitals
Dont be scared it just a risk with any surgery bloodclots  Im sure you could enquire if they will give the heparin shots still Hope this helps Teresa

I never heard anything about having heparin shots.