Week 3 Liquid - Post-Op

Dec 21, 2008

I had my surgery on the 16th, and wasn't really allowed anything until they got the word from the contrast imaging, so I say I only had water on the 16th.

I didn't go home until noonish on the 17th, and when I got home, I cracked open and enjoyed the following:
Cup of tea
1 32 Oz of PowerADE Zero Strawberry
1 EAS AdvantEDGE French Vanilla shake

I was really nervous waiting for the nausea and signs, but I didn't get either.  Still terrified, I went to bed and slept.

The next day, I ventured a little further, and did the following throughout the day in this particular order:
Atkins Mocha Latte Shake (somebody please let me know where you see this flavor - it's yummy and I want to buy more!  It was in my gift basket [see previous blog about gift]
1 32 Oz of PowerADE Zero Grape
Winky Jilly's Sugar Free Gelatin cup
EAS AdvantEDGE French Vanilla Shake
16 ounces of water
(Afraid to drink more - I had an Ice Breaker Cinammon mint to help my thirst)
16 more ounces of water - with Cherry Limeade flavoring (Walmart - yummy) in the afternoon
Later, when I couldn't stand it anymore, I fixed a cup of tea in the evening
For late night, I had the EAS AdvantEDGE Chocolate Fudge shake

On the 19th, I had 5 golden rings, 4 calling birds, 3 french hens, .....just kidding!
I had the French Vanilla shake for breakfast
Did a 16 ouncer of water with the Fruit punch flavoring (prior to surgery, I bought just about every flavor Walmart carries for the water bottles)
For Lunch, I had the Strawberry (EAS brand) shake
Later in the afternoon, I had another gelatin cup.
For dinner - I tried the Campbell's beefy mushroom soup - not bad.   Yep, I drank the whole liquid part of it. 
******Note, if you are doing the cream of ???? soups, don't strain before you cook, strain afterwards - it tastes more real.  And always strain if you're supposed to be on liquids!  Sometimes the strainer will stop passing fluid, I'll just tap the sink and rinse out the strainer from the outside, so that I can pour more.
I had a sugar free fudgesicle for dessert.
Later in the evening, I made some sleepy time tea.  Eh....okay.

On the 20th, I tried the Tabatchnick Gourmet Beef Broth - yummy but don't drink to the bottom of your cups/bowls - the particles will get you coughing.  It passes through the strainers, and it's basically pepper and seasonings, whatnots.  But it really tastes good, almost like prime rib. I felt like I could drink approximately 2 cups of this in one sitting - so I'm still nervous, I'm not sure if I'm not supposed to be able to take that much liquid in? 

(and the weird things that happen is when I use that breathing tool that helps prevent pneumonia, I feel air coming up through my stomach/esophagus area, and I gently burp, but can't figure out how I got gas in me, unless this is the operative gas, and I'm still expelling?)

I had the usual protein shake for breakfast
Was still kinda hungry but got smart, I have the South Beach Tide Me Over water mixes, and Special K makes them also, so I had one of those and that knocked off the hunger a bit.
Chike Nutrition sent me their sample package on this day. I had a sample each of Banana, Chocolate, Orange, Vanilla and Strawberry.  These are half serving sizes, and I planned to try one flavor a day,  so I tried one of these for a snack, the Banana first, and it wasn't too too bad.
I had a creamy tomato soup for lunch - and I think I'll eventually knock this out of my food cabinet because the carbs are rather high.  POUT  I love tomatoes!  It seems to stick to my ribs a bit better, so I'll ask the dietician about that when I see her.  Milk is the same way - high in carbs - and I only buy the fatfree milk.
More water this afternoon - this time with the Ocean Spray Cran-grape ( sugar free of course!) this was really yummy!  I'm not  a big fan of grape stuff (or banana artificial flavors)
Then I tried that gourmet beef broth for dinner, and fell in love with it.  The one container has about 6 servings to it.  So I poured it into three bowls one for then and two for later.
Dessert was a sugar free popsicle.

Today, I had the Strawberry shake for breakfast, did a Tide Me Over protein water mix for the morning, and then did the prime rib tasting beef broth for lunch and had a gelatin cup later in the afternoon.
I finished off a 32 ounce PowerADE throughout the afternoon.
For dinner, I tried the cream of chicken & mushroom soup - that was delicious. 
For a snack, in lieu of drinking more water, I ate some Sugar Free Jello that I made the night before - Raspberry flavor - that was about 2 cups worth - pretty delish!

I will sign off this evening to watch a Christmas movie, and will pop back on to check up on a few friends of mine tomorrow while I'm working from home.

If you are one of those who does not visit often, I wish you a Happy Holidays!

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