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How to Ruin Perfectly Good Egg Salad
Mar 27, 2010
I went to see the doctor on Thursday. It was my first follow up appointment at 13 days post-surgery. I got the go-ahead to change the diet to pureed foods - YAY!!! I'm still drinking the protein shakes as my main source of protein, but I actually had TUNA on saltines for dinner last night! You'd have thought I was eating a steak!!! I was in heaven. February 28th was the last time I had any "real" food, and I had been craving something with some substance and texture.
Now I need to pay attention to the "green zone" and make sure that I don't eat too much food. 4 tiny saltine squares and a little less than 1/4 cup of tuna with mayo made a great dinner. I pureed some onions and threw those in there too. That added some good flavor to the tuna.
So then I decided to make some egg salad to have around for lunches and snacks. That was a great plan until I mixed in a ground up pill that the doctor warned me would be bitter and totally ruined the egg salad
Lesson learned - although I'm still not sure how I'm going to get this pill down. I have to take the pills for 6 months - it's to prevent gall stones, so it's important - but oh my goodness - it was awful. He told me to grind it up and take it that way for the 2-3 weeks. I'm going to have to figure out how to handle it.
Now I'm afraid that I won't be able to eat the egg salad because I'm going to associate it with the bitter pill. The doctor even went so far as to tell me to take it at night so that the bitterness wouldn't ruin my whole day...LOL
Finding my way with the new diet additions - happy that I was able to go to the grocery store yesterday and buy some REAL food! This has been quite a journey so far and I'm just getting started. The best thing is that from here on out I get to add new tastes and textures and in 2 weeks I get to start eating regular food - that will be a challenge, I'm sure - but I'm ready for whatever comes my way.
I've started walking on the treadmill daily and I've increased my time each day. I have to get a new pair of sneakers, though - as I'm developing blisters on the bottom of my feet from the shoes moving back and forth - too big - hey - I'm going to like that!
So - hearing from anyone who has had the pill challenge would be great!
