kukukat
A little snag
Jun 13, 2011
I had a bit of a rough patch a few days ago. My post op appt went well, the scale at the DR's office telling me I'd lost 12 pounds and not the 15 I thought, but that is ok. My scale is telling me 20 pounds today and it is 17 days post op...But the snag was that after graduating to soft foods I got in big trouble the next day. Refried beans went down very well... so tasty and filling and nourishing. But the next day I tried a Nutrasystem fritata which had some chopped veggies in it (no problem right away); 2 tsp of peanut butter like a lolipop seemed ok, too, when I got hungry and hadn't made plans for my next meal (bad to not plan!); the next thing I bombarded my poor tummy with was too much mashed potatoes, too fast. I mixed in protein powder, so the nutrition was there. But too much too fast resulted in 6 hours of agony. So, I learned something. Back to liquids (thank you nurse Phyllis at the Dr's office) the next day and introduce no more than one soft food each day.
*note to self: do not clog up your pouch's exit with chopped vegies that you aren't ready for! Imagine what the combination of vegies and peanut butter might have done. Not pretty!
