Dyhan

The best thing I brought was a small portable battery to recharge my phone. It was much more convenient than relying on a nearby outlet and/or nurse to charge up. I also got a front closure no wire bra and it made dressing for discharge and the days immediately after much much easier.
Best of luck to you!
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The best thing I brought was a small portable battery to recharge my phone. It was much more convenient than relying on a nearby outlet and/or nurse to charge up. I also got a front closure no wire bra and it made dressing for discharge and the days immediately after much much easier.
Best of luck to you!
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I remember eating a lot of Greek yogurt and hummus. And refried beans.

Oh, hummus sounds amazing. My doctor gave me a list of food I'm allowed to eat for each stage post- surgery for the first year. Hummus isn't on the list. The handful of foods that are on the list for my first week of food are mostly yogurt and cottage cheese. Some plain beans the week after. No meat for over a month. ?
I'm with you, I miss chicken so bad...

I liked yogurt, mashed potatoes, mashed avocados, mashed banana, jello, whitefish salad, tuna salad, etc.

I will be 4 weeks on Thursday, so am still in the puréed stage. We do two weeks of full liquids then two of puréed then two weeks of soft food. I would ease into eating the actual chicken pieces, but I make a chicken salad and then send it through the food processor, still taste like chicken but just has a smoother finish. I love hummus and that was easy to digest and I can do scrambled egg now, but that one I eased into. And you can take soups with chunks, but just throw it in the blender first. Also oatmeal is good, I have a high protein recipe I make for breakfast. So there are lots of choices before you are on the soft food stage. I start mine on Thanksgiving so I’ll be happy to get there.

I'm just shy of two weeks out from surgery and will soon be transitioning to pureed and soft foods (yay!) After drinking the same protein shakes for over a month pre and post op, I'm looking forward to having more options, but I'm afraid of getting a little overzealous and starting out with something too harsh for my new stomach. For those of you past this phase, what foods did you find easiest to add back at this stage? How long did you stick with pureed foods before adding back whole soft foods?
I just want a bite of chicken so bad! [emoji24]
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I'm just shy of two weeks out from surgery and will soon be transitioning to pureed and soft foods (yay!) After drinking the same protein shakes for over a month pre and post op, I'm looking forward to having more options, but I'm afraid of getting a little overzealous and starting out with something too harsh for my new stomach. For those of you past this phase, what foods did you find easiest to add back at this stage? How long did you stick with pureed foods before adding back whole soft foods?
I just want a bite of chicken so bad! [emoji24]
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I'm just shy two weeks out, and this is honestly the only thing keeping me from loosing it. I've had my pureed/soft foods grocery list made up for at least a week and I frequently add to and revise it. It's the only way to convince myself to drink yet *another* protein shake.