My sheet says for 7 days after surgery I can have ONLY liquids. It lists tomato Soup or strained Soups.

What about that Campbell's Soup at Hand drinkable soup? I've never tried it but would that work or does it actually have some veggies in it?

I have the same thing - THIN LIQUIDS - the judge is whether it could, in theory, be consumed through a straw (even though we are not allowed to drink from straws)....

I like the Soup at Hand Tomato fits that bill - there is nothing in it and it is thin.

I had a "flu" this week and the nurse recommended having broth and soup for a few days so I did some taste testing for post op diet. I tried Country Inn (CI) Rotissere Chicken Bold Stock and the CI White Wine Chicken Stock, and V8 Sweet Red Pepper Soup. I liked the Rotissere Bold flavor the most for a thin clear liquid a lot. I did however add a lot of garlic power. I am greek however and if it does'nt have garlic we're not happy.

During my post-op phase, I enjoyed the Soup at Hands. The creamy chicken was my favorite; I'd add some extra protein powder to it. The chicken pieces were so small it didn't cause a problem. Some of the other varieties have noodles or veggies in them; most of the time for me they stayed at the bottom so I just threw it out before finishing all the way. I ended up not consuming most of those, though the ones that I did had no problem with. Everything was smaller than an plain m&m, which is the rule my doctor uses for swallowing pills, so I didn't think it would be a problem.

The only thing is if you are not eating a protein based soup you need to add the protein powder....its hard enough to get enough protein liquids down but to have to get non protein liquids down too is hard...Not enough protein and You Will Crash!!! thats not a good thing to have happen..My husband had to come to my job and get and put me to bed.

Thanks everyone! I know I have to do my Protein shake first. Right now I'm eating every 3 hours. A Protein Shake, then chicken broth, then another protein shake, then more broth etc.

I'm just asking so that If I'm hungry post op I have other things to choose from.