Since I am haivng surgery at the end of the month (May 27th) I am trying to get everything together before the big day. I want to know what I should really buy? food scale, strainer, measuring cups?? The doctors gave me a list but I don't want to buy a bunch of stuff if I don't really need it.

Any and all suggestions are welcome! Thanks for the input!

I have a scale, it's good to weigh your food because 4oz of feathers is alot more than 4oz of bricks but oin the other side of the coin, you want to have 4oz of volume....

As far as food, I brought sf Jello, sf popcicles, I went and got Soups from chili's and divided them into 2oz little cups. Oh, yeah the little cups I got from GFS food services. They are just like the once that you get from resturants with your to go sauces in them. I also saved old sides containers from like kfc, boston market and I reuse those...they hold about 4-5oz of food. sf pudding, Vitamin Water 0, and sobo water with 0 calories, plus crystal lite hungar satisfaction which has 3g of protein! I still use those! Motts sf applesauce is great! good for when you want something sweet. I had lots of things, some things I didn't want, like my instant mashed potatoes and my cream of wheat cinnabon flavor. I could also use any seasonings I wanted..

Hope I have helped a little. I have found that every doctor is different and that what was approved for me may not be for you and vice versa. But good luck nontheless!

You'll definitely need measuring cups. I didn't use a strainer at all. A food scale would be nice, yes. I definitely suggest a blender for making your protein drinks and possibly for pureeing soups, etc. If you're really planning on grinding down meats then you'll want a food processor. I've just been sticking to meats that are already ground or shredded during my mushy stage (ground beef, shredded chicken breast, tuna, etc) and it's been fine.

Thank you both for the input. It is grately appreciated.

hi i bought a food chopper for 10 bucks in case i wanted meat which i used only a cpl times ....i have really learned that chewing is a big thing,,,,,if u remember to chew chew chew very small bites u dont really need anything i think all people are different...