ok,i went for my followup appt with surgeon today and he said everything looks good and i can start mushies...now,he also said i can try anything thats soft....he said nothing about pureed foods.

ofcourse,i didnt think i had any questions until after i left his office and started thinking!!

sooo maybe u guys can help..i have my lunches and dinners all planned out...but..i'm worried about breakfast meals

oatmeal: is it considered a soft food?

whole grain waffle,if i microwave it,not toast it...it comes out soft..i figured with a SF jam on top,or SF syrup??

i go back to work tomorrow,so im trying to plan breakfasts that are fast and easy.

i really dont have time in the morn to scramble an egg or anything else that requires cooking!!

any suggestions will be appreciated!!

Ooh! Good question. Lets see if any experts pipe in. Im at the sme stage you are so it's a tough one.

No expert here, and my dr's office didn't call it mushies. I went from full liquids (yogurt, soup, pudding, smoothies) to pureed and blenderized.........no chunks, no oatmeal, nothing with seeds, everything smooth and blenderized or pureed. Chicken, tuna salad, cottage cheese, blended beans, pureed scrambled eggs, cream of wheat, mashed potatoes, blended veggies, soups.

I am thinking if your surgery was only 2ish weeks ago, this is where you might need to be. I would stay away from the waffle and the oatmeal. You might have to continue to drink some of your protein, but I did this stage about 10 days ago and the blenderized chicken wasn't that bad. Oatmeal or shakes for bfast.........it is rather a boring stage.

Like I said, I am no expert, but I did get a 'bible' from my surgeons office outlining all stages of my eating and days 14-20 are kind of what I outlined. "all food should be similar to the consistency of baby food, solid pieces of food may obstruct or block the stomach opening' - that is enough to scare me.

i decided to try the oatmeal this morning...i made it watery,and it went down fine! then for lunch i had egg salad w/ low fat mayo fork mashed,dinner was a can of lentil soup...i didnt have a prob with anything and the best part? i wasnt hungry at all!!! so i am a happy camper right now!!