What kind of oatmeal should i get and what can i add it in? Like honey? Fresh fruit? Brown sugar? Post op 4days!

I don care for oatmeal but make sure whatever you buy is low in sugar. Eating oatmeal laced with sugar will defeat the purpose.

Just regular quaker oats cooked with water should be just fine. Stay away from the packaged ones (brown sugar, apple and cinnamon etc). Maybe alittle milk and cinnamon/splenda added. I don't think I could do oatmeal until about 4 weeks post op.........good luck.

you sure you can have oatmeal 4 days post op ? im still drinking chicken broth.

Yeah my doctor has me on pureed foods

Yeah my doctor has me on pureed foods

Wow a good doctor. NO oats for me until mushy period. I ate oats with splenda or stevia and nonfat milk. Very yummy

I add cinnamon and Splenda Brown Sugar.

What kind of oatmeal should i get and what can i add it in? Like honey? Fresh fruit? Brown sugar? Post op 4days!

def not any processed (ie: boxed) as floridas said, added sugars etc..i wasnt allowed oatmeal til week 3 but it had to be watery..so if you do, make it thin, go slow and chew well...4 days out, you are bound to be swollen still.

Oatmeal was not on my pureed, cream of wheat was..............just saying, every dr is different.

My doctor progressed me quickly also, I was on soft foods by day 7. Quaker has an instant brand called Weight control, it is higher in protein than the other instant oatmeals and it tastes good. I cook oats every morning and I add liquid egg whites to them to give me additional protein but right now you probably need to stick to the packets and make sure they are thin enough to go down. Cream of Wheat and grits are another good option. Good luck and enjoy.

my breakfast is 1 pkg of quaker sugar free oatmeal,it tastes good and keeps me full for about 5 hrs....but,i def wasnt allowed to eat that at 4 days post op..way too thick to swallow at that stage.