My surgeon lists the following as what to eat:

Yogurt with no fruit in it

Tomato Soup

Strained creamed soup (not sure how to strain or why)

Milk

pudding

Protein shakes

Is there anything that I can add to this list to make it more interesting? Remember, full liquid stage only, no puree yet.

Straining is because some cream soups have chunks. Don't forget Jello and popsycles. Not alot of variety on full liquids but helps you look forward to mushie stage! I start that tomorrow, can't wait!

when I felt like I just had to have more I drank Glucose control boost. Regular Boost and Ensure have losts of sugar but the glucose control has 4 grms. It was pretty satisfying when my body started demanding more nourishment

SF Pudding

Greek Yogurt

Apple sauce

Pear Sauce

SF Custards

I could have super thinned out Cream of Wheat sweetened with splenda (it wasn't my fave, but it was warm and soothing).

What about broths? Can we have chicken, beef, and vegetable broths during the full liquid stage, so long as there aren't chunks or chewable bits?

My doc counted broth as a clear. I had chicken broth on day 3 and felt like I had just eaten thanksgiving dinner. It was such a nice break from sweet stuff during that 1st week.

SF Pudding

Greek Yogurt

Apple sauce

Pear Sauce

SF Custards

I could have super thinned out Cream of Wheat sweetened with splenda (it wasn't my fave, but it was warm and soothing).

My doc counts pudding and yogurt, pureed fruit in Phase 3, not full liquids

There are sooooooooooo many options for the full liquid stage.

I've been adding about a cup of cottage cheese and a little basil to a can of condensed tomato soup with 1.5 cans of milk. I have a Vitamix, so I can turn anything into liquid. I get about three meals from this.

Another thing I've been doing to make flavorful cream soup is to take a can of Healthy Request soup (Mexican chicken is my fav so far) and put it into the Vitamix, which turns it into a cream soup. I did this with clam chowder last night. I have several other varieties to try, all chicken, since beef is not yet allowed. Very soothing and satisfying to the stomach and head.

If you have a Vitamix or a really powerful blender, you can turn any regular food into a cream soup.

As far as a Protein drink. I have the normal 30 gram premade Protein drinks of course. I also bought a bag of 100% whey in vanilla. I put a scoop of the protein in the Vitamix, 2 TBLS Peanut Butter, one banana and Water and ice and blend to a thin liquid consistency. Tasty and masks the taste of the Protein powder mostly. This is higher in calories than a regular Protein Drink, but it gives me the potassium my cells need and extra protein from the peanut butter, not to mention, a more satisfying drink.

So I can have clam chowder in post-op full liquid stage if I liquify it?

that all sounds awesome. i am getting tired of all the sweets, now day 4post op. think i might send the hubs to get me some cream soup :thumbup1:

thanks for all the input!