I am scheduled to have surgery next week. I am curious if a blender is essential post-op.

Also, I have purchased all kinds of Protein. broth, and sugar free pudding and Jello, getting ready for post-op. I think I also need to get some sugar free popsicles. What else do I need?

Thanks in advance for feedback. I want to make sure to have what I "need" when I get home.

Sounds like you pretty much have it covered. I drank lots of Crystal Lite when I first got home because for some reason it seemed to go down easier for me than plain water. Don't know why, but it did. I use a Magic Bullet instead of a blender for my protein shakes, it does add more air but they mix better. I just let them sit for the air to go out. Also, the Magic Bullet is great for the "mushy" phase, it helps get all the lumps and bumps out of your mushy foods. Best of luck.

I'm not post op yet but one of my favorite kitchen appliances is the Ninja Master Prep system. The sell them at costco for around $40 so look there first cus i've seen them as High as $75 other places. It is AMAZING and wayyy better then any blender u could possibly buy for a comparitive price. :-) hope this helps! I'm looking forward to using it post op as well!

I'm still pre-op but I've been "nesting" too, in preparation for post-op. I had bought a wand emulsifier for my Mother for Christmas and that thing is so handy and quick I might just have to "borrow" it long term, lol! It makes everything silky in like 5 seconds and you don't have to dirty an extra cup or anything. I bought hers at Sur la Table for like $20 bucks.

I have the wand, blender and bullet and I didn't use any of them. Honestly, the idea of mushed/pureed food completely disgusted me so I did the full liquids for a couple of weeks and then went to the soft stage gradually. My nutritionist said most people have the hardest time blending their foods (pureed chicken ..?! . *ick*) so I stuck with low-sodium/low-sugar commercially prepared soups.

Thanks for the responses so far. I think I will buy the Ninja Master Prep system that BonBon recommended. It looks like it is pretty easy to operate and it seems to be highly reviewed. If nothing else, I can use it to make smoothies.

Pureed chicken?! Barf-o-rama lol!! I hadn't thought of blending up real foods, I was just thinking of the protein shakes, and ways to keep them from being grainy, which I've heard is a problem. I think I'm going to buy or make from scratch quarts of chicken broth, tomato soup, veg. broth etc., freeze them and then heat up portions with unflavored protein powder mixed in. It sounds better to me than all these jelly sweet protein bullets and grainy shakes.

I've got a WLS cookbook with some yummy pureed recipes, so I plan to use a small food-processor/chopper for that. I have an immersion blender for soups, and a shaker bottle for shakes, so I didn't see the need to buy a regular blender.