Hi! I am currently waiting to schedule my surgery date, looks like either the end of this month or begining of next. But I will be going on vacation to Disneyworld the end of June with my husband's entire family. :-) We've rented a house and plan on making most of our meals there instead of eating out to save us all money. I should be about 7 or 8 weeks post opt by that time and am wondering what kind of things I will be able to eat then. Will I have to buy my own groceries or can I eat "normal" food? Any advice would be great! Thanks!

You should check your surgeon's dietary guidelines for that time out from surgery. For me at 7-8 weeks post op, I'll be on soft food, which means fish or ground meats and cooked veggies, no salads. So I think you can definitly get by on 'normal food' if your family eats these things. If they want to cook steak every night you may not want to do that!

You'll find that it will be easier when you get to that point. You will have already been on mushies for a while and you'll have a routine and a list of foods that treat you well. Eating in the home rather than out will be very easy. Eating out is a little more complicated, but try to buddy up with someone and eat a little off of their plate or order an appetizer for yourself - you won't be ale to eat more than 2 or 3 tablespoons of anything. You'll also want to have some portable snack to carry in your purse (string cheese, protein bar, drinkable yoogurt, etc) so you don't get stuck being hungry in a sea of bad choices while you are out and about.

You'll do great!

Lara

My procedure book says that the soft foods is from 4-7 weeks. So I guess I'll have to wait and see how I'm handling food at that time. I have a 2yr old daughter and I figure if I can eat regular foods, I can probably just share with her! I'll have to remeber to pack snacks, good idea! Thanks you guys!