My surgery is Monday Feb 18. I am trying to plan ahead, planning what to eat (drink) starting from the day I get home from the hospital until I can add the cream soups and yogurt. Any suggestions on what to fix and when? How much of any one liquid item will I need to fix for one meal? I figure I will probably fix too much, considering what I am used to making for myself to eat, All suggestions will be appreciated.

I'm on clear liquids for 3 weeks post-op. Sucks but makes things kind of easy. I figure I will stick to water, crystal light, broths with some protein powder added, juices, etc.

I wouldn't buy too much food; I bought all the soups, yogurts, popsicles ,etc...and hardly ate any of it. I wasn't hungry and was hard enough to get my protein and liquids in to really eat anything. And now that I can eat pretty much anything...all the stuff I bought for post-op is still sitting there because I don't want them anyway. Good luck and I hope you have a quick recovery.

Find a protein shake you can tolerate. I spend the first couple of weeks on broth and protein shakes. It would take me all day to get down one shake. I wouldn't be too concerned with food.