I was holding off grocery shopping for my post-op diet until I saw my NUT...I am planning on doing that shopping this weekend...it's about time, since my surgery is Monday

I have been taking notes from the message boards for several weeks now, and I am merging those notes with the packet my NUT gave me Wednesday...I could use a little advice and guidance please

My post-op prescribed program is Clear liquids for the first two days...that includes a clear Liquid Protein drink--60 to 70 grams of protein each day...the brand my NUT recommended is New whey liquid...they come in 3.8 oz liquid vials, and each vial contains 42g protein...that means I would drink (sip) 1.5 to 2 vials each of the two days...she is advising I just sip about a third of each vial in a "sitting," which means it would take six sittings throughout the day to get it all in...plus of course the rest of my fluids...I am tempted just to buy the 4 vials of what she recommended--it's only 4 two days post-op, and I think I could drink them very cold and tolerate them for just 2 days...any feedback on this?

I am more concerned about shopping for the next 10 to 12 days when I will be on a "full liquid" diet...the NUT says that the New Whey Liquid used during the first two days aren't sufficient nutritionally for this full liquid phase...she gave me a list of suggested brands with her personal recommendations highlighted...here are the highlighted options (in this phase I need 70-75g protein daily):

--EAS Myoplex Original ready to drink; 17oz has 42g protein

--Oh Yeah! Nutritional shake from GNC in powder or ready to drink; 32g protein in 14 oz drink

--Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey Protein from GNC in homemade vanilla ice cream flavor; 23g protein/scoop of powder

--Pure Protein Shake from Walmart or GNC; comes in chocolate and vanilla with 35g protein in 11 oz drink

--Unjury Whey Protein Powder (comes unflavored; also in a chicken Soup flavor) each scoop has 20g of protein

From my notes from the message boards, I have these recommendations:

--Syntrax nectar shakes

--Matrix (mint cookie flavor)

--Premier Protein (choc and vanilla) ready to drink has 30g protein per bottle

--Isopure fruit flavored (orange, grape)

--EAS dark chocolate with PB powder

My NUT says during the full liquid phase, I can mix the protein powder with low-fat milk products if I desire; also I can have

cream Soups (like cream of chicken, cream of mushroom, cream of celery) and I can add unflavored protein powder to the soups

my other two options on full liquid are low-fat cottage cheese (which I don't like now) and light yogurt (not sure what "light" means here)

I must complete my shopping on Sunday--any advice, feedback, guidance from those who have "been there" will be appreciated...at this time I am not even planning for the soft food stage, since I won't be there until after my follow-up NUT visit two-weeks post-op

I was holding off grocery shopping for my post-op diet until I saw my NUT...I am planning on doing that shopping this weekend...it's about time' date=' since my surgery is Monday

I have been taking notes from the message boards for several weeks now, and I am merging those notes with the packet my NUT gave me Wednesday...I could use a little advice and guidance please

My post-op prescribed program is clear liquids for the first two days...that includes a clear liquid Protein drink--60 to 70 grams of protein each day...the brand my NUT recommended is New Whey Liquid...they come in 3.8 oz liquid vials, and each vial contains 42g protein...that means I would drink (sip) 1.5 to 2 vials each of the two days...she is advising I just sip about a third of each vial in a "sitting," which means it would take six sittings throughout the day to get it all in...plus of course the rest of my fluids...I am tempted just to buy the 4 vials of what she recommended--it's only 4 two days post-op, and I think I could drink them very cold and tolerate them for just 2 days...any feedback on this?

I am more concerned about shopping for the next 10 to 12 days when I will be on a "full liquid" diet...the NUT says that the New Whey Liquid used during the first two days aren't sufficient nutritionally for this full liquid phase...she gave me a list of suggested brands with her personal recommendations highlighted...here are the highlighted options (in this phase I need 70-75g protein daily):

--EAS Myoplex Original ready to drink; 17oz has 42g protein

--Oh Yeah! Nutritional shake from GNC in powder or ready to drink; 32g protein in 14 oz drink

--Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey Protein from GNC in homemade vanilla ice cream flavor; 23g protein/scoop of powder

--Pure Protein Shake from Walmart or GNC; comes in chocolate and vanilla with 35g protein in 11 oz drink

--Unjury Whey Protein Powder (comes unflavored; also in a chicken soup flavor) each scoop has 20g of protein

From my notes from the message boards, I have these recommendations:

--Syntrax nectar shakes

--Matrix (mint cookie flavor)

--Premier Protein (choc and vanilla) ready to drink has 30g protein per bottle

--Isopure fruit flavored (orange, grape)

--EAS dark chocolate with PB powder

My NUT says during the full liquid phase, I can mix the protein powder with low-fat milk products if I desire; also I can have

cream soups (like cream of chicken, cream of mushroom, cream of celery) and I can add unflavored protein powder to the soups

my other two options on full liquid are low-fat cottage cheese (which I don't like now) and light yogurt (not sure what "light" means here)

I must complete my shopping on Sunday--any advice, feedback, guidance from those who have "been there" will be appreciated...at this time I am not even planning for the soft food stage, since I won't be there until after my follow-up NUT visit two-weeks post-op[/quote']

My surgery is Tuesday I'll be doing mine the same day. I believe I'll add broth to that list for mine

Sounds good, I would buy water additives too like mio I also bought powerade zero mixed berry is good, not overpowering.. Water is most important after and can be "hard" to drink even if you were a big water drinker before..

The yogurt? Don't know what she means by that maybe low fat low sugar? Most docs say plain yogurt, I like plain low fat Greek with a bit of Splenda, I know most doctors will say no fruit on the bottom yogurts!

My surgery is Tuesday I'll be doing mine the same day. I believe I'll add broth to that list for mine

A hint, canned broth is so bad it's not really worth it yuck! If you can make a simple broth with chicken before, it would be so much better.

I boiled a chicken in Water with just salt pepper and garlic, then took the chicken out shredded it and used for my family's dinner for the week,

And then you skim a bit of the fat off the top when it cools and there you go a good flavorful broth..

Some people go to a local restaurant and by a brothy type soup to go and ask for mostly broth then strain it, that's good too

Pure Protein is pretty nasty

I had Light & Fit yogurt during my full liquid phase. I was a little unsure if the little bits of peaches in there was ok, so I was spitting them out and putting them aside (as daintily as I could lol). I preferred using Fage 0, but greek yogurt isn't everyone's cup of tea. I strained some soups & had a canned lobster bisque that wasn't too bad calorie/fat # wise.

My surgery is Monday, too! I have clear Isopure for the first few days, and then I'll be sending my family on a mission to get more stuff later on. I can't believe the surgery is two days away!