Today was my first pos-top appt. Tomorrow will make 2 weeks since surgery and nutritionist & doc released me to soft solids. Woohoo! My tastes and cravings, as predicted, have changed quite a bit. I couldn't wait to get a hold of some chicken breast. Hubby took me out to Olive Garden and they have some new "small plates" offerings on their menus now. One was a single chicken skewer with choice of a drizzle of Alfredo or red wine sauce. It was maybe 3 oz of chicken but it was perfect! Afterwards we went to the grocery store and I stocked up on Cajun fish fillets (Gortons frozen), precooked chicken breast strips, Steamables frozen veggies, a variety of Indian, Thai & Chinese sauces for the chicken, and I've discovered a new favorite snack....Snapea Crisps - Caesar flavor. They are awesome! 1/2 a normal serving is like 10-11 pods and is only 60 calories and even has a few grams of Protein. Very satisfying to get that crunch we all miss.

Am looking forward to simple lunch and dinner meals with chicken breast, some sort of sauce, and a little steamed veg. I do still miss my Chinese food but at least I have the sauces now, just not the batter on the fried chicken. Also the simple pleasure of a scrambled egg for Breakfast or tuna salad for lunch! It really is the simple things now, ain't it?

Keep fighting the good fight, y'all!

Hi FieryRed-

I think maybe we had our surgery on the same day- 0ctober 15th? It's now Nov 9th and I too have been enjoying the hell out of soft solids! The past couple of nights I pan seared a small boneless chicken thigh & some cooked veggies. I'm finding that I can eat close to 3 ounces of chicken without a problem... Are you eating about the same at this point?

BTW love those snap pea crisps... Haven't had them post surgery yet! Definitely missing my crunch!