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I was too! Got so desperate I was putting taco seasoning in Greek yogurt for savory. It was heaven. Started soft foods today. What a flippin' relief.

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I'm having trouble eating anything, I have almost constant pain. Any suggestions? Surgery was 3-31-14

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My surgery was also 3/31. What pain are you in? I feel great. Except for the dang sugary shakes.

PS I'm so gonna try the taco seasoning trick lol

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I'm so sick of sweet everything! I'm 2 weeks post-op and just started week 3 (of 4) of the full liquids stage. I saw my nutritionist today for the first time post-op and I was almost in tears telling her how I could barely look at these sweet things anymore, I need savory! She's letting me puree things like black bean or lentil Soup and make some green smoothies (smoothies with vegetables and fruit. They just have to be blended really fine and I'll be adding unflavored Protein Powder to these new options. Thank goodness, I don't know if I could have made it 2 more weeks as is.!

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My pain is stomach pain. It changes all the time. I think sometimes it's just terrible hunger pain, then I manage to eat a teaspoon of purée food and then that hurts. I'm so thirsty, but if I drink more that 2 tiny sips, it hurts. Then I get indigestion. I have pain in my back/ lungs and cant get a good breath. I'm just miserable.

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Have you called your doctor? That doesn't seem right at all. I have no pain and drinking my fluids and Protein Shakes with no problems.

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Ya I called today, going in tomorrow getting blood work, chest X-ray and then office visit.

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Good. I will keep u in my thoughts. Hopefully it's just the gas that's still bothering you. Please let me know.

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I put Unjury unflavored Protein Powder in everything at full liquid stage...chicken broth, beef broth, tortilla Soup base, hot and sour soup base, dilute/strained cream Soups (asparagus, chicken, mushroom, shrimp, celery, potato, Tomato, etc.). PB2 added to chocolate or vanilla shakes also made a nice flavor change.

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I hear you on the sweet drinks!! Blah!

Have you tried cream of Tomato Soup? Campbells made with fat free milk is 10 grams of Protein per cup. I've been drinking that every day! Wegmans has a chicken broth that is 4grams of Protein per cup and only 30 calories.

I also put a spoonful of plain greek yogurt on sugar free Jello. It cut's the sweetness and it's sort of like whipped topping (not according to anyone else in my family...lol)

Definitely going to try taco seasoning in my greek yogurt too!

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Ya I called today, going in tomorrow getting blood work, chest X-ray and then office visit.

Let us know how it goes. I'm not having any pain.

I HATE soup/broth so that's no help either. I'm gonna try the Greek yogurt thing (even though I hate it too).

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You may be suffering from acid reflux. I have had the same type of issues with eating and drinking. Today is the first day that I am not in pain after taking Nexium.

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The taco seasoning idea is genius! Wish I'd have known that when my family was eating tacos last night, lol! I was sleeved 3/31 and have been struggling to get more than 1 shake in. Yesterday at Walmart my 10-year-old son spotted some "vials" from New Whey that are 42 g of Protein in just 3.8 oz. Let me tell you, it tastes like ass, but it's so worth it to only have to get 3.8 oz down! I'm taking a few swallows several times a day. I figure I can do this until I get to the point where I can have a protein bar!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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