So my husband and I went to Tender Greens last Friday and I may have jumped the gun on eating something other than soft foods...I had 3 bites of chicken breast, chewed it and chewed it like crazy, a bite of some grilled vegetables, same thing, chewed and chewed...and within about 5 minutes, I could feel that feeling...had to excuse myself and run to the women's room...it all came up without so much as bending over the toilet. Just BAM...was too early. I learned my lesson! Wasn't fun. I felt better afterwards though. Waited about 10 minutes, had a little tomato Soup and it stayed down fine. Went to bed hungry. Hasn't happened since though. Grateful I do fine with scrambled egg (and I say egg, because I can't eat more than 1/2 a scrambled egg) - and I hear those are hard for some folks to eat. Most dairy is fine for me...grateful for that too.

Next Thursday is 6 weeks post-op, hoping to try a little something other than "soft" food at that time with better luck!

P.S. I did make Eggface recipe for Tuscan White Bean Soup, but I used ground turkey and spinach instead of sliced chicken sausage. I cooked it in my slow cooker all day. It was absolutely delicious, jam packed with Protein, I have eaten a ramakin of it every day since I made it last Saturday! So no problem with ground turkey. Go figure. Guess it's something about white meat chicken that just doesn't go down easy?!

Sometimes we learn the hard way. 6 weeks out is good though. I was eating pureed chicken at 4 weeks out. Chicken was okay, but pork and beef were a no-go. Take care!

I am 7 monthds out and I have been able to eat white meat chicken and canned chicken just fine from the time I was allowed soft food but I cannot eat dark meat chicken. apparently its too greasy. I find I I do not like tuna and it was one of my favorites before surgery. Also, can't tolerate raw onion at all and I used to love thick slices of onion on almost any kind of sandwich. Love salad and tolerate it very well in much smaller quantities than before. Angus beef hamburgers taste nasty too. When I just don't want anything I have in the house, I eat yogurt. I do drink 2 30g Protein shakes everyday, though.

I am going thru the thin hair, sore scalp stage now. I take Biotin with keratin everyday and have since 8 weeks. My hair is not falling out it just appears to be thinner and my head feels like someone has been yanking on my hair.