Please help! Money is super tight as I am sure many of you know. I need to know what I need plan ahead for. What foods and products do I absolutely must have like as in cannot live without the first month after surgery? I am making a list so I can shop around and economize otherwise I am sure I will be doing without and I soooooo want to succeed.

Ask the dietician attached to the surgical team for a meal plan. and stick to the level she suggests. so free fluids first, then the next level. then soft food - I had low calorie jellies ready and pureed fruit (baby puree level). For me she suggested that I get in plain yoghurt as she knew I liked it. and eat protein first. my protein was mainly chicken, fish, eggs, and cottage cheese.

But my greatest help was fresh unsweetened pineapple juice, to sip. It helped rid me of all the foamy mucous phlegm that was making life a misery for the first three weeks at home. Fresh pineapple juice really saved the day. My Doctor suggested it and it worked a treat after three hours of sipping it , a little at a time, I finally gained relief from all the vomiting of foamy phlegm.

Here is why - fresh pineapples contain digestive a digestive enzyme in them called, "Bromelain".

Bromelain helps break down hard to digest proteins in our digestive tract naturally so we do not end up with gas, bloating, nausea, upset stomach, diarrhea, burping or constipation. - enzyme bromelain is known to reduce phlegm and mucus in throat

THank you so very much seeing as how I LOVE pineapples this will be a great help and I HATE vomiting I mean I dread vomiting more than anything about this surgery.

@purplebutterflyjen

You need protein shakes and powder at home. Do not buy too much. I am still randomly throwing away protein that I purchased pre-op. I finally tossed the rest of my unjury, it was expired. Broth in various flavors is good. Unflavored protein powder to add to the broth is also really good. Premier protein ready made shakes are nice to have on hand if you are too tired to make a shake. Syntrax nectar is nice because it is thin. Really though buy as little as possible. Just a few days or anything because one you should be up and moving around and able to go to the store and you might not tolerate some things and you might not like some things.

Pineapple juice is straight sugar do not drink that crap. It is 24g of straight sugar per 6 ounces, yes even unsweetened. Pineapple is pretty much the worst fruit you can have as far as sugar content and having it in a juice without any fiber is ridiculous.

If you want Bromelain then take the pills but you don't need it.

Edited July 21, 20179 yr by OutsideMatchInside

Sugar free popsicles- I couldn't have lived without them!


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