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Hello,

I am 6 weeks post op and should be able to eat small meals per last meeting. I take maybe 3 bites and feel like I am going to get sick. Only thing I can really be ok with is shakes ( tired of!) And pudding. Anyone else has this happen and will it stop? Thanks!

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Not time to worry yet. Six weeks is kind of an average, some people handle solids sooner, some later. Some doctors don't even ok solids until 8 weeks. I have found that getting Soup or something else in the savory realm helped a lot. Since it wasn't sweet, my brain was willing to recognize it as a "meal". Soups aren't particulary high in Protein by themselves, but once they're heated you can stir in 1/2 scoop of unflavored Protein Powder to up the protein content. Don't add the powder before you heat them up, though. The soup will get all clumpy! YUK!

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oatmeal alone is not ideal, but adding plain protien powder to that is acceptable like described earlier like soup.....as it was told to me...it's just like eating a protien bar....

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Try adding a packet of high Protein Bone Broth to soups/stews to add protein to savory meals.

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