Full Liquids and Spice

[SupRNurse 0]

Day 5 Post Op and all is well. Getting pretty bored with the full liquid diet and wondering what the thoughts were on spicing things up a bit. Seems like Cream of chicken would convert easily to Cream of Chicken TACO. Just wondering has anyones surgeon mentioned how spice might not be good for the staple line?

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Kevin

[catwoman7 10,955]

I'm sure it would be fine, but start with just a little. I became super sensitive to spicy and sweet things after surgery

[Mr Alley Gator 263]

GO SLOW OR YOU WILL BE PUNISHED BIG TIME! As a male and someone who has tested the envelope his whole life i tried to push and mix stuff up.

I will just tell you what i did and hopefully it will give you some guidance I purreed some rice into my broth about 4 days out and slammed it. Of course it was rice with seasoning and the broth was loaded. It hit hard and within minutes came flying back up. Was not a fun experience. So take it slow

As a trained chef i would go about 10 of the spice you used to use and move up from there, but heck ya mix er up and enjoy the journey

[SupRNurse 0]

Thanks. Good point and I guess what you cant cure you must endure. While doing my Creme of Tomato this am I did dab a bit of Tabasco (Chipotle flavor) directly on the tongue. It seemed to be a bit of a lift and made the bland Soup a bit more palatable. I read a few articles how some peppers may irritate the new pouch and inhibit healing a bit so I guess Ill nix the plans for the creme of creole chicken recipe I was developing for tonight! Thanks for the input.