Doc says I'll be on Clear liquids for 2 weeks after surgery. "Anything you can read a newspaper thru,"

So besides chicken broth, what other things are there???

I was allowed sugar free Jello. As long as you don't put anything else in it, no fruit. Otherwise, I had a crapload of Water w/Crystal Light. But, I only had that for 1 wk before I could move onto whole liquids. Those weeks sucked, sorry to say. Never thought the idea of pureed foods would make my mouth water, but I had 2 wks of looking forward to it. That first meal of pureed chicken and fat free refried Beans was almost gourmet.:biggrin:

Good luck with it. It seems like forever when you are going through it. Afterwards, you realize it was only a moment in time and completely worth it.

I am 3 days post op and my book says that I can have sugar free jello, crystal light, chicken or beef broth, and sugar free popsicles for the first 4 days. Just rotate those around and it isn't so bad!

My Dr gave me a book and it lists all the drinks mentioned above- but it has a lot more- These are for right after the surgery...

Hot Cocoa Mix-no sugar added (prepare with milk)

Carnation Instant Breakfast-no added sugar variety

Juices-100%, including vegetable or citrus

Milk-skim up to 2%

Protein powders with 2 grams or less of ADDED sugar(check first 6 ingredients)

Decaffinated coffee or Tea

Kool Aid-sugar free

Fudgesicle-No added Sugar

Some it it sounds pretty good to me... I can't wait to start eating this stuff.. my surgery is February 5th!! Let's see if it all still sounds good on Feb 25th (when I can move to Gerber Baby Food!!!)