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I would like to know what I need to have at the house after surgery? I would like to pick these things up a little at a time but want to have it all before I have surgery. I have 2 boys Jusyin age 18:rolleyes:, Adam age 16:eek: and steve 50:tt1:. I do everthing for all three and anyway just wanted to be ready.

Please all info will help, you can not be to well infromed.:biggrin:

questions right off the bat, what type of blender do yall use for blending the "Baby Food":confused:

wildcatmom1

roooollllll TIDE@@@@@@@:cursing:

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i would make sure you had plenty for them to eat.

make sure you have you some supplies as well. like Water, sugar free Jello, no sugar added juice, Vitamins. and it all depends on what kind of diet your doctor puts you on. some like me have to have Clear liquids for 3 days post op and then full liquids until 14 days post op before i can go on mushie foods.

whos is doing your sirgery and where?

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Hi! I made sure I had those liquid things but also plenty of protien options for me. Protien is really the key to controlling hunger for me and with all the low carb diets that are popular, it is easy to find protien alternatives in liquid. I also bought lots of "healthy" brothy Soups. The thought of plain broth was not appealing so I open a can of Soup and drain off the juice. That broth is much more tasty than plain broth. There isn't much of it but I have found that I don't need much and I could add regular broth to it if I needed to. Also, I found cheap sugar free popsicles which have been a lifesaver.

As for my family (42, 16, 13), I made sure they had plenty of quick type meals. My husband cooked hamburger helper or Breakfast or they ate out the first few days; then I started cooking again and I had made sure that I had crockpot or other easy put together type things to fix. I am planning to slowly blend my meals and theirs as I can eat more. I get to start mushies on Friday. The past 2 weeks of liquids only have been really easy for me.

Yes, my family's food looks and smells good but it is really not desirable because I know it is simply not an option. We were out-of-state this past weekend so they ate out a lot and I did fine. Our waitress at Cracker Barrel even brought me a bowl of the liquid part of their Soup. I did buy a large container of good egg drop soup and strained off the egg. It was really good. I also bought minestrone soup at Olive Garden and strained off the broth; it was good.

I hope those options help. I have really tried to think outside the box.

WAR EAGLE!

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I am fighting with my ticker. I have lost 14 pounds as of yesterday.

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I am fighting with my ticker. I have lost 14 pounds as of yesterday.

i done the same thing and just made another one. i cant remember were i put my pin at lol.

sounds like you are doing good. keep up the work and you will see it come off. the things you talked about is about the same things i ate.

i went and got my staples out today and i have lost 22.6 pounds since the 26th when i had surgery. i was so happy.

jason r

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