When I saw my surgeon the other day, he gave me a small list of things to eat. Mashed potatoes, applesauce, jello and ice cream. Cheese if it was thinly sliced. And of course, keep drinking my Boost, Ensure, Bolthouse Farms and V8 green juices. Water, water, water. I can have Propel but not MiO water enhancer.
He said, “NO hot dogs!” Can have hamburger and chicken in 2 weeks. They have to be ground up. Can’t have fish or anything else til I see him next month.
Even then, I may not be able to have my Mexican or Hispanic foods for a year which will make Christmas very different this year since he won’t let me have tamales or rice or beans for at least 6 months. That’s because my insides were so badly burned a few years ago (GERD, acid reflux and an overly enthusiastic neighbor who put tons of spices in everything instead of to the side). I’m still healing from that.
We’ll see what next month holds. In the meantime, I seem to feel better on my liquids than I do food.