Food- what to i need to buy for just after my op?

[FEDup1981]

Hiya all

Just wondered if theres anything i need to put on my shopping list for after i come home from hospital.

Yogurts? Cup a soups? Anything in particular?

Help!

 

[shelbell]

Yoghurts, smooth low sugar ones. The small muller light smooth are good.
Soups, small low fat/sugar ones. The weight watchers range are good. cup a soups not so good. You can go for the fresh ones like covent garden etc but you will need to blitz them smooth in a blender first. Aim for less than 5g sugar and fat per 100g.
Milk - preferably skimmed but semi is ok.
Fruit juice - pure orange is a good source of vits
Sugar free squashes - you'll need to keep your fluids up post op and having a good variety in helps
Sugar free ice lollies - jubblies or the tube ones, the ones you buy off the shelf and freeze yourself.
Low sugar probiotic drinks - good for rebuilding your inner bacteria after the op, will help with your bowels.
Benefibre - the powder of the gods, helps restore bowels

Mostly in the early days its soups, so its good to have a variety of flavours, and get a hand blender or something similar.

HTH

Shel x

 

[hopelesscase]

innocent smoothies for kids
bovril
lipsyl

when they give you yr eds for discharge ask for sugar free paracetamol syrup rather than the soluable ones. take too long to drink.

 

[FEDup1981]

Thanks hun, thats a massive help! x

 

[FEDup1981]

thanks hopeless. Ill ask for that paracetamol. I have other anti depressant tablets that are huge, will i not be able to take them? I dont think they come in any other form, but seeing my nurse on monday so will ask x

 

[hopelesscase]

after 2 weeks you will be fine with regular tabs but best check about others post op.

 

[FEDup1981]

right, thanks hun xx

 

[tendersage]

as long as the meds are not time release they can be crushed up and mixed with a little water to take, i did this for 6 weeks rather then 2 last thing i wanted was to get a blockage

 

[charliegirl]

I found my tastes changed straight after surgery and things I had bought in to get me through the early stages were not what I wanted and I ended up throwing most of it away....did make some homemade soup, blended it down to mush and froze it..that was delicious...its trial and error in the first few months...xx

 

[FEDup1981]

tablets are large slow release capsules, so cant be crushed, so ill get that checked out.
Just got some ww soups as they are on 3 for 2 at morrisons.

 

[Snow Angel]

thanks hopeless. Ill ask for that paracetamol. I have other anti depressant tablets that are huge, will i not be able to take them? I dont think they come in any other form, but seeing my nurse on monday so will ask x

Hi FEDup
i take citalopram and my operation is tomorrow, I went to see my GP last week and he gave them to me in liquid drop form for while I am post surgery.
Hope this helps. I do know that there are a few of the common ones that are syrup based just ask your GP.

xx

 

[Brunetteandred]

thanks hopeless. Ill ask for that paracetamol. I have other anti depressant tablets that are huge, will i not be able to take them? I dont think they come in any other form, but seeing my nurse on monday so will ask x

I am 3 days post-op (NHS), discharged yesterday with a huge bag of meds including soluble paracetamol and my antidepressants in drop form.

 

[FEDup1981]

Does anyone know if Venlafaxine comes in drop/syrup form then?