jaxx
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As of Monday I'll be 9 weeks post op. Monday will also be 19 days since I had my endoscopy and stretch. At first, after my stretch I could eat fairly well, baked beans, cottage pie, stews, chunky soups etc. Slowly I've been unable to eat these again and I'm back onto soups. Here's what I'm eating in a typical day
Breakfast
Small amount of Ready Brek with semi skim milk
Very milky coffee
Snack
Muller light yoghurt (can't quite finish one at the minute without feeling nauseous)
Lunch
Half a tin of soup. I'm struggling to get any sort of meat down at the minute so to get some protein I've been having soups with lentils in. I haven't had to blend a soup as of yet, but I've had some chunky veg soup which I had to stop eating because it caused pain despite chewing really well and taking my time. If this happens I leave my soup, wait for 2 hours and then have a Slim Fast ready made shake.
Afternoon Snack.
Light Philadelphia snack with mini breadsticks. I chew the breadsticks till they're really mushy and I haven't had much of a problem with them going down as long as there is plenty of philly on it.
Tea
Second half of the tin of soup if it went down ok at lunch. If not, I'll try a different soup or have a Slim Fast ready made shake (I don't have more than 1 shake in a day though, don't want to rely on them too much).
Drinks
I usually sip on NAS orange cordial every day, cups of tea with lots of milk in them etc. I know I don't drink enough and I'm trying to up my fluids level.
If I eat something and have pain with it, I stop immediately. I have vomited when I tried baked beans. I usually have to wait 2 hours for everything to settle down before I can even have a drink let alone think of having something to eat. So if I do have problems, I'm likely to skip the meal I had a problem with.
I feel like I haven't progressed much beyond the first few weeks of my original operation.
What do you all reckon? Is another stretch needed or am I expecting too much too soon? Regardless I'll be contacting my team again on Monday.
Breakfast
Small amount of Ready Brek with semi skim milk
Very milky coffee
Snack
Muller light yoghurt (can't quite finish one at the minute without feeling nauseous)
Lunch
Half a tin of soup. I'm struggling to get any sort of meat down at the minute so to get some protein I've been having soups with lentils in. I haven't had to blend a soup as of yet, but I've had some chunky veg soup which I had to stop eating because it caused pain despite chewing really well and taking my time. If this happens I leave my soup, wait for 2 hours and then have a Slim Fast ready made shake.
Afternoon Snack.
Light Philadelphia snack with mini breadsticks. I chew the breadsticks till they're really mushy and I haven't had much of a problem with them going down as long as there is plenty of philly on it.
Tea
Second half of the tin of soup if it went down ok at lunch. If not, I'll try a different soup or have a Slim Fast ready made shake (I don't have more than 1 shake in a day though, don't want to rely on them too much).
Drinks
I usually sip on NAS orange cordial every day, cups of tea with lots of milk in them etc. I know I don't drink enough and I'm trying to up my fluids level.
If I eat something and have pain with it, I stop immediately. I have vomited when I tried baked beans. I usually have to wait 2 hours for everything to settle down before I can even have a drink let alone think of having something to eat. So if I do have problems, I'm likely to skip the meal I had a problem with.
I feel like I haven't progressed much beyond the first few weeks of my original operation.
What do you all reckon? Is another stretch needed or am I expecting too much too soon? Regardless I'll be contacting my team again on Monday.
