shelleymarie
New Member
I had my bypass last Thursday, so it's still really early days but I feel like most people do. Am I doing this right? My post-op diet is meant to be liquidised/purée for the first four weeks. An example menu is weetabix saturated in milk until "melted" for breakfast, chicken and veg smooth soup for lunch (puréed and sieved), fine lean mince, lots of gravy and mash for dinner again puréed until thin. You are meant to have 3 small meals and 3 snacks a day. Snacks to be things like yoghurt, glass of milk or juice. I can't fit that all in at the moment, 3 meals and 2 snack is maximum for now. I'm quite clear on what I'm meant to be eating, the thing I'm struggling with is portion size. what is too little/big? I'm serving things up in ramekin's so quite sure I'm not going too big but I'm worried this early days that everything is a bit numb still and I'm not getting signals when to stop eating until it hurts. Obviously I'd rather time it just before I get pain or is pain when I know? Also when something is completely liquid like a smooth soup is it ok if you portion size is a little bigger than a thicker purée? because obviously the soup tends to go through quicker and I feel fuller less quickly. I'm eating around two tablespoons of is it is the purée and half a mug if I have soup.. Should I check with the dietician or do people with experience think this sound ok?
It's so strange when you read everything before the surgery so you know what you are doing but when it comes to time to put it into practice you still feel completely in the deep end
Something I'm really struggling with is getting in enough fluids. Especially water. I find drinking more uncomfortable than eating. Just taking little sips seems to shift the left over wind and just seems to bubble through me. Is that normal feel that bubbly feeling? Also tablets, can't get all my tablets down yet. I'm assuming that is normal too? I can't crush mine up unfortunately. Any advice/support greatly received
It's so strange when you read everything before the surgery so you know what you are doing but when it comes to time to put it into practice you still feel completely in the deep end
Something I'm really struggling with is getting in enough fluids. Especially water. I find drinking more uncomfortable than eating. Just taking little sips seems to shift the left over wind and just seems to bubble through me. Is that normal feel that bubbly feeling? Also tablets, can't get all my tablets down yet. I'm assuming that is normal too? I can't crush mine up unfortunately. Any advice/support greatly received