Postby ChiMama » Tue Oct 03, 2017 1:54 am
Hi Sheree ~
I had open surgery, a nice 6" incision straight down the middle. I was on a "nothing by mouth until gas" plan. Basically I had ice chips and nothing else for 5 days, but I wasn't really hungry anyway. Then soft food for a day, a regular bland low-fiber meal the day I left the hospital, which was Day 7. I lost about 10-12 pounds.
I was on the low-fiber diet for 30 days.
The first week after I came home from the hospital, almost everything tasted awful - like everything was spoiled. Awful! One of the potential side effects of anesthetic is altered taste. The only things that tasted good were organic applesauce, the Pane Guttiau parchment crackers from Trader Joe's, and mashed potatoes. That lasted a couple weeks.
Hope everything goes great for you!
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