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Posted 1/11/2012 11:46 PM (GMT 0)
I just tried to eat some Jello and I am in so much pain I feel like I'm going to pass out! This is the second time this as happen. What's up with this stuff??
Posted 1/12/2012 12:05 AM (GMT 0)
Did you let it melt in your mouth or swallow it whole? It can depend on how big of a bite you took.
Posted 1/12/2012 12:50 AM (GMT 0)
Let it melt in my mouth. It was only about a teaspoon full. The same thing happened to me last Sunday but it didn't affect me at all in the hospital. In fact, it was the easiest thing for me to get down. At least I seemed to have recovered a little bit faster than I did on Sunday. Thank God! I can breathe again anyway.
Posted 1/12/2012 1:00 AM (GMT 0)
What flavor? I had a bear of a time with lemon jello a couple years ago after my first redo. I still won't eat lemon jello!

Take care,
Bill
Posted 1/12/2012 4:03 AM (GMT 0)
Nyteller,

I suspect your problem is not related to the Jello as much as your stage of recovery.  If you make the jello with extra water so it's softer, it'll work better.  Take tiny bites and chew, chew, chew.  There are times in the first weeks when a swallow can be very painful. 

Hang in there.  It'll get better.

Denise

Posted 1/12/2012 4:26 AM (GMT 0)
Bill:

It was strawberry - both times. I'm with you on this though, I'm scared to eat it! Do they do something different in the hospital when they make it? Maybe the ready made has some sort of additive that makes it more corrosive feeling. Just wondering.
Posted 1/12/2012 8:22 PM (GMT 0)
Hey NYTeller,

I used to work in a hospital, and while it wasn't in the kitchen, I saw it prepared a few times and it looked exactly the same as it's made at home. The boxes looked exactly the same except that the boxes were huge. Maybe just avoid it if it bothers you so much.

Happy healing!
Ashley
Posted 1/12/2012 8:57 PM (GMT 0)
Ashley:

Thanks! I wonder if it has to do with the pre-made ones you buy in the store? I might try the kind you make yourself - in a few weeks...
Posted 1/13/2012 12:40 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Nyteller,

I do think if you make it yourself and make it a little looser, you'll do just fine. 

It's only a matter of time and you'll be able to eat that store-made kind again!

Denise

 

Posted 1/14/2012 3:27 AM (GMT 0)
Dear Nyteller,

I wonder if the jello bothered you because it was too cold? It took me a few trials, but I did notice that cold things sent my stomach into spasms, which of course really hurt like you know what.

Ice cream also caused the same problem. I now allow cold foods to warm up a bit and have a much easier time with them.

I am just into my third week after the TIF and nissen.

I was allowed to move to soft cereals today and just finished some soft cereal in slightly warmed milk, and zowie, bad bad pain. I guess the point of telling you this is.....try different things with your foods during your healing and you will find out what works.

Thanks to everyone for their posts, which have really helped me just go with the flow of healing up. I have a more positive outlook on things now.

Good luck with the jello!!

sick of orange jello,

JB in Northern CA
Posted 1/14/2012 4:41 AM (GMT 0)
JB:

Good point about the temperature of food! I am now on my 10th day and craving real food in the worst way. I almost bit my husband's head off for eating Cheezits in front of me!

I think between nothing but clear liquids and afraid to even drink those has caused me to lose it a bit.

How did the rest of you handle that part?
Posted 1/15/2012 12:12 AM (GMT 0)
I started sampling very watery cheese grits. It's very filling. It would take me 40 minutes to eat it because I ate it with a baby spoon and ate very slowly.
Posted 1/15/2012 12:27 AM (GMT 0)
Where would I find something like that? I live in Las Vegas.
Posted 1/15/2012 12:51 AM (GMT 0)
Nyteller,

Honestly, I think you could nibble Cheese-its without any problem.  Just nibble and chew, chew, chew.  They'll definitely turn liquid for you.  I wouldn't overdo it, but you could satisfy your craving.

Denise

Posted 1/15/2012 4:15 AM (GMT 0)
Joy:

Those cheesy grits, did you have to repeatedly reheat them so they remained palatable?
Posted 1/16/2012 7:19 PM (GMT 0)
Nyteller

If you are craving the taste of real food.. put what ever it is you want in a blender and puree it.. tastes the same just no chunks... I never could chew my food to the point that my stomach would accept it.. so I put it in a blender and added some broth.... voila!!!! taste with no lumps...

You can do this with almost anything you feel like eating.. once you can handle a bit thicker food.. back it down.. and don't add as much liquid.. then slowly begin the real soft foods...

Cooked cereal will do about the same as grits.. I had to wait on oatmeal but the cream of wheat and cream of rice etc...

Good luck and please listen to your body when it tells you what to do, it will tell you what it likes and what it doesn't. Also remember that we all heal differently.. go at your own pace...

Reach for the Sunshine... Rainbows will follow..
Sandi smurf tongue turn smurf tongue turn
Posted 1/16/2012 9:05 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks, Sandy! Love the quote! Tried some mashed potatoes this am (recommended to hide Prilosec by my Dr). I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Wow! Those tasted so good! Really let's you learn to enjoy the simple things in life.

Made some egg custard yesterday which went down really well, while it was still warm. Tried it for lunch and had a struggle when my husband suggested sips of warm water to kind of heat it up. Worked great, but, boy does it take a long time to get food down!

I'm hoping that tomorrow (14th day) I'll magically feel better and start to believe this is all worth it.

Any other good food suggestions, I'm ready, so bring them on!
Posted 1/16/2012 9:43 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Nyteller,

Tomorrow you'll be on around peak swelling of your wrap. That's probably why swallowing is so difficult right now.  Just think...Once you hit peak swelling, it's all downhill from there.  Your swelling will begin to subside and your eating will gradually get easier.

Happy Healing!

Denise

Posted 1/17/2012 12:11 AM (GMT 0)
Denise: I'm so bad that I was talking to my brother on the phone and he asked me to wait a minute while he ordered a hamburger. I apologized and said I had to hang up, just couldn't take it! I swear I could smell that hamburger!
Posted 1/17/2012 12:35 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Nyteller,

Hang in there.  Before you know it you'll be eating your own hamburger! yeah Just give yourself some more time to heal.  I've been there and know the feeling.  I used to HATE food commercials on TV!

It'll happen.

Happy healing!

Denise

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