Re: MMA Surgery finally scheduled

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Re: MMA Surgery finally scheduled

Posted by Bubbles on May 24, 2001 at 16:09:23:
In Reply to: Re: MMA Surgery finally scheduled posted by Mr. K on May 24, 2001 at 12:52:26:
Mr. K
Good luck to you on your surgery. Given the severity of your OSA, I think that you will most likely see marked improvement - at least I hope so.
As for food and weight during this time....
Make sure that you keep your nutrition up!!! It's important for the healing process. At Stanford they gave me a booklet on 'The Blenderized Diet' and they had a nutritionist speak to me. I was told not to lose more than 10 lbs. I thought the booklet was helpful. It had a few recipes but it showed me how to increase my protein and that I could even do pasta in the blender. If you are wired shut and using a syringe, you just have to make it runnier. I used Tofu in the sauce for the protein. Be careful how much you put in the blender though - I had some pasta go around the room. Not pretty and I had to clean it up by myself.
You will be able to tell by how you feel. I didn't feel very well until I started getting soups in my. Juices just didn't cut it and I felt sick all the time.
Good luck and keep us posted.
Bubbles

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