Oesophageal stent diet

Hi Welcome to the site, unfortunately I'm not a diet expert, perhaps discuss with her hospital nursing team, but what I would say as a recovering person is don't try and push food onto someone who is going through our problems, I fell out of favour with several previously enjoyable foods just because of several different reasons taste,texture and difficulties

Bear with it, all the best

Tony

Hi my husband had a stent fitted and has had a second extension put in afterwards too. He stears clear of rice as it didn't go down well at all but pasta as long as it is cooked well, nice and soft, he has regularly, lasagne we have found is better than spaghetti, and he has to eat small mouthfuls and chew far more than he used to but that goes with all meals now. Maybe ask your macmillan nurse to clarify if there is a specific reason you have been told this. Hope this helps x

Hi Lealan. I have recently had a stent fitted. Coping quite well but it is a very restricted diet! Do you mind me asking what your husband eats for a main meal? I seem to be in a rut with fish fingers and skinless sausages! I have everything smothered in sauce. I seem to like things for a while and then go off them. Any help appreciated! 

Hi Nan.   He manages cereal with lots of milk in the morning, snacks are things like crisps (quavers and skips, because they just melt)  lots of chocolate, maltesers go down well!  Lunches he has soup but gets very bored of that so he does black pudding(the ones in slices that he can remove the skin) with baked beans and either croquette potatoes or smiley faces or alphabites, sounds silly but the coating is soft enough if chewed well. Dinners are lasagne cooked very well, he finds pasta OK if over cooked and chewed well. Shepherds pie is another good one and he does baked jacket, without the skin with chilli. We have slso just discovered he can do a cheese quiche, he just removes the pastry from the edge, and omelette seems OK at the moment too. He says the main thing he has to remember is small mouthfuls and chew really really well. It's all a bit trial and error on what works for each individual. Hope that helps,  any other questions please feel free to ask, fingers crossed for you xx

I think people react differently to stents - and their situations differ.

I thin you try different things and just see what goes down (though you will also see what doesn't). The advice about rice and pasta does seem unexpected. The replies given are sensible. Double check first but I woud expect either to be OK.

What can and can't be eaten changes continually. Just keep trying, and as always small amuunts regularly.

Thanks so much for that. I used to love those smiley faces when the kids were little so will definitely try them! On my list it says not to eat baked beans-they all differ! I love lasagne so will try that soon. I think I have been so hesitant to try new things-but it’s eating small amounts and slowly I think is the key like you say. I can’t face soup again either so good to get other suggestions!! I find it hard if we go out for the day-usually pop into a coffee shop for a sandwich but it’s hard now to find anything I can eat. Have you had experience of that? 

Yes definitely,  when we do go out it's really difficult, we have a 17 year old son who used to eat steak with his dad at any opportunity of a meal out and its difficult for him and I to still order food that we know he can't eat.  He is really good and says it doesn't matter but to us it does. Lunches out we make sure it's somewhere that does good puddings and Nick orders a large slice of cheescake, aa long as its seved with some cream it's a definite go to for lunch out,  he also makes sure he takes a milkshake (one of the prescription 400 cal ones) with us and a couple of packets of crisps to keep up the calorie intake.