What is sloppy foods post op

Hi. Glad to read you now have that op. behind you. The simplest advice I was given on sloppy food was to eat anything I fancied that could be mashed up by a fork. Gradually return to your normal diet but in much smaller quantities and chew everything into very small pieces before swallowing. It is a bit of a drawn out journey but it will improve eventually.  I did put out one of my own favourite recipes recently within one of the new hello  threads just in case that was any use to others but of course we all have individual likes and dislikes with regard to food.. Hope all goes well for you. 

Hi my husband had operation last Monday which was successful, he’s still in ICU hoping to be moved to Upper GI ward tomorrow.

For his lunch today he had soup macaroni cheese and ice cream, which I was quite surprised at he enjoyed it.

i suppose it’s just making soft foods like cottage pie with plenty of gravy, and smaller portions.

best wishes for a speedy recovery 

Hi Alex, Hope the surgery went as well as could be and you are recovering well. I got the date for my surgery yesterday (23rd Feb) and am absolutely bricking it. Can't offer you any advice but keen to know how you are getting on post-operation. How long were you in hospital and how long before you were up and about and how have you coped since. I'm interested to hear what others have to say about food as I would like to do some prep before going under the knife and get the freezer stocked up. Planning to make lots of soup, broth and other sloppy food stuffs so I have plenty of home made, healthy food ready to go. Also, if you've any advice and tips to make the hospital stay a bit more bearable, i'd welcome anything you've got that might be useful. Wishing you all the very best with your recovery and a cancer free future . Russ  

hi russell, had my op jan 8th 2025, so just gone past the year milestone, i was given advice by some lovelies that had been through the op before me, i was in for a week, quite a lot of sleeping and morphine pain relief, was up walking slowly 2 days later, had a lovely lady margaret in bed opposite me so that helped the days pass, was quite a blur really, expect a large group to pull back the curtain in the mornings when they do their rounds.  i think if you have a good support group, person around you, makes a massive difference, i came home and the next day called back the hospital to say i had come out too early, but that was because of my home situation.  do remember holding a knife and fork for the first time in a long time, had a feeding tube and bottle fed for months before to get the weight up, it was so unreal, and eating for the first time, wow, good advice i got was just dont rush it, so wishing you all the best, think the 8 hours you are out of it, is more worrying for relatives, we have no clue once they take you down for anesthetic.

lots of advice on here though, take care