Coughing

Your dietician is right. Solids and thicker fluids are much easier. 
I think it’s worth a try 

I definitely found tea much harder to deal with than porridge for example. I had to really concentrate on swallowing 

Hi Mark

My CNS and dietitian (and my wife) were pretty tough on me regarding eating meals....I had become too comfortable with my PEG routine....they were right of course....started off with small meals supplemented orally with Ensures...gradually built up to full meals....not easy but worthwhile....coughing became less and less of an issue.

Peter

Hi Peter ,

Did you have the cough trying to drink fluids? It's so annoying !!

Sorry  Mark, yes I should have mentioned that, coughing and panicking when eating/drinking was an issue, when I was confident enough to start eating out again I was terrified of having a coughing fit in public....things did get better

Thank you Peter 

Hi, Mark, I started to eat small amounts of food, at the same time I cut down on the amount of overnight feed I had. Try foods that go down easy such as, scrambled eggs, poached eggs, milk puddings, yogurts, porridge is also easy to get down. Where you can add lots of butter and cream, it's important to get as many calories as you can. It's trial and error, try different things, see what you can manage best. 

Ray 

Hi yes make a start like Dani says porridge ready break or mushy weetabix   Ok my breakfast used to take 45 mins to eat a bowl of cereal but it was a start. I had my ng tube out week 3 of recovery as I could swallow it just took time and often lukewarm sips of herbal tea as start and during eatung helped. Poached eggs are good as well. I was orally drinking ensures 5-6 a day then gradually replacing with food. But I thought nursery type food rather than a full meal and 6 smaller meals a day helped 

Hazel x

Hi Mark. I still cough when I drink thin fluids but it seems pretty O.K. with slightly thicker fluids such as milk based ones.

I can only eat puree but find that it is thick enough so I do not cough. You will have to experiment to find out what works the best for you. Nothing ventured nothing gained. You will get more confident as you become familiar with the foods that work for you.

Lyn

I coughed for months and months and still do (a year in) when eating cereal and food like that. I drink something and it helps. 

things that are harder to swallow are grapes. Anything with a skin .  It just sits in my throat. Sending  it down with something heavy does help .  

I drink a lot of chai as I find it doesn’t dry out my mouth.