Re: I figured out a way to eat my favorite meal again!!! MAC AND CHEESE...

[Guest guest]

Hey Amy, ,my doctor prescribe tylenol and codine in a liquid form. Of

course I have had little pain due to the nerve damage, but the codine

really help my throat so that I could get things down. I also ended

up in the hospital and extra night because of fever. They gave me

anti-biotics in my IV and sent me home the next day. I am now just

over one week postop and doing very well Hope things go better for you

todd

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> This is one of my favorite meals. I love it especially with

chopped

> up hotdogs, but as you all know, it's a little difficult to eat

this

> type of stuff 2 weeks post op. So to cure this fixation, I poured

a

> box of macaroni elbow noodles into a ziplock bag, and crushed them

> into the smallest pieces with a rolling pin. Now my macaroni's are

> edible just to swallow. I had to make sure I made it extra

> creamy/runny and viola...MAC and CHEESE. Now I just have to figure

> out how to get the hotdog in there.

>

> I was so excited, that I wanted to share it with someone who knows

> what it's like to yearn for your favorite meals, but can't eat it.

>

> Baby steps...

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[Guest guest]

I'm sorry to hear of your miserable post op life. It does get

better. I can't say I know " exactly " what your talking about, but I

know what you might be going through. I'm going on 3 weeks post op,

and at about 1 week post op I got a really bad sore throat. It hurt

like a sharp pain in my throat that prevented me from drinking

fluids. I found out it was easier to swallow fluids if they were

warm. I also bought some Chloroseptic sore throat spray. Even

though the spray is temporary, I would use it before I know I was

going to eat or drink. It helped. My sore throat went away after a

week. Hope you feel better.

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> This is one of my favorite meals. I love it especially with

chopped

> up hotdogs, but as you all know, it's a little difficult to eat

this

> type of stuff 2 weeks post op. So to cure this fixation, I poured

a

> box of macaroni elbow noodles into a ziplock bag, and crushed them

> into the smallest pieces with a rolling pin. Now my macaroni's

are

> edible just to swallow. I had to make sure I made it extra

> creamy/runny and viola...MAC and CHEESE. Now I just have to

figure

> out how to get the hotdog in there.

>

> I was so excited, that I wanted to share it with someone who knows

> what it's like to yearn for your favorite meals, but can't eat it.

>

> Baby steps...

>

>

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