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Dave T in SD · 03-25-2006, 11:17 AM

I've been on a (modified) liquid diet for almost a month now.

In the beggining, it was totally liquid. Dr. C told me to go out and get many different liquid diet shakes, so I did. After about 2 weeks, I was not doing well. I was only getting about 700 cals & I was working out 3 day a week.
I had no energy. I called and asked the Dr if I could add some chicken or fish.
He said as long as I was able to keep the cals under 1000, go for it!!

So I added a small salad with some chicken or fish at night. Every now and then I have a bowl of soup for lunch and no salad at night. It has been working great, until the week of my surgery. I ended up catching bronchitis!!
So now my date is Apr 7th and I had to add some more fish or chicken to my diet so I could get some more energy to fight the damn crud!

So on Monday, the Dr wants me to go totally liquid again. I guess I can do liquid for the next 4-5 weeks. (2 weeks before my surgery & 2 weeks after)
So it can be done!
Good luck and hope you have a speedy recovery!!