My nutrisqueeze bags came yesterday www.craniorehab.com. They were pricey but I think they will really help with nutrition post surgery. I don't think I would enjoy filling up a syringe over and over. I blended soups and smoothies and bagged them for the freezer. It was weird looking at all these little bags of nutrition. My husband came in and said, "OMG, what is that horrible stuff? It looks like puke!". Darling, that is my dinner...and breakfast...and lunch. He said, "Can't you just get nutrition some other way?". Hmm, last I checked, there were only two ends to the digestive tract and I'm not sticking anything the other way!
I have to admit, it did look pretty awful. Some things are better left as separate entities. I heard about one person who blended liver and onions. You have to be pretty desperate to try that. I also heard about blending a pizza.
This whole food experience reminds me of when I worked on a geriatric floor of a hospital. There were people there with dysphagia (swallowing disorder). Everyday , they would have to eat purees. One day, they had pureed lasagna (orange), broccoli (green), and an unknown substance (yellow). Each was carefully served in a precise ice cream scoop lump. It was very pretty until one realized it was actually lunch. This keeps me humble. If they have to eat it day after day, who am I to complain about 6 weeks of glorp.
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