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[rm]

Okay, since it seems I really am getting better, what the hell can I eat other than rice, toast, saltines and applesauce? Since I probably really should eat something other than those things.

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[sola.livejournal.com]

instant miso soup and bolthouse farms protein drink?

[fuyukodachi.livejournal.com]

Seconded on forms of soup. Try getting some good chicken soup with actual pieces of meat in it and see how that goes. I'm sure you're depleted on the protein front. You can mix rice in with the soup and give yourself some more calories without adding anything risky.

Potatoes.

The bolthouse farms juices are all tasty. The Green Goodness one actually tastes really good (kind of a banana-pineapple flavor) and it's really nutritious, or whatever kind of "green" drink you like the flavor of. I've seem them a bunch of places around here, but I know they're at whole foods and the like.

[miep.livejournal.com]

depending on your personal reaction to eggs, eggs could be okay. but if eggs make you ill when you're well, they'll make you even iller now.

is iller a word?

[rm.livejournal.com]

I like eggs, but I was warned off of dairy (which to many people includes eggs) for a very long time, and to be very cautious about animal fat in general.

[miep.livejournal.com]

hrmm....

i second the chicken soup idea. what about millet? millet is good. especially with a little maple syrup.

[telesilla.livejournal.com]

Eggs have a fair amount of fat in them; they triggered a hellacious gall bladder attack in me back when I had to be on a totally fat free diet. I ended up cooking rice in chicken stock a lot and at various points when I felt up to it, I steamed chicken breasts and ate them with the rice.

Most boring diet evah, although I did my best to have smoothies that didn't involve dairy whenever I could.

Hope you're past this soon.

[msmarlamae.livejournal.com]

I'm with them on the chicken broth w/noodles. They organic free range stuff is incredibly flavorful and is low in sodium and animal fats... so should be tasty.

Also throwing a little garlic in there won't hurt either, help boost your immune system a bit.

My mom always swears by a good chicken stock broth with a few veggies to get you going when coming off a stomach bug. It also makes you thristy which increases your water intake which is also a good thing. I'm also a big fan of Green tea with lemon grass (made by goodearth) with a touch of honey.

Hope you keep feeling better.

[winterknight.livejournal.com]

bananas. i vote for the miso as well. maybe some mild tofu. tiny bits of ginger, garlic, spring onions in soup. rice noodles. little bits of steamed carrots (really good with the ginger). if you have a place that caters to healing diets (we have one in the area), give them a call. you may be able to get some nice little meals delivered.

[lllvis.livejournal.com]

mashed potatoes?

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

Stay bland: miso soup, bananas, potatoes, yes on the chicken noodle soup (watch the grease on top), yes on rice cooked in broth, yes on cooked carrots with ginger, perhaps jell-o (I have no idea if this is "okay" except that I ate scads of it when I was getting over food poisoning), peanut butter on toast (mmm! not just jelly!), avocado sushi...eggs are really iffy. Maybe poach one if you can stand it and see how it sits, but don't cook it in butter.

As you improve you can also probably handle a plain (plain!) turkey sandwich on white toast. No mayo though. You can also sprinkle nori flakes on your rice or whatever for salt and a little different flavor.

Stay away from green vegetables for a few days, as they might throw too much fiber on your beleaguered system.

I have a cookbook at home that is for caretakers and people who are convalescing. I will look stuff up when I get home (god, I am such a Cancer). Yay on improving.

What are you craving?

[rm.livejournal.com]

Tuna salad and sugar it seems. Today I got brave and had an onion bagel instead of plain, and some of an apple muffin -- which sure, has sugar in it, but seemed the lesser of all evils on that front.

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

A little tuna packed in water might be okay (on crackers! Mmm, tasty tasty crackers! Yes!). Fish has a lot of potassium which your body really needs right now. You might be able to do a little plain yogurt by now too. Muffins we'll consider glorified toast at this point.

I can't remember how you feel about sushi but I have taken the risk, after upheaval, of a simple tuna roll, and it has been fine. Sushi is easy to digest and the picked ginger can only help.

Glad you are on the up and up.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I love sushi, but do not eat the ginger, which isn't supposed to be placed on the sushi anyway, but is for cleansing the palate. At any rate, I worry about the fattiness of raw tuna and the force of wasabi.

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

Well, no one is going to tell you raw fish is a good idea in your state. It's just been something I craved and which seemed to sit all right. I always eat the ginger on its own at the end anyway, in clumps. You can and should skip the wasabi for now. The fish is up to your discretion; the tiny nuggets of tuna in one roll might be okay, or not - you will know in your body when you look at the menu. Either way the avocado, whlie fatty, is loaded with potassium, so if you can stand it try that. Plus the rice, the nori, blah blah.

Oh, here is something wonderful: chicken rice congee.

I feel at this point as if I should be cooking for you and dropping off care packages.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I would love to eat avocado. The fact is I'm afraid of everything. I was eating shrimp tempura in the middle of this while the pepto was working, and that seemed fine, and almost killed me. I have no faith in my ability to listen to my body and be sure it's not lying to me right now. I'm literally afraid of food.

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

Oh man, do I know that feeling. Then the anxiety about eating makes the stomach all jumpy, etc. It can be a vicious cycle. Ugh.

Just remember that little slivers of avocado in (binding!) rice are a far cry from deep fried shellfish in batter. And, it won't harm you to stick to rice and applesauce and peanut butter toast for one more day. It might bore you out of your skull, but it won't hurt. Jello maybe? Miso soup (except for the tofu bits)? Something close to liquid but no

You can eat little bites of something and then wait 20 minutes. The key right now is having tastes. Your stomach probably can't hold much right now anyway. But your palate will lead you astray more than your stomach right now, I think, so...well...jello is at least a different texture, right?

Sigh.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Jello has sugar which worries me, and since I'll be on set tomorrow, I can't experiment tonight or until I'm done with set, so more rice and crackers until Thursday I think. The muffin, and last night's peanut butter is risk enough, since I don't have nausea, and won't know if I've harmed my progress by eating this stuff until it moves through my system. I _hate_ this.

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

You can get sugar free jello, although depending on your reaction to aspartame that too might be iffy.

I'm sorry you're still going through this. Ack. Those packets of peanut butter crackers that are like five for a dollar are good in a pinch.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't eat artificial sweeteners EVER. They do serious bad to me.

[miep.livejournal.com]

i can't eat tempura ever without becoming intensely ill.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Alas, it is one of my favourite foods ever.

[raaven.livejournal.com]

Potatoes mashed with a little chicken broth (+ herbs).
Rice pasta (easier to digest than wheat) with a little olive oil (+ herbs).
Barley and/or barley water.