I don’t really like the word diet. Some people seem to think I am wanting to eat less and run around all day to only get thin, which couldn’t be more further from the truth. However it’s the only terminolgy that sounds practical. Yes my diet has changed ..some for the better, and some for the worst. I used to drink Iced coffee like there was no tomorrow, and only Farmers Union, no other would do. One time i was really sick and couldn’t even struggle to go to the shops, my Mother went to buy me an iced coffee , it was a different brand. I just didn’t drink it, insread i went after my Mum left to grab the Proper iced coffee that was how hooked I was. A week after the op my taste buds did not like Iced coffee at all. It’ werid though, as I do not miss it. I would rather my body reject iced coffee than these brilliant new lungs.

I was put on a high energy high fat diet in hospital a few hundred years ago, ( well it feels like it anyway) . Even though I still have digestive troubles , the high fat part is a bit shady. I don’t need as much energy to breathe now, also with some of the drugs i am taking it can put the cholesterol levels up a bit. Also with the medications it is pretty damaging toxic wise to the body as it is trying to kill off your immune system. So food is all the body has to defend itself from People who sneeze in your direction, or cough. …Some people grrrr.

In the Seminars post op, I found out about eating and the sorts of food i can and can’t have. Soft cheeses are a BIG no no. Grapefruit a huge No no. also I learned a lot about food standards when eating out. Obviously not to eat warm foods. Everything has to be cooked 60 degrees or higher, and everything that is meant to be cold Has to be cold. Salads I am not really trusting in eateries at the moment Seafoods, no cold seafood meals like sushi as you can get Salmonella or Lysteria . I tend to buy frozen crumbed fish for dinner and heat it up. SO i can cook my own Fish and chips . Which i really don’t mind, a heck of alot cheaper.

The key words i think of when buying food is Fresh, Clean, and Cooked. Oh and another thing Sharing …bit of a no no as well. I tend to carry my own snacks around, ….as much as I would like to eat those Chips in a bowl, or chocolates .. ( as much as my diet will allow me to have) it really is not worth the risk. I know I feel like a trollop refusing foods that could well be eaten by me, it just cannot be , nothing personal.

My diet is a healthy range of foods that helps in maintaining energy as well as recovery. It’s amazing what your body tells you what it needs. Gym for the first two months after the operation my brain kept making me crave Carbs so anytime I saw Rice in a dish I would eat it all. Also Calcium, as bones are still mending the body needs calcium, so I drank alot of it, still am .