What is the diet after having heller's cardio-myotomy to treat achalasia?

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Although I'm not a medical professional, I had the Cardio-myotomy with a toupe fundoplication performed in September of 2006. From my own experience, I can give you an idea of what to expect. The diet started out liquid only for the first day. I could tolerate milk like consistancy, and drank milk, tea, broth. To boost the caloric intake up, the hospital would bring me ice cream. Upon getting home, the first week was spent eating baby food consistancy food. Pureed sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, soups without chunks of anykinds. I would also supplement my meals with Ensure. The few times I tried to eat something more thick, I'd regret it immediately. The food would get stuck (which in itself was painful) and eventually I would get hicups. More often than not, I'd throw away the food that caused the offense, rather than tempt myself to eat it again. In other words, buy a good blender...you'll use it. To give you an idea, I lost 18 pounds over the three weeks after the surgery. Thankfully, those pounds will slowly come back as you learn to eat more food. Good luck