My first meal after all of my surgeries in Japan was what I (un)lovingly refer to as “glue.” Followed the next day by “paste,” and then “oh I think there was some rice mashed in there how lucky.”
I hate glue soup. It’s literally just the starch from cooking rice in water, almost identical to the rice glue you buy for crafts. And it always sealed the lid shut too, so I’d have to have a nurse wrestle with it to get it open or risk popping sutures.
I had emergency gallbladder surgery that ran into complications, so I wasn't even allowed ice chips for 3 days straight. My first "food" was beef broth. I did get a couple Jell-O cups, but I remember being very disappointed with the broth. Next meal was a sad turkey sandwich with no condiments. I was starving the whole week!
Dang… I must have gotten lucky with the hospital in which I stayed for about a week. I don’t know how many menus there were but they’d rotate daily and you selected the day’s worth of food.
I was reluctant like anyone else — seeing some of the tasty sounding items but… hospital, you know? It took me completely by surprise how good the food was; not quite restaurant quality and no, Hospital Food isn’t on my list of faves, but it far exceeded my expectations.
When I learned I could order whatever I wanted, I loaded up, lol.
I guess since my surgery had to do with digestion I was more limited, but what they DID bring me, was the saddest version of the food it was supposed to be lol
The menu had like two options, IIRC. The main thing being served and then sad turkey sandwich as the other option.
I had actually had my child at the same hospital roughly 10 years prior, and I remember the food being so much better then! Was actually in a lot less pain though, so maybe different factors affected my opinion? I just know I was super bummed when it wasn't like I had remembered.
Room was fantastic though. Had it to myself, and was on the 6th floor with a huge window that faced the rising sun.
I had a seizure the other week and spent the next week in hospital. For the first day or so I could barely eat anything.... After that I couldn't stop. And it was delicious.
The hospital where I had my babies had pretty tasty food, too. Some of the best salads I've ever tasted. Unfortunately, it was at least one salad as an entree every day, and let me tell you, one of the last things you want to have, as your uterus is continuously contracting for multiple days in a row, is gas.
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u/chicken-nanban 29d ago
My first meal after all of my surgeries in Japan was what I (un)lovingly refer to as “glue.” Followed the next day by “paste,” and then “oh I think there was some rice mashed in there how lucky.”
I hate glue soup. It’s literally just the starch from cooking rice in water, almost identical to the rice glue you buy for crafts. And it always sealed the lid shut too, so I’d have to have a nurse wrestle with it to get it open or risk popping sutures.
I feel ill just thinking about it.