r/hospitalfood

Today I hate breakfast at 10am instead of 8am, because they wanted to take some blood before I ate, i almost fell asleep during it lol.

I had plain yoghurt (someone informed that its called plain yoghurt in English, thank you random person), cornflakes, a sandwich with cheese and cucumber, and a little bit of hot chocolate. 8/10, the sandwich was a little bit dry, and I wanted orange juice but didnt notice til after they left the food, I did get some more cornflakes this time though, which i like

I hope the things in the first picture wont be an issue, I only just found this subreddit, so I didnt think to clean up around for a picture.

Anyhow, for supper last night I had yoghurt (no flavor, we call it naturell yoghurt here, I am not sure what it is called in english), with cornflakes and some hot chocolate with whipped cream on top. 8/10, the hot chocolate was exactly what I needed after the day I had (I had to come here on my birthday, out of all days), I wish I could've gotten more cornflakes, but it was still enjoyable.

For lunch today I got 6 pancakes with strawberry jam and whipped cream, a glass of water, and a bit of blueberry pie. 10/10, the pancakes were really good (even though i know they just heat them up) and the blueberry pie was delicious.

Supper for tonight, I had 2 white bread sandwiches with cheese and cucumber, and a glass of orange juice. 8/10, the cucumber was extremely juicy and HUGE, the cheese was good as well, but the orange juice was not as good as the one I usually drink.

I also had to add a picture to show just how huge the cucumber was. Im in for diabetes and im currently not allowed sugary snacks, so I asked for a cucumber instead, and I was not disappointed. Best cucumber ever.

Dinner
6.5/10
Fruit cup, salad, chicken leg, mashed potatoes, broccoli

Lunch: jacket potato with prawn cocktail and side salad

Standard jacket potato with M&S prawn cocktail in Marie Rose sauce - pimped my spud again

Rating: absolute 10/10 due to adding upgraded ingredients (highly rate)

Dinner: steamed white fish in parsley sauce with mash potato and mashed root veg

Rating: 9/10 very tasty and easy on the palate. Highly recommend

CW for descriptions of traumatic medical procedure,and studies related to bowels...

Sorry, for the pic of half eaten meal,i had a very bad day today,and especially yesterday (for which i don't even have a photo, because that day sucked so much). I had my nasojujenal feeding tube removed yesterday,because it wasn't working for me,and i think it kinked in my bowel. But it was an EXTREMELY painful tube removal. Like genuinely the worst pain i've ever experienced,and i've experienced a lot in my life. It got stuck in my nose, and when nurses tugged on it it felt like my head was going to explode,and my eye hurt like it was going to pop out. I almost fainted a couple of times. On top of that nurses, and especially the doctor whom they called to help them were extremely rude and condescending, they were saying that i am exaggerating the pain,and called me "anorexic", when i am actually malnourished due to gastroparesis and intestinal dysmotility. It hurt. I had a fountain of blood coming out of my nose when they pulled it out. I had a vegetarian kohlrabi stew after that. 2/10. I found a piece of bread in it. I am gluten intolerant. And it tasted like blood,because my mouth was full of blood. 2 points for distracting me from what just happened for a few minutes.

On day 15 (today) i was discharged,but this is not the end. I have to do a sitz marker study,because i have severe slow motility in my colon,and doctors want to see where exactly things slow down. Every day for 6 days i have to take a capsule with radioactive rings,and on 7th day i'll have an x ray,to see how many rings will stay in my colon. I also have to stop doing water enemas for the duration of the study. Guess what. I can't have a bowel movement without enemas at all. I will not shit ever,not even for a month straight without them. So yeah,this is going to suck,but the results will be worth it.

So,anyway,to the lunch. Rice with steamed hoki fillet,and some veggies. 5/10. I hate rice. Sorry. But the fish was good. It was covered in some mysterious white sauce. I liked that. Out of all veggies i only ate carrots,because i tolerate them the best. The fish definitely was a MVP here. Oh also,they gave me a yogurt with lactose AGAIN. Whatever.

I am glad i am out of there. For some time at least. I know i will be back

:(

Day 1 of around a 14 total stay for my Autologous Stem Cell Transplant. I didn't really taste the seasoning they put on the salmon and overall it was a decent lunch. Salt was my best friend for this one.

Breakfast (not pictured) was eggs, a sausage patty, and french toast. On par with hotel breakfast which is to say kind of bland but food is food. 5/10 for that.

edit: this is USA

1- chicken roast

2-seasoned chicken wrap, salad and wedges

3-cheese and onion jacket potato

4- toad in the hole with mash and broccoli

5-cheese and tuna crunch pasta

6-chicken curry and a poppadom

7- ploughmans

8-afternoon tea

9-egg salad

10-sweet chilli chicken and lettuce wrap +wedges

11-gammon, green beans and mash with potatoes

12-cheese and pesto pasta

13-cheese burger, coleslaw and chips

14, grilled chicken kebab, pickled cabbage, salad and chips with garlic sauce

Newcastle UK, rating 10/10.👌💕

Not bad, but then I am a teacher used to eating school dinners! Chicken was fairly moist and there were some carrots hidden in there too. Apple crumble was warm and edible! 6/10

This was really nice food. Salmon held in a steam box I’m sure (as there was albumen off the sides) but it was otherwise delicious. Exactly what I needed.

This was genuinely quite tasty and filling .
wish they did more of this

Post endometriosis laparoscopy, it might have been the best meal ever but that is possibly influenced by having fasted since 6am and not eating until 8pm!

Roasted chicken sandwich with lettuce, tomato, and mayo. Seabrook salted crisps. Fresh coffee with milk, and a Pepsi Max.

I missed lunch due to having to go for another blood oxygen test so landed up with a sandwich when I got back which was good and was happy with that

Dinner: Salmon & Potato bake
Steamed salmon served with small potato cubes, in a creamy sauce with peas & edamame beans

Rating: solid 10/10 as this was divine and would highly recommend as best item on the menu thus far

What I will whinge about is the missing custard pots, they have been missing for 2 days now, not happy

Hi,long time no see? Ugh,i haven't had much nice to say. Things haven't been going very well. My tube feeding didn't go well,the pump kept beeping because of occlusions,and no amount of flushing would help. It doesn't beep only in one position,when i'm a sitting still,but that's so exhausting. I have very bad kyphoscoliotis and joint issues,that make sitting for long periods of time a torture. Then my vein busted,so i couldn't have PPN for some time either. (My other arm is covered in rashes,from my bandaid allergy.) So i've spent 4 days without any nutrition,other than things i can eat by mouth,and it sucked so much. Today they tried tube feeds again,and i am sitting in a pretty uncomfortable position just to try and make it work. I want it to work so badly,i am really really sad that my stupid body can't do anything right. But at least they said they are finally going to test motility in my large intestine,via sitz marker test,and then depending on the results they might do a surgery (resection or maybe even total colectomy). I just want some relief.

Now to the food.

Day 8,lunch. 3/10.Steamed fish (idk which fish that is,sorry),with rice and some carrots. Sorry,i know it's a blasphemy for many,but i hate rice. It makes me even more constipated than i always am,and plain rice just doesn't taste well to me at all. Fish was flavorless, carrots were okay,but there was too little of them. On top of that i can't tolerate solid food that well,so it was difficult,and deven a bit painful to eat.

Day 9. 9/10. I believe it was a potato soup with a sausage (Kartoffelsuppe mit Wuerstchen)? But i am not sure 100%. It was great though, i am not German,so seeing an entire sausage in a soup bowl was a bit funny,but i liked it lol. Very tasty soup,with perfect amount of salt. Took 1 point away for the dessert,which was just various fruits,most of the pieces were pears. I have very very bad reaction to pears,so i didn't eat it.

Day 10. Potatoes,meat (pork,i think?) and green beans. 3/10. The meat was horrible,it was impossible to chew,it was torture trying to eat that with a tube in my throat,very painful. Green beans make me bloated,so no,thanks. I only ate potatoes. Oh,and they gave me a pudding with lactose,when i have a bad intolerance to it. Horrible.

Day 11. 6/10. Meat (turkey), rice and carrots. Meat was genuinely delicious,soft and juicy. Didn't eat the rice, ate carrots. Didn't eat the apple puree for dessert.

Day 12. 8/10. Egg omelette, potatoes and fried(?) spinach. That day was very rough for me,i had an appointment with an ophthalmologist that took 5 hours,and i managed to eat the cold lunch only at 2 pm. Even though it was cold i was so hungry,and i loved the omelette. Potatoes were ok,as usual. Was afraid to eat spinach..because such vegetables usually make me horribly bloated. I still ate a little,it was not bad at all,i was just scared. Banana for dessert is very appreciated (my fav fruit)

Day 13 (today.) 8/10. Gemüsebolognese (Veggie bolognese,gluten free). It was good,hovewer some of the macaroni were dry like stone. Some fruits for dessert (cherry, mangoes, pineapples and pears) were ok. Other than that idk what to say,honestly

Veggie soup egg drop soup.
Chicken and cheese wrapped over turkey and carrots with a veggie sauce and rice.

There is different meal for mothers and their partners.