Hi, Mike
First of all, congratulations on your return to work - that is a great accomplishment!

When my husband was at about your stage post TX, he was still on a liquid diet. He used a combination of Enure and our own protein shakes. At that stage, our shakes didn't taste great - but they tasted less bad than the commercial drink - and the consistency was definately better. EricS has ideas for VERY healthy shakes, but here is the recipe that got my husband through the first couple months post TX. He would have one of our shakes in the morning and evening, and drink the ensure at work:
1-2 packet Vanilla Carnation Breakfast Essentials
2-3 cups milk
1 sooop whey powder (natural vanilla flavor)
** toddler oatmeal flakes
** canned peaches (only ingredients water, sugar, peachs) or pears
** vanilla bean ice cream for a special treat

You will need a blender to get a nice, smooth consistency. This is NOT a complete meal replacement, but if you have the Ensure in the day and a tasty (or less bad) shake in the evening, it will give you something different.

You will want to start the oatmeal and fruit a little at a time, and increase as your tolerence for the acid in the fruit does. Oddly enough, the taste of fresh fruit was one of the first things my husband got back. And to this day, he makes a breakfast of cooked oatmeal, milk, lots of fruit, carnation breakfrast essentials, and even cinnamon and cloves if the fruit of the day is apple!

Wishing you the very best. I think you will probably start feeling more like yourself in the next month or so - you will still need a lot of sleep, but the good moments will get better as spring advances.

Maria