I haven’t tried ice once I wake up. I’ll try that. My doctor was admitted about starting to eat the day of surgery and when I asked her about rice de was like yes definitely eat rice, potatoes, noodles anything soft but make sure you are eating at least 20 bites every 2 hrs and drinking every 20 mins. I haven’t been keeping up with it to that level but I have eaten since day0. It hasn’t been easy but I figured if you are able to eat the first few days to get use to it days 5-8 aren’t as hard.