Obesity surgery

3 Responses to “It’s been 2 weeks since surgery”

1. Jamey Lancaster Says:
   December 26th, 2006 at 7:46 pm

   Hey, Melissa - welcome to the losing side. Hmmmm, in my book mashed and
   pureed were basically the same <G>. I was on all of them my second week,
   starting with mashed potatoes and grits. Of course, when I moved to real
   food, I sorta moved away from the potatoes and grits, but in the beginning
   where you can only get down a tablespoon or two, they’re fine. Personally,
   I’d go with the nurse. Based on my experience, if the food is something your
   pouch is not ready for, you’ll spit it up. The 3rd week I had a little bell
   pepper, chewed up really well. Apparently my stomach wasn’t ready for it,
   and up it came, just like a baby. (It’s only later on that you really start
   throwing up, I think. For me, early on, it was sorta like a baby spitting up.)

   One thing I’ve noticed is that there are food plans out there from 4 weeks on
   liquids to eat anything your stomach will take right out of the hospital.
   With that wide a variation, I lost my fear of doing something wrong, because
   for someone it was alright <G>. What I did keep in mind was that I was
   
   healing and that I didn’t want anything that was "scratchy" down there.

   FWIW.
   Pam in Niceville

2. Moses Kirkland Says:
   December 26th, 2006 at 11:24 pm

   Hi! I’m new to the group. I’m 22 and have been overweight almost my
   entire life. Pre-surgery weight was 448 and I lost 30lbs. already,
   both from the surgery and liquid diet I had to do for 10 days before
   surgery. I just had WLS 2 weeks ago. I am finding this incredibly
   hard to deal with. The eating is the worst part. I’m getting to the
   point where I don’t want to eat, it seems like too much of a hassle
   and what I get to eat is not what I want.

   I do have a question: My nurse has already told me that I can move
   from pureed foods to mashed foods on Monday, but I just talked to my
   dietician today and she told me that my pouch isn’t ready yet and I
   need to stay on pureed foods for another week. Can anyone tell me
   how soon they started on mashed foods? I am very eager to get to
   real food, but I’m scared that I’ll do some harm. My nurse said not
   to listen to the dietician on this point because he was advancing
   
   me. I’m just not sure who to listen to.

   Also, does anyone have any suggestions about good mashed foods to
   eat? My mom keeps telling me that baby food is really good, but it’s
   just not appealing to me at all. Is there any foods I should look
   out for?

   Thanks
   Melissa in MN

3. Neva Marjory Says:
   December 27th, 2006 at 4:43 am

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   Melissa,
   Great you have had the surgery. I am out 8 months now and down 120
   pounds.
   Food and your relationship to it will be forever different. Not bad
   or good just different. I was told to wait on foods like potatoes,
   (carbs). My doctor and dietitician told me to stick with poched
   eggs and cottage cheeese. In the beginning I could not finish an
   egg or 2tablespoons of cottage cheese. Give your tummy plenty of
   time to heal. Drink water, and I would stop everything if I felt
   pain.
   For me it was not a matter of when can I eat mashed potatoes? but
   more why do I want to eat the same foods which made me fat? Think
   out of the box, remember your medical team wants you to be
   successful.Don’t worry about specific foods, you may never really
   
   eat them again. Just know the surgeon did his part and now it is
   time to do yours. Good luck.
   Bruce

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