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hey everyone. i'm a month and two weeks post op and about a week and a half ago if not more i started to have horrible coughing fits - to the point where i was dry heaving sometimes. my surgeon told me to drink more fluids and i'm on pantozol. while my cough is less persistent now, its more gross? - i cough up/spit out mucus with it that has the consistency of egg whites. and im swallowing nasal drip from nasal blockage which is there every time i wake up. getting fluids in is hard enough for me as it is and i feel even less up to it with all this. is it really just because of that? i'm just very frustrated and wondering how long will this go on, if anyone has been through the same and what helped them through it?

hi everyone. i'm a week post-op and reading the topics on this forum has been very helpful. i'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but i hope it is. i've been struggling, as most people do, with the post-op liquid diet. my surgeon and nut wants me on it for another week with 'thick liquids'. its driving me crazy, and last night i caved and had a small slice of cheddar cheese in arabic pita bread (very thin white bread). i chewed very thoroughly and everything was fine. the fact that my sleeve tolerated it makes me want to move myself in to pureed foods sooner, because i don't know if i can do another week of broth/soup and yoghurt and i don't know if they have me on it so i can lose weight ~faster (which i don't care about) or because pureed food might be 'too much'...my mini-sandwich experience makes me think it won't be. basically i'm confused and wondering if moving to a pureed stage sooner would actually do any harm, did anyone have a similar experience or try doing the same thing?

thank you so much for the encouraging words and quick response, guys. i won't risk the damage again, the frustration was just getting to me. moment of weakness and all that. idk how i didn't think of low fat cream of chicken soup, i will be getting to that asap. i'll try to stay off the bread and starches, maybe once a week if that, when i'm allowed again. i don't think i could sacrifice them entirely for anything lol