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I keep reading these words over and over and to be honest it's probably a good thing because it's scaring the crap out of me.

Can we be a little bit more specific though. What can we swallow?

How excessive does the chewing have to be?

Can a pineapple tidbit go down? Or is that too big? I am just trying to get an idea in my head on the right size of food to swallow.

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What you can swallow will depend on how much fill (and therefore restriction) you have a different stages. When post op swelling goes down and there is little or no fill then you can eat what ever you like!!

More restriction means not so easy to eat, makes you think about everthing you put in your mouth and you will work out for yourself what will and will not work for you.

Don't panic!! It's a learning curve and that is one of the reasons they put fill in so slowly; so you can adapt at every stage and learn.

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My surgeon told me not to swallow anything larger than an M & M. One of my pills I hate is a med. size capsul and I don't have a problem with it.

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