10 days post surgery - how much should the intake be?

[Chin 0]

I'm posting for my friend. 10 days into surgery...doc asked him to be on liquid diet for 2 weeks and then mashed food diet until 4 weeks. Is there any recommended quantity of intake? what is mashed food? Boil chicken, vegetables and grind/mash it up? Please let me know your experience. Thanks in advance.

[Malaika 50]

I'm posting for my friend. 10 days into surgery...doc asked him to be on liquid diet for 2 weeks and then mashed food diet until 4 weeks. Is there any recommended quantity of intake? what is mashed food? Boil chicken, vegetables and grind/mash it up? Please let me know your experience. Thanks in advance.

Hi Chin and welcome to the forum.

My surgeon recommended starting with about 2 oz. As for mashed food (also called mushies or soft foods) here are some ideas I received from my doctor's office:

Soft food should be the consistency of a thick liquid (no chunks or solid material ) and it should be chewed very well before swallowing until it is a liquid consistency )

Tofu

Low fat cottage cheese

Cereal

oatmeal

Precooked pureed rice

Low fat Yogurt

Yogurt mixed with fruit very well blended

Cream Soups

eggs

Boiled pureed fruit ( example pear, apple )

Watermelon, papaya or melon in small pieces

Boiled pureed vegetables

Beans

I also bake a sweet potato until it's very soft/mushy and eat some of it with a tiny bit of butter.

Hope that helps some - am sure others will have a lot more suggestions too.

[ash 5]

Hmm, in my booklet, it says anything that can be blended can be eaten, but you have to make the right choices. But who wants to eat blended pizza anyway, right??? I am going to try things like pureed chili and Beans when I get to that stage, but those probably won't be the first things I try. I'll start off with something like pureed tuna maybe. I can't wait to be off liquids!

[Malaika 50]

Hmm, in my booklet, it says anything that can be blended can be eaten, but you have to make the right choices. But who wants to eat blended pizza anyway, right??? I am going to try things like pureed chili and Beans when I get to that stage, but those probably won't be the first things I try. I'll start off with something like pureed tuna maybe. I can't wait to be off liquids!

Ewww - yuck - pureed pizza - NO THANK YOU ... now, pureed chili sounds pretty good ... and chicken and tuna are always good choices.

[ash 5]

Ewww - yuck - pureed pizza - NO THANK YOU ... now, pureed chili sounds pretty good ... and chicken and tuna are always good choices.

Seriously. Can you believe they actually wrote that in the guidelines for pureed foods? I mean, come on. Who's gonna think about putting pizza in a blender, really? Well. My husband did get pizza during my pre-op diet and asked he could blend some for me. But he's a little strange sometimes, lol!

I'm am so looking forward to chicken, tuna, chili, whatever! I'm ready.

[*susan* 1,709]

Just the thought of pureed pizza makes me sick to my stomach. One of the things I was craving while on liquids was tuna. It was my lunch on day one of mushies.

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

I ate spaghetti sauce on mushies. Just the ground meat, and the sauce. yummy. Also ground meat with taco sauce and sour cream. yummy again.

[MacMadame 81]

Here are two booklets that are online from other centers. They may be helpful:

http://www.hopkinsbayview.org/bariatrics/docs/nutrition_sleeve.pdf

http://www.cornellweightlosssurgery.org/pdf/dietary_guidelines_sleeve_gastrectomy.pdf

[snates 0]

Thanks...great links !