Is this normal?

[sweatinitout 0]

I am at 7 weeks post op and i am wondering if I am eating too soon. I am able to eat things but in very small portions. Example, i can eat Soup, Cereal, ground beef, turkey, fish, apple, strawberries, cooked vegies. It just seems like i read alot about people still in mushy stage. Like i said i only eat a very little bit. I am having a hard time getting in my liquids though and I am eating way tooo fast. This has problem forever. I really need help working on this.

Any thoughts? just wonder is i am normal? thanks:001_tt2:

[Tiffykins 673]

Those things listed were listed on my pureed/mushy/soft solid stage with the exception of the fruit. So, I wouldn't say that it's completely off. I had to stick ground beef and chicken in my mini food processor, but everything else I could eat the same time frame as you.

Eating slow takes time to kind of relearn, but hang in there it sounds like you're doing very well.

[deletedsally 8]

I'm at 6 weeks, and my MD's guidelines allow me to eat all the foods that you mentioned except the fruit. I can eat fruit, but it is supposed to be soft or cooked with no skins and no seeds. So cooked apples or applesauce. But no strawberries. I was also told to stay away from any fibrous/stringy vegetables like celery or string Beans. I've stayed away from beef and pork, just because I know that some say it's harder to digest and should be introduced a little later. I only eat meats that are ground, or shaved deli meats.

[Frankie 0]

I am also 7 weeks out and am eating lots of the same foods as you. My doctor told me to resume regular food without any restrictions at 1 month (though of course I am doing low carb). I eat beef, chicken, turkey, sausage, nuts, occasional piece of toasted low cal bread, Jerky ect. I haven't had raw veggies yet -I waiting until 3 months since that seems what a lot of physicians recommend and it makes sense to me. I haven't had cooked veggies since I hate them. Some fruit also but can have lots of carbs. I haven't had any problems with foaming, being stuck, vomitting or anything. I figure that I have just been lucky. So it sounds as if we are eating a lot of the same things at the same point post-op. I say we are normal. My only question is I have no problem getting in all my calories and could easily eat up to or over 1000 cal/day. I try to stay around 800 but I wonder if anyone else can eat that many calories so early out.

[stcyt 15]

I'm only 3 weeks out so I can't tell you what my 7 week experience is... only that my doc said I can pretty much do whatever I want after 6 weeks.

[deletedsally 8]

I am averaging around 800-900 calories a day, but I'm trying to follow the nut guidelines and I'm eating typical "diet foods": lean Protein, limited fat and restricted carbs. I'm also limiting my snacking. If I were eating a higher fat diet, higher carb diet, I could easily double my caloric intake. At this mushie stage, I feel confident that cheesecake would go down nice and easy. A few bites in the morning...a few bites at lunch...a tiny taste at dinner....and BINGO...a slice has vanished...add in a couple handfuls of chips with dip...and my caloric intake would be doubled in a flash.