I Can Eat Anything Now!

[SleeveDreamer 383]

I am 10 1/2 weeks out and Thursday the doctor said I could eat anything now including bread. I bought some of the Oroweat thin sandwich rounds (multi-grain 100 cal) and had a Peanut Butter and jelly on toast yesterday. It tasted soo good. Today for lunch I could finally have my turkey burger on the same sandwich round. What a difference! Still can't eat much over 4 oz. at a time though. No problems whatsoever! Oroweat also makes the sandwich rounds in a mini-size in whole wheat only and is 50 cal. I will start using those for lunchtime sandwiches. Still love my open face melt sandwiches in the toaster oven on WASA crackers though! Tonight I will have steak for the first time since December 5th! Can't wait! I am scared to try some popcorn, cuz I am afraid it may get stuck. I heard they had whole grain unpopped popcorn in health foor stores. Has anyone ever heard of that? Don't get discouraged with your liquid and mushee diets, cuz regular food will be there before you know it! Love my sleeve!

[Thomas CPA 496]

Great! Good Eating.

Still make the bread toasted so it doesn't expand with liquids.

[SleeveDreamer 383]

I did toast it each time. I guess it helps too that I can't drink for 1/2 hour after I eat. I don't really want that much bread, so I probably will have it once a day!

[clk 3,519]

I had popcorn for the first time around 3 months, so unless your surgeon told you to avoid it (sounds like he didn't) you should be fine. The only foods that seemed to get "stuck" around that timeframe for me were things like spinach or celery. I had a hard time with lettuce until four months out, too.

The issue I have with popcorn is the opposite of getting stuck, actually! It slides, so be careful to measure your portion beforehand. I can eat about 2-3 cups of popcorn now but after that I'm done anyway. I budget it into my meal plan for the day when I do have it, but it doesn't cause me any real problems.

I'm surprised you do so well with bread, even thin and toasted breads. I'm 19 months out and a little goes a long way for me! I can eat half a sandwich now, on homemade bread sliced fairly thin.

Great job so far - enjoy the new variety in your diet!

~Cheri

[SleeveDreamer 383]

I am surprised too since i read so many of you all have trouble with bread. I have never eaten anything my sleeve didn't tolerate. I had steak for the first time last night. I was a steak lover before. It tasted so good, but i chewed and chewed. i guess I never chewed my food before, just inhaled it! there were a couple peices i didn't swallow, but otherwise i had no problems. the same thing happens when i chew iceberg lettuce. I chew and chew and practically never swallow it. i have switched to romaine and I can chew that much better.

[Living again 11/17/2011 40]

I was lucky too I was able to eat bread 1month out toasted small amounts and salad im 53 pds down in 3 months