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I'm four months post op and craving salad! The only thing is, is that I'm to afraid to try it :( I had bad experiences with spinach so salad scares me even worse! Has anyone post op tried salad? If so how far out were you?

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I'm three months post op and was over joyed when my NUT told me it was okay to try salad. She suggested that I finally dice whatever toppings I was going to use in addition to making sure the lettuce was finally shredded. I confess, I didn't really do any of that and went right for a "normal" salad. I feel like the lettuce fills me up fast so I make sure I eat most of the chicken before having a few glorious refreshing, crispy bites of the actual salad.

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Thanks! I'm going to attempt it this weekend. Hopefully it goes well! Since surgery I've only gotten sick twice because of food choices, and I don't want to get sick over this! But il never know until I try!

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Just be sure to chew thoroughly, and seed/skin tomatoes and cucumbers. Eventually, you'll be okay with it, but for now, taking a few precautions can make a difference. :-) Enjoy!! Worst-case scenario is you zap it in the blender and call it gazpacho and drink it. It will still taste really good--a little Tomato, some cilantro, a little onion, maybe some cucumber, zap it up, YUM!

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I've eaten a salad a week since 3 weeks post op. It contains sunflower seeds, almonds, shrimp, egg whites and mix of lettuce & spinach & had no troubles at all. I asked my surgeon at my 5 week post op appointment Monday if was o.k. to eat salad. He said abolutely & didn't stress any special conditions. I told him I've eaten steak (my body was craving the Iron & Protein as I couldn't get Vitamins down at all), Now it's soft & finely chewed & if it can't be finely chewed I spit it out, he said fine. As we know every surgeon and everyone of us is different. So far (thankful for this) I am not lactose intolerent, and Water with lemon tastes like heaven to me (not much a water drinker- pre-op) - When did you guys find out you were lactose intolerant and/or found water tasted horrible? I've heard a lot of people get this way.

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I eat salad all the time . I will be 4 months out on the 10th.

Julie

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I found that about two months out Water got annoying. So I switched it up with crystal light flavor packets and lemons. Also I drink power aid zero's to switch it up. But there are still times I crave ice cold water.

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I've been wondering about salad too. I couldn't eat it with my band and I really missed it. I'm in the soft food phase for 2 more weeks but was wondering when others tried it.

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I eat salad with no problem. I started it about 6 or 7 weeks. Although I like eating romaine. or spinach, or other lettuces rather than normal iceberg. It seems like it is harder to chew. Try starting with small diced pieces of your other ingredients, and just a couple leaves, and see how it goes. If you are craving it, your cravings should be satisfied even though you aren't having alot of lettuce. You can find a chopped veggie mix (Trader Joe's is called Healthy 8 Veggie Mix), but I have seen it at other grocery stores too. It has diced radishes, jicama, celery, carrots, broccoli, red cabbage, green cabbage, and green pepper. Just pour a tad of ranch dressing on it and it is really good and crunchy too.

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it all really depends on what your doctors diet guide lines are and when you can have those types of food. you should probably call and ask him

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what about meat chicken banana toast could i eat now?

You really need to follow your doctor's guidleines. I couldn't eat banana til soft foods, and i wasn't cleared for bread (toast) until 10 weeks. Bread can swell easily and they don't recommend that you have it until your sleeve is healed, and then you should stick to toasted. You can eat crackers before that though, so when you are cleared for crackers, try the WASA crispbreads. You can make melts on them and everything. Actually I am almost 13 weeks and don't even want bread anymore. Your taste will definitely change and you may not even like what you used to love. I could eat all meat except steak i could not have until 10 weeks. chicken was Ok for me on soft foods.

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Where did you have your surgery?

actually im away of my doctor so ihope to benfit from your experience?

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