Dr Nick Nicholson- Dallas, TX

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According to them you can puree your meets and such. What I did was stuck to things like yogurt and Beans. At about the end of week 4 I ate some ground beef no issue. I also ate lots of cheese. I was in no way going to puree some meat or anything for that matter.

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It was 3 weeks of liquid, it had to go through a strainer. Weeks 4-6 were soft foods, yogurt, refried Beans (my savior) eggs, soft Proteins like tuna and salmon. If all is well after 6 weeks, no dietary restrictions but was recommended to slowly add foods.

I am so happy with Dr. Nicholson!

Best of luck to you!

[newat52 1,613]

According to them you can puree your meets and such. What I did was stuck to things like yogurt and Beans. At about the end of week 4 I ate some ground beef no issue. I also ate lots of cheese. I was in no way going to puree some meat or anything for that matter.

LOL! I agree, I just couldn't get on board with having to puree my meats or foods. In all honesty, I found the post op diet quite easy.

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It was 3 weeks of liquid, it had to go through a strainer. Weeks 4-6 were soft foods, yogurt, refried Beans (my savior) eggs, soft Proteins like tuna and salmon. If all is well after 6 weeks, no dietary restrictions but was recommended to slowly add foods.

I am so happy with Dr. Nicholson!

Best of luck to you!

Oh yeah EGGS I forgot about EGGS. I ate the heck out of some eggs week 4 through 6!!

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LOL so funny! I am trying to think of Thanksgiving dinner and whether I could find something to eat there in week 4-5 or so. I will be at someone else's house and unable to control what they are serving though.

In all honesty regardless you will likely feel differently after surgery about food. I could care less what we eat for thanksgiving or even if food is served. Not that I don't like T Day food but if I was told we were not doing a T-Day meal this year it would not bother me one bit. I just don't look at food in that way anymore.

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[HeatherL 40]

I am 6 weeks post op today and just finished with weeks 4-6 of soft foods. I never pureed anything. My daily meals have been like this: breakfast- 1 scrambled egg with laughing cow queso/chipotle wedge and 1 tbsp. of ground turkey sausage; lunch - whole foods chicken salad (yummm) just chewed really well, tuna with light mayo, deli turkey wrapped around string cheese and warmed in the microwave; dinner - same as lunch...I've had chipotle a couple of times and just get a bowl without rice and eat on it for a few meals.... I also snack on greek yogurt, cottage cheese. I had ground beef last week with no problems. I think Thanksgiving would be super easy at that stage. Little bit of turkey cut up real well and mashed potatoes. I wish I thought of food differently than before surgery. I think I have an Iron sleeve because nothing has upset my stomach so far (knock on wood).

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