Salads

[a_jap21 5]

When can we eat a salad? I am dying for one

[Band07 374]

It will be 3 months before I try salad per my doc. Following my post op of 4 weeks liquid 4 weeks mushy and 4 weeks soft.

[a_jap21 5]

It will be 3 months before I try salad per my doc. Following my post op of 4 weeks liquid 4 weeks mushy and 4 weeks soft.

That is crazyyyy haha wow! Did you have surgery already?

[Band07 374]

Yes on the 20th, and Iv been thinking about salads too .. It's going to be a long 3 months

[extracat 14]

FYI my *surgeon* told me to not eat a lot of lettuce after surgery because it can stretch the sleeve.

[a_jap21 5]

Yes on the 20th' date=' and Iv been thinking about salads too .. It's going to be a long 3 months <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote']

I was sleeved the 19th.. i think our doctors gave us different instructions though, tomorrow i can start my pureed i hope. ( and i will cause i am too tired of liquids)

[Band07 374]

Why on earth would lettuce stretch the sleeve ?

And yes, it's crazy to see all the differences ! My doc has one of the most strict post ops Iv heard of but I'm afraid not to follow it .. Have you had any issues with upset stomach ? Some things just don't agree with me but I'm not sure if it is from higher sugar content or what causes it ...

[PdxMan 4,292]

FYI my *surgeon* told me to not eat a lot of lettuce after surgery because it can stretch the sleeve.

Uh ... I'm not a Dr, but I am quite confident that lettuce will not stretch the sleeve. The issue with lettuce is that it is quite fibrous. You must remember you just had 85% of you stomach removed. The stomach is the mechanical part of digestion ... the part that makes complete mush out of everything you have eaten. With 85% of it's capacity removed, it is going to have a wee bit of a harder time performing it's normal function for a little while.

At 4 months out, I introduced iceberg lettuce. I then slowly added more and more romain until I was eating romain exclusively. Then, I started adding spinach, then added kale. I would say it was at least 6 months before I reached this stage. That is my story, other's will be different.

[extracat 14]

Dude, I'm just telling you what my SURGEON told me with her own lips. I figure she does know what she's talking about.

[Bufflehead 6,358]

I'm not allowed salad or any raw vegetable (or any food that is starchy or high carb etc. etc.) for six months after surgery, so I'm just a little more than halfway there.

[PdxMan 4,292]

Dude, I'm just telling you what my SURGEON told me with her own lips. I figure she does know what she's talking about.

I don't doubt that for a second. As I mentioned, I am not a Dr and am certainly not a specialist in Bariatric medicine. I only have my own personal experience.

Did you ask her about stretching the sleeve overall? Is it even possible since the stretchy part of the stomach has been removed? How much could the sleeve stretch? She said not to "eat a lot" of lettuce, right? I think that is true of any food, not just lettuce. Eat the food, just don't eat a lot of it. From my experience, that is true one month, one year and even 27 months post-op.

[extracat 14]

She was telling me things to avoid like drinking with straws and drinking carbonated drinks and she's the one who brought up lettuce. I'm not a big lettuce fan anyway so I wouldn't have cared if she said, "Never eat lettuce again!"