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Thursday will be 6 weeks and I can move on to normal foods but I am terrified. So far all I've tried are Beans, mashed potatoes and scrambled eggs and they were fine but I'm still scared. What were your first successful meals?

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Lowfat homemade turkey chili eaten at Christmas lol at about 5 weeks post op. Eaten very slowly.

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Start slow. For me it was and still is complete trial and error. I can eat a chicken drumstick from the BBQ but I can't handle a plain grilled burger. First thing I had was oven baked fish.

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First thing I had was a slice of pizza. It sat like a brick in my tummy. It was delicious. A couple days later it was Easter Sunday and I attended an all-you-can eat brunch. I used an appetizer-sized plate, bought my baby utensils with me, and had a bite or two of assorted Protein items: shrimp, short ribs, veal, fish. And a creme brulee for dessert. Delicious.

Solids foods, while mostly agreeing with me, are sitting hard in the tummy. I'm leaning towards the softer choices for now and trying to remember to chew slowly.

Be well…

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Thursday will be 6 weeks and I can move on to normal foods but I am terrified. So far all I've tried are Beans, mashed potatoes and scrambled eggs and they were fine but I'm still scared. What were your first successful meals?

I'm at the six week mark two of post surgery how are you doing with Protein Shakes and what type of shakes are you doing

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Thursday will be 6 weeks and I can move on to normal foods but I am terrified. So far all I've tried are Beans, mashed potatoes and scrambled eggs and they were fine but I'm still scared. What were your first successful meals?

I'm at the six week mark two of post surgery how are you doing with Protein shakes and what type of shakes are you doing

Many foods I have tried vegetables cream potatoes Soups afraid to try any the foods really don't know what other foods to eat

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I did a lot of things in the crock pot because they turn out so tender. Any kind of chicken breast in the crockpot - even did a meatloaf....everything was so tender that I could eat it all....only a little of it, but went down and sat on my tummy fine. :) The advice to start slow is right. Don't go for pizza or fast food. Be gentle on your new stomach...you're still healing.

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I ate alot of chili in the first few weeks. Almost everyday. My first "real meal" after 4 weeks of liquids was refried Beans with a dollup of sour cream and cheddar cheese. It was like steak and lobster. After eating a soft diet for another 4 weeks (canned tuna, canned chicken salad, cottage cheese, Beans, chili, eggs, melba toast,etc) my first "real" meal was a Red Robin Avo Cobbo salad (as I was then cleared for fresh veggies). I ate about 4-6 bites and brought the rest home. I'm now 9 mths out and can eat maybe 10 bites of it now. It makes at least 4 meals for me I usually get sick of it and toss it a couple days later.

Good luck! Congrats on the real food!

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