One week? Purée or not?

[sarahbethemails 68]

Okay so I am a little confused here some of you after day 6 or 7 after surgery are eating purée foods and some are not why is that?

[Ashlegal 525]

Why is it that some of use have different dietary guidelines post-op? Because NUTs and Surgeons have different plans for their patients.

I never even had a pureed food stage. At day ten was I given the permission to move to soft Proteins.

I too found it quite frustrating to see how different post-op care varied from person to person.

I have complete and total faith in my Surgeon's plan for my weight loss and health.

[beachgal2935 596]

It blows me away with everyone on different plans as well. I'm with Ashlegal, I have total and complete faith in my surgeon and mayo Bariatric team. If you're curious, here's what we were given ...

[sarahbethemails 68]

Wow!! Just to make sure I'm reading this right your allowed food on day 3?

[beachgal2935 596]

Yes - but they must be blenderized "liquids". They have to be pourable.

[SleeveandRNYchica 1,155]

I just had my post surgery class yesterday. Until 14 days post surgery we are on liquids. That includes shakes, ff milk, cal free beverages, vegetable juice, low fat strained Soup, sugar free popsicles,low sugar nonfat yogurt no chunks and hot cream of wheat runny.

At day 15 we progress to puréed / soft diet. At that stage we can add cottage cheese, meats, fish, tofu but they don't have to be blended to a liquid. We just have to be sure it is soft and can be chewed to applesauce consistency.

Every program is so different. For my program I will be on a notified diet for a total of 10 weeks. 2 weeks preop (Bariatric Advantage), 2 weeks full liquids and 6 weeks soft/puréed.

Edit to add: my puréed food guideline is to add as little liquid as possible to conserve consistency. My nut recommended crockpot cooking to get the meat really tender.

[taysidebell 176]

I am on pureed from 7days out to 28days aiming for 60grm Protein then onto soft foods until week 12. there are lots of variations best to follow your surgical teams rules

[sarahbethemails 68]

So beach gal how did you purée your cottage cheese?

[Onelife 128]

@@beachgal - thx for sharing. Nice to compare.