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Hi. I'm almost 3 weeks post op and I'm struggling with food. I am on the soft food phase, I follow the rules. I eat very slow and I take very small bites (the size of a pencil eraser) yet everything I eat gets stuck even yogurt and apple sauce. As you can imagine it's very uncomfortable. What can I do?

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Hi. I'm almost 3 weeks post op and I'm struggling with food. I am on the soft food phase, I follow the rules. I eat very slow and I take very small bites (the size of a pencil eraser) yet everything I eat gets stuck even yogurt and apple sauce. As you can imagine it's very uncomfortable. What can I do?

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Go back to pureed foods. THEY TOLD me that you will eat pureed foods for at least 3 months. Call your surgeons office.

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I graduated to soft foods after about 3 weeks. A woman in our support group had same problem and vomits. If it were me I'd ask my surgeon. The first month is hell.

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Hi. I'm almost 3 weeks post op and I'm struggling with food. I am on the soft food phase, I follow the rules. I eat very slow and I take very small bites (the size of a pencil eraser) yet everything I eat gets stuck even yogurt and apple sauce. As you can imagine it's very uncomfortable. What can I do?

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This sounds like something to run by your surgeon. You may just still be swollen from surgery.

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@@kerber I believe the poster said she's eating yogurt and applesauce... that's pureed if I ever knew it, isn't it?

@@bypassthatbunni, talk to your doctor's office and let them know the problems you are having. Each doctor, and each program has different expectations.

I am 4 weeks out today, and am supposed to be able to eat soft foods now, but I already know that may not work for me, as I've been sick several times from some of the things I've eaten... my little pouch is a picky little sucker!

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Ate you stopping fluids 30-45 min before you eat? That was my problem it wouldn't let me hold anything down

Yes. Things are getting a little better, I went to the doctor and found out that I was severely dehydrated.. Thats why I couldn't take any thing by mouth. I'm still struggling with getting it in but I'm getting better each day.

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