Nearly 3 weeks post op kinda worried..

[sareenok 1]

Hi all, I was sleeved 9/19 and I'm suppose to still be in the liquid phase but my dietician said I can't have some chicken and veg Soups just puréed and some Beans but puréed so I guess she is going to tell me tomorrow when I go see her that I'm heading to next phase of purees.

My worry is...while making the the chicken and veg Soup I tried a piece of the chicken (I know I shouldn't have ) but I chewed for a long time... no pain or discomfort, I was totally fine.

Then I tried some red pepper .. felt totally fine

Now I'm starting to moved outside of my phase which I shouldn't and tried scrambled egg whites .. went well.

Any solids Iv tried this week have been totally fine and although I know i shouldn't be doing it I'm worried. Why am I ok to eat solids when I'm not suppose to? I need to stop trying I know! Do u think I could have stretched out my pouch a bit already ? I'm going to tell my dietician the truth tomorrow when she asks but just wanted to see if others had similar mishaps.

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[PorkChopExpress 824]

Part of the reasoning for the slowness with introducing foods is to allow the staple line to heal, and for the stomach to sort of "normalize" again, before you start taxing it with harder to digest foods. It takes about 6 weeks for those incisions to heal completely (both the abdominal ones and the stomach) so try to be disciplined in following your surgeon's instructions, to give yourself the best recovery possible. You probably aren't hurting anything if you're chewing to pureed consistency, but I wouldn't risk hindering your recovery or creating a complication.

That said, my surgeon has advanced me to "mushy" after two weeks (surgery was 9/23), which includes things like chili and scrambled eggs and the like, just chewed to puree consistency...so some of it is how the surgeon thinks you're recovering, I think.

Also, as I understand it the remaining stomach tissue in a gastric sleeve is not as elastic as what they remove, and so it's harder to stretch out. Not that I'd TRY to stretch it, but I've spoken with people years out from their sleeve surgeries and they report that they STILL can't eat that much in a sitting. So I wouldn't worry that you've stretched it. I suspect the stomach is going to enforce your portion sizes pretty well, right now. You'll know, if you put too much in...

Edited October 6, 2016 by PorkChopExpress

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We were on purée and soft foods at day 10. I'm not advocating not following your plan but you have most likely not injured yourself.

[LipstickLady 25,682]

Why am I ok to eat solids when I'm not suppose to? I need to stop trying I know!

Why are you testing sleeve when you know you shouldn't?