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Hello to all. I am very new to the forum. I am 5 days out from surgery and am able to eat most anything. Is this a bad sign? I don't want to mess anything up but I feel no restriction. Please help!! Is anyone else feeling this way?

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Hello to all. I am very new to the forum. I am 5 days out from surgery and am able to eat most anything. Is this a bad sign? I don't want to mess anything up but I feel no restriction. Please help!! Is anyone else feeling this way?

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Honestly I am wondering why you had surgery if you would put chicken in your mouth within five days. Do you know the danger of that? What else did you try?

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Do you understand how raw and angry your "stomach" is after being cut up and cut out?

Do you understand your relationship with food as you knew it is now over?

Do you understand that this isnt a magic procedure or the easy way out to lose weight?

Do you understand that you need to be on a specific diet for years to come to lose and maintain the weight loss?

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Seriously do not take offense, but concern for you doing that is mind boggling. I choked on a soft piece of chicken six weeks after surgery, and I could not breathe. I ran through my house like a crazy person, so panicked. Three years later I still am cautious and make sure I chew chicken and beef very well.

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OP, sorry to pile on here, but you really do have to realize what you're doing here. Granted, some of the guidelines we're given are probably safer than needed, but it's for our protection.

You're not just putting your toe over the line, you're stepping way past it.

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Wow. Just wow.

I can't have chicken of any kind until Week 7. On Day 5 I was still on Clear liquids (not even packaged Protein shakes or full liquids yet).

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Well I am supposed to be on full liquids but I've eaten pudding and chicken. There are more things I just can't think of them.

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Why did you eat chicken while on full liquids? Just curious.

And you said "almost anything". What else have you tried besides chicken and pudding?

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See this? This is what the staple line of your stomach looks like. If one of those ruptures or comes loose, you will have your stomach contents leaking into your abdominal cavity, causing possible sepsis. Your stomach's nerves have been cut and stapled, so the feeling isn't as sharp as it should be. Post op diet requirements aren't 'suggestions' like Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig. It's a prescription so you heal properly and don't hurt yourself. It has nothing to do with weight loss early out.

Follow your surgeons orders from here on out, please.

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oh fawk!! :wacko: lmao. that'll teach her! :P

See this? This is what the staple line of your stomach looks like. If one of those ruptures or comes loose, you will have your stomach contents leaking into your abdominal cavity, causing possible sepsis. Your stomach's nerves have been cut and stapled, so the feeling isn't as sharp as it should be. Post op diet requirements aren't 'suggestions' like Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig. It's a prescription so you heal properly and don't hurt yourself. It has nothing to do with weight loss early out.

Follow your surgeons orders from here on out, please.

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