Thinking I ate something I shouldn't have.

[Véronique 238]

4 minutes ago, OutsideMatchInside said:

Real roast beef is too tough for a fresh sleeve, eating stuff like that makes your sleeve work over time and it can twist. Google twisted sleeve. That is one of those complications that does show up until later on, but your actions now can create complications later on.

Post-op diet is a prescription to prevent complications, this is a serious diet, not a time to experiment, you have the rest of your life for that, control yourself for 3 to 6 months. Your life is worth it.

... 3 to 6 months? Per the book I have, one can have a regular, albeit modified, diet after 6-8 weeks. Should I discuss this with my surgeon at my pre-op appointment just to be on the safe side?

[MarinaGirl 609]

29 minutes ago, Véronique said:

Yeah, France definitely is better. In fact, I know the hospital in the last town I was living definitely does bariatric surgery (or, as we French call it, chirurgie bariatrique).

When I worked in Paris many years ago I was very impressed wth the French medical system; much better than the US. I've also received great care in Sweden, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico.

[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

10 minutes ago, Véronique said:

... 3 to 6 months? Per the book I have, one can have a regular, albeit modified, diet after 6-8 weeks. Should I discuss this with my surgeon at my pre-op appointment just to be on the safe side?

I was on regular food at 2 weeks, but in stages. I have a complete grocery list for each week until week 6 and then I have other guidelines. I have different stages things I can add each week.

I wasn't allowed steak or pork chops until 6 months. I would put real roast beef not deli meat in the same category with steak.

[Véronique 238]

2 minutes ago, OutsideMatchInside said:

I was on regular food at 2 weeks, but in stages. I have a complete grocery list for each week until week 6 and then I have other guidelines. I have different stages things I can add each week.

I wasn't allowed steak or pork chops until 6 months. I would put real roast beef not deli meat in the same category with steak.

Yeah, they don't want me on regular food until 6-8 weeks. I'll need to bring this up to my surgeon just to make sure what the deal is.

[MoneeMoe 9]

I went to a BBQ today with my family, they were having steak. I am about 6 days post-op and I just wanted to chew on a piece of steak. So what I did I chewed the meat and I spit it out. I just wanted the flavor. Ugh! This is tricky business. But I'm still sipping my Water and whatever else I have to till my surgeon tells me other wise.

My advice would be go to the E.R. There's nothing wrong with that. After you're feeling better jump back on the liquid diet and go from there.

[Hoping052017 97]

I'm about a month out and per my docs, I was cleared for soft foods at 2 weeks (actually 2.5 since we have to wait until our 2 week checkup and mine was 2.5 weeks out) they said I could eat anything that could be cut with a plastic fork. That included soft beef (lean hamburger, soft stew meat, soft pot roast) I've noticed, myself, I have a problem with pink fish (salmon & tuna), scrambled eggs, deli ham, and cottage cheese with yogurt (definitely not doing that again since it was the ONLY time I've thrown up, though I can tolerate each on their own). I've had my mom's pot roast 3 times now and haven't had any problems with it, but it was plastic fork tender.

I think everyone's system is different. But if you can't cut it with a plastic fork, avoid it.

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[Finding_Stacy 263]

11 hours ago, Véronique said:

... I wonder why everyone's books are so different...

Every doctor and hospital does it differently. They had me on clear fluids two hours after surgery and purees by the second day--including scrambled eggs. I'm three weeks out today and had four bites of a hamburger patty last night and totally fine. It's just different doctors, different strokes.

[Finding_Stacy 263]

1 hour ago, Hoping052017 said:

I'm about a month out and per my docs, I was cleared for soft foods at 2 weeks (actually 2.5 since we have to wait until our 2 week checkup and mine was 2.5 weeks out) they said I could eat anything that could be cut with a plastic fork. That included soft beef (lean hamburger, soft stew meat, soft pot roast) I've noticed, myself, I have a problem with pink fish (salmon & tuna), scrambled eggs, deli ham, and cottage cheese with yogurt (definitely not doing that again since it was the ONLY time I've thrown up, though I can tolerate each on their own). I've had my mom's pot roast 3 times now and haven't had any problems with it, but it was plastic fork tender.

I think everyone's system is different. But if you can't cut it with a plastic fork, avoid it.

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I've seen on YouTube's vsg videos that some people struggle with lunch meat. When you're feeling brave again, see if you can eat that deli ham by itself. That' might've been your culprit.

[Hoping052017 97]

I've seen on YouTube's vsg videos that some people struggle with lunch meat. When you're feeling brave again, see if you can eat that deli ham by itself. That' might've been your culprit.

I'll try again eventually. I did eat the deli ham by itself. I may have eaten too much or too fast. My tummy felt so inflated and just overall miserable. Same with the fish (haven't had a problem with tilapia though. The only time I've actually eaten anything together with anything else it was the cottage cheese and yogurt. I can eat cottage cheese by itself - no problem. I can eat yogurt by itself - no problem. But when I tried them together - sick, sick, sick.

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