Hi My name is Stacy I am 47 and the mom of a angel 31/2 yo Riley....She is my inspiration and the major catalyst for me undergoing surgery. I have asked my suregeon Dr Dibenedetto at Rochester General if he fills immediately after surgery (as I have read many of you are getting) but he does not....I am exceedingly anxious about feeling starved after surgery...not to worries about pain etc...just not being able to eat and the hunger issue..I will take any advice you have...did anyone get advanced faster than 3 weeks to smushie food?

Hi My name is Stacy I am 47 and the mom of a angel 31/2 yo Riley....She is my inspiration and the major catalyst for me undergoing surgery. I have asked my suregeon Dr Dibenedetto at Rochester General if he fills immediately after surgery (as I have read many of you are getting) but he does not....I am exceedingly anxious about feeling starved after surgery...not to worries about pain etc...just not being able to eat and the hunger issue..I will take any advice you have...did anyone get advanced faster than 3 weeks to smushie food?

My docotor said that i should be on 2 weeks liquid, 2-3 weeks puree, 2-4 weeks soft food.

If it helps to put it in a different perspective, the reason you don't get a fill right away is to let your stomach heal. After surgery, no matter how minor it is, tissue will swell, and it'll take some time for the swellling to go down and the stomach to heal. So I'd guess having a fill could close you right up.

Consider all that's happening a rite of passage. Most have to go through a pre-op diet (I've started to want to chew on furniture I'm so hungry sometimes), and then we have up to six weeks of liquids, mushies, and then working our way to solid food. So in 6 weeks you'll be back to solid food.

Six weeks, in the big scope of things, isn't all that long. At least, that's what I tell myself.

Good luck, keep your chin up.