I am just starting the solid normal food, and I was wondering does everybody really have to wait 10 minutes between bites? So for my 30 minute lunch I get 3 bites. That almost seems impossible. 10 minutes is a long time to wait for another bite of food. Also my hot food gets so cold by the second bite. My Dr. says I wiil stretch out my small pouch if you dont wait 10 minutes. Seems crazy! Anyone outhere have any input, let me know

OMG if I had to wait 10minutes between bites I'd probably go insane.

My doctor says to eat slowly and I usually put my fork down between bites but waiting 10 minutes doesn't seem right.

I know that all doctors are different but really... 10 minutes? I'd ask him to try it out for a few days

Never heard of "10 minutes" before.

I believe the point, is to learn how to replace the typical "gulp and wash down with caloric liquids" method many of us used preOp.

Early in my postOp solids phase, I ~did~ have to literally NIBBLE a soda cracker slowly, which might take 5-10 minutes to insure I got it all nibbled small enough to not cause a problem. And I ~did~ use the 'fork down between bites' method for several months, as I had to literally teach myself NOT to GULP!

Slow chewing began with the exercise of 'nibbling' for me, first with saltines and later with other solids. I couldn't stand burger meat for nearly 2 years, as it was so coarse and I couldn't reduce much of it even with the nibble method. A standard pattie would end up producing nearly a golf-ball sized mass I'd spit back out of my mouth as being too hazardous to risk swallowing.

We all have ways to adapt to our new life, and none I've ever hear about on LBT is any more odd than what many of us did preOp.