Oh my belly help!

[wayupnorth 1]

I just ate my first pureed meal. I took salmon and chopped it up and fine and chewed and chewed .Oh I am having such stomach pain. Could anyone give me some advise?

[Oregondaisy 2,020]

Did you eat too much? When I was first starting out, a couple of bites is all I could handle.

[Malaika 50]

GAS-X and a heating pad maybe? I am so sorry you're in pain ... maybe you over ate?

[Ruthi 60]

how long ago did you eat and how much. Your first pureed meal was a bit hard to digest. Try something lighter next time and work your way up

[MacMadame 81]

I thought for it to be pureed, it's supposed to be actually blended - like in a blender. Maybe chopping it up wasn't enough?

(The programs are all different on this one though so maybe your program allows chopped up stuff as a puree?)

[wayupnorth 1]

Thanks everyone for the information.

[*susan* 1,709]

Did your belly get to feeling better?

[wayupnorth 1]

It is my lower gut area on the left side. It will just not go away. But is not like it was.

[*susan* 1,709]

Have you contacted a doctor?

[Malaika 50]

Is that where the appendix is located? Lower left side?

[*susan* 1,709]

I thought if you were having appendix problems, the pain was in the lower right side?

[Malaika 50]

Well obviously I have no idea where your appendix is located then ... *shrugs* ... was just a thought .. a bad one I guess - :crying:

[Oregondaisy 2,020]

Yea, I had my appendix out and it's the lower right side.

Some people have to go through the food stages slower as their body heals slower.

[tandy1316 0]

Hi

I agree with MacMadame. Your first stage is food that has been blended in a blended. Remember what it is like to wean a baby. The first stages is like a thick liquid, then you can move onto small lumps by around week 5ish. I too have a pain in my lower left side a lot...maybe it is the excess gases from the op still there? Doc told me not to worry and things would die down after a bit. Remember you have just been through a huge ordeal!

Hope this helps

[LindaR 0]

This info. helps me too. I'm new to this blog today. I am almost 3 weeks post-op and I think I am going to have to slow down on the transition to solids. I think I kinda skipped the 'mushies' stage and tried to eat things that are a little too hard on my 'new' stomach. Still lot's of gas and pain, so this makes sense...