My first week

[43rosebud 0]

Did anyone try mashed potatoes during week one?

[MINI-Me 196]

I don't mean this to sound harsh ... but, what does your plan say? You really need to follow it to the letter the first few weeks (especially) ... Your little tummy has been through a lot an needs TLC.

[hopeandfaith 6]

I'm a few days over two weeks and NO I didn't do potatoes. liquids ONLY for me for two week. Now I'm doing puree foods and one food at a time. This is how someone explained it to me yesterday.

Your stomach was put to sleep, then the doctor cut most of it away and made a baby stomach. Now when your stomach woke up it has to learn all over again how to process. Like a BABY you don't want to feed them a combination of food at once you always try ONE FOOD at a time to see how their stomach will react to that food. I'm a very visual person so that REALLY put it in perspective for me!

This might sound silly to some but it HELPED ME! Have a GOOD day and HANG IN THERE it gets better. The RESULTS is what makes it FANTASTIC!!!

[Billy363627 15]

yep I already did 2 weeks of liquids 2 more isn't really going to be that much harder..I do not I mean do not want a leak . My doc told me to follow the plan and he is almost sure that I will not have a problem. But if I vary he is very cautious and don't want to take any unneccesary risks of developing a leak.. If it was me I would follow post op to the letter.

[AChristian 112]

From everything I've learned, its much too soon for mashed potatoes. Remember this...Just because It will go down ok doesnt me its safe right now. From what I understand , your stomach is trying to heal and these first 4 weeks are CRUICAL. Its not worth a bite of mashed potatoes. I would error on the side of caution.