I am 3 /12 weeks post surgery, and started on soft foods this week. So far so good until yesterday evening. I had been taking it pretty easy with food this week - yogurt, cottage cheese with applesauce, chicken salad minced really fine, mashed black beans with mild salsa, and pureed soups. Yesterday at lunch I steamed myself 3 oz of asparagus until soft and cut it into small pieces before I ate it. No problem there. Last night I browned some lean ground beef with diced mushrooms and onions in broth, and mixed in a few warm mashed potatoes at the end to make an applesauce like consistency. Tasted fine going down - but I either ate too much or something in the concoction didn't agree with me. I had bad stomach pain the rest of the night. I did sleep about three hours, but was up again at 1 am with the bad stomach pain for another three hours. My temperature and BP are fine - so I don't think I have a leak. I am fine today, am am going back on liquids for today to make sure I give my sleeve time to recover. Have other people had this kind of pain from eating something innocuous? Anything on my list of what I have been eating I should stay away from?

i don't think you are suppose to eat beef or pork for a while - atleast thats what i was told by my dr.

you may want to ask but beef takes a lot more to digest then chicken or fish.

i still have a hard time with chicken - i am good with fish - just chicken is a problem.

good luck.

Asparagus is considered too stringy and fibrous and I've heard we're supposed to stay away from that for a while, too.

Onions are on my caution list from the dr. I was told onions, cabbage, and a few other vegetables cause gas. I was told to avoid them while the staple line is healing.

Nikki

Thanks for the good hints - I will stay away from beef, onions and asparagus for a while. SInce I had all three yesterday, no wonder my stomach hurt!