Hi all! I know it's early now, but I am an avid Tabasco person. Now that I am 2 weeks out, I seriously miss hot spices in my soups/ foods. When might it be safe to reincorporate spices and what did some of you sleevers reintroduce first? Don't want to injure myself!! :-). Thanks! Roz

Girl, I'm addicted to Tapatio n would never give it up!! I added it to my chicken broth immediately after surgery. I was never told it would be bad during the healing process...I'm 6wks out and am doing fine. I think its safe to use it whenever you want.

My Nutritionalist said spicy is definitely OK! Go for it! Anything to make the food tase better. : )

I love me some tabasco, and I think I added it as soon as I got to the mushy stage!

My tongue and stomach disagreed for about 6 weeks about my spiciness level, but as of today I eat anything and everything that makes me stomach tingle. I don't know why I had to wait so long though. My tongue said yes, but my stomach burned really bad if I ate anything spicy.

I love Salsa and Chipotle. I started using it at 2 weeks post op with no problems. The only thing I have noticed is everything sweet is now sweeter and anything spicy tastes even more spicy.

To be cautious I waited for about 4-6 weeks for spicy food. I missed it TONS!

I've been wondering about this too - I have a great recipe for a spicy enchilada soup that I can do during the full liquid stage, but I'm unsure if my tummy will be able to handle the heat!

I'm two weeks out tomorrow and tolerate tobacco sauce well. It is my favorite. I have made the skinny girl buffalo wings and went well. I was only able to eat two of them but I tasted great!

I never gave up spices! Reintroduce them now and see how they treat you. I never would have made it through that extended liquids phase without spicy chicken broth or hot and sour soup!

~Cheri