Am working on my journey to VSG. I haven't received actual approval yet but do not foresee any problems with that. If no problems arise then surgery should take place on November 9th, 2011. I live in New Philadelphia, Ohio, amd 51 years old and I work in the medical professional. I hope someone on here will be able to mentor me through this because I know I am gunna need it. Thanks so much.

Hey there. I had my sleeve done in March and currently live in Columbus. Feel free to message me if you want to chat.

Hey there. I had my sleeve done in March and currently live in Columbus. Feel free to message me if you want to chat.

Thanks so much. How has it been since having surgery?

Thanks so much. How has it been since having surgery?

Pretty fine. I had pneumonia for a few weeks post surgery (got exposed to crap on my trip back home) but since then everything has been fine. I find some foods are processed and settle better than others. Really rich and/or sweet things make me sick now. Go figure.

What sort of foods did you have immediately postsurgery?

10 days Clear liquids (broth, tea, Water, etc)

10 days full liquids (above, plus Soups mostly)

10 days (I think) soft foods (above plus: mashed potatoes [bad idea], thicker soups, puree'd items and smoothies)

After the last ten days I worked my way up to "normal" foods, though it took time to make it to some things.

I am also a vegetarian, so you will have more options than I did (i.e. tuna during soft stage, etc). Go check out the Mexico Surgery forum. The first topic is Dr. Aceves info. It should contain a lot of the diet information he advises. Each doctor is different, but, after doing a lot of reading in the primary literature (stuff actual doctors write in peer reviewed journals), I would not recommend following a diet suggested by a doctor which has you eating any soft (or even full/normal foods) earlier than 14 days for soft and 20 for others. Basically, you start clear and work your way up from there. If you have trouble with a particular stage or type of food, go back a step for a day or two and start again with something after that with something else.

For example, I tried scrambled eggs early in the soft food section. That didn't sit well. I did not throw up, but I definitely did not have a happy tummy. So, the rest of that day I just had fluids to give my system time to recover. Next day, I had some instant oatmeal and that went down fine. If I had tried the oatmeal later that day, it probably would not have settled well.

I hope that helps. Keep em coming.