Newbie in New Philadelphia, Ohio

[losinmyweigh 0]

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.

[bugwitch 37]

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

[losinmyweigh 0]

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

[losinmyweigh 0]

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

[bugwitch 37]

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.

[losinmyweigh 0]

What sort of foods did you have immediately postsurgery?

[bugwitch 37]

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.