I'm 7 days post op and started refried beans today. I had about 1-2 tablespoons mixed with water. It felt ok going down, I felt full and stopped when I noticed the thick feeling in my throat telling me I had gone to far. Fast forward 5-6 hours later and I am having a mild, dull pain in my stomach. I am totally full and have not had anything else today except sips of water. I'm wondering if what I'm experiencing is gas pain or something else. I'm definitely gonna take my diet back to fluids for a few days but is it possible to stretch or cause a leak with a meal of refried beans. Help!!!

If he surgeon did his job then the answer is no.... it's not possible. You can have a leak without eating anything.

Thanks for the response. Being a newbie I have all sorts of wild questions and I just had to ask that one!

Maybe you weren't ready for beans. Try other stuff. A leak will hurt really bad. It might be gas pains, they can hurt really bad I too hurt for unknown reasons. 1 week is still early. If i hurt i just took my pain med. It helps.

When I had ssimilar pain during the liquid phase, it was the way my sleeve was swollen. It wasn't exactly a stricture, but more like an hourglass. The liquid would pool on the top part of my sleeve, then hurt like hell squeezing down to the bigger, bottom part. It lasted about two weeks. I thought it was gas and even tried infant colic drops. Eventually it all evened out and I've been good to go ever since!

I'm thinking the refried beans were just a terrible choice for a first food. I feel like it's taking forever to "work" them back out. I took it easy today related to eating and just took in fluids and an ice pop. If I feel better I'll try something else tomorrow.