I took a friend to the airport on Tuesday morning and he will be gone for a month so he told me to take home some of the things that would not keep until he returned. I brought home the milk, eggs and a bag of lettuce salad mix. I know that my diet plan does not call for lettuce at this point. I am a little over 3 months out from my lapband to sleeve surgery. I have been craving lettuce for quite some time and love a good chef salad.

I put a little lettuce in a bowl, cut up some sliced turkey, cut up a hard boiled egg, a little shredded cheese and then added a little dressing. I was eating and chewing very well and things seemed to be going great. Then it hit me like a rock....I started to get that feeling in your stomach like one time when I thought that I could finish what was on my plate and did. That is the only time that I have had to vomit since having my sleeve. I sat down in the chair and sat very still thinking that the discomfort would go away. After about 30 minutes of much discomfort I knew that it had to come up. This was only the second time that I have vomited since my sleeve. I know that I took the chance on eating something on my diet that was not called for until a later date post op.

This has taught me another important lesson that I should eat what I am supposed to according to my diet and things like this would not happen to me. Just wanted to share as I see a lot of others who have posted and are eating things that I am not supposed to have until 5-6 months post op. This just shows that there is a great difference in the diets given by the doctors that perform WLS>

Thanks for posting! I have been craving a salad so bad but know I can't have one until the diet plan tells me it is okay. After reading yours I will definitely not make the mistake of trying to do it early!!

I hope you felt much better after it was all over! Ick!

Let me just add that it tasted 1000% better going down than coming up. I may not be able to eat ranch dressing for quite some time.