I LOVE rice - even if just a little! How long after surgery can I have some??

Probably about the same time you could/should have a french fry...lol. Just kidding.

If it blends up in a mixer its a mushy.

I had rice at 6 weeks post op and I have it a few times per week in a burrito bowl :-)

I'll wait a few more weeks -

That's a good question. My doctor told me to wait until 6 months out. But I know it's sooner. I live in Korea and rice is a daily staple. 3 times a day so I guess that's why he told me 6 months. I really love rice and I feel like I need it 3 times a day. lol

Rice is one of the grains that I don't seem to tolerate very well (and I'm almost 8 months out). I can usually eat a little pasta, sometimes a little bread . . . but rice just doesn't sit well. I don't miss it, though.

That would be bad news for me if I could not tolerate rice, I am Colombian and that is my staple food!

To me, white rice is empty calories. I do miss it when eating Thai food though. I've switched over to Quinoa which is much more nutritional and very high in Protein. It takes on the taste of what you are cooking.

It's on my you can eat it if you can tolerate it list from my doctor, but they don't recommend it.

oh I go to try that, how do you cook it? the same way as rice?

I love the stuff. Yes, cook it like rice with twice as much water as grain.

I'm from Lousianna and rice is a staple item, no meal is complete without rice. But my Dr and nut said rice is several months down the line. I will wait till I can have it and then make it for special occasions.

I meet with some friends today who are from LA also, she had her surgery a couple of months ago and today she ate a little gumbo with rice and had no problems. I think it depends on how well you tolerate it. Keep in mind rice is very filling and has no proteins (unless enriched) so if. You eat too much you will not be able to eat meats or other protein full stuff. Good luck!

Rice, bread and most pasta make me feel overfull very quickly. Worse, they absorb water when I start drinking again 30 minutes after my meal and make me uncomfortable. I don't do much of any of the three.

Need some good travel snacks and or munches any tips

Need some good travel Snacks and or munches any tips

pumpkin seeds, pistachios, carrots and cucumbers, fruit

My surgeon told me to stay away from rice & Pasta & breads. Whole grain rice is something I plan on trying soon, just not much at one time. I also had whole wheat pasta(just a little) and that wasn't too bad.

Need some good travel Snacks and or munches any tips

Atkins Protein bars... delicious & nutritious! Especially chocolate chip granola & Peanut Butter granola