Hi all, kindof my first post here, but my wife will be sleeved on 05/15/12, and I want to be of as much help to her as possible. Being a chef, this surgery will definitely challenge my thought process when it comes to meals. I was wondering if freshly processed vegetable juices would be something that would be allowable in addition to any protein powders that were purchased for post op consumption?

You sound like a wonderfully supportive husband and your wife will be lucky to have you on her team. Adding freshly squeezed juices from a juicer should be no problem as long as you stay away from acidic fruits and veggies like tomatoes, lemons, oranges etc. These can be irritating to our new stomachs for a while. Also I would suggest using a mechanical juicer like the Jack Lalane one because they remove most if not all of the pulp from the liquid whereas the hand juicers leave a good amount of pulp which she will want to avoid until she is past the liquid stages of the post-op diet. Best wishes to both you and your wife.

Thank you for that information! I was wondering if I could have watered down carrot juice.