What's the reason my surgeon said to avoid bread?

Would kill for a turkey sandwich about right now. This Jello, pudding, pop sickles, and broth is REALLY old!!!'

Im a few days post op and right now all i want to have is a piece of garlic bread:(

- Chrissy

Oh but no! can' have bread for awhile. It swells up. uour stomach will take about 12 weeks to heal.

Oh but no! can' have bread for awhile. It swells up. uour stomach will take about 12 weeks to heal.

Oh no! 12 weeks without bread! why cant there be something that taste like bread but not effect me:(

I was a breadaholic before surgery. Now I don't even want it. It will fill you up very fast and expand so your stomach needs to be healed first to prevent leakage. You should be able to eat crackers like Wasa cripbread sooner, so use that in place of bread. I make tuna melts with them, pizza, and everything! When I was released for bread, I was oly allowed to have it toasted, again because of expanding. I don't even want or eat it anymore cuz it fills you up too fast. You will need to eat your protein first, and that will fill you up for awhile. Don't worry, your time will come for bread, but don't rush it.