Ok gang, I'm dying. It's been two weeks on liquids and it's killing me. My doctor's regimen is 3 weeks liquids follwed by 3 weeks mushies and then your first fill. Essentially you never eat solids until you've had a fill. I was ok for about 12 days and now it's torture.

What was your post-op regimen? Was it 6 weeks of no chewing? Just want to get a sense of what other doctors advised. Having that info will be helpful when I call tomorrow and ask the doctor's office about starting mushies sooner.

Thanks!

Britt (craving teriyaki chicken, and, for some odd reason, pistachios)

Mine is one week clear liquid, next week I get to ad mushies and pureed liquids:clap2: YAY, I never thought a scrambled egg would look so good!

It's only been 4-5 days and I am dying, I am craving a hamburger patty with tons of ketchup and tomato and I don't even eat red meat!

I was on liquids only for 10 days. I went for a post-op visit on day ten and was moved to mushies. He said after a week of mushies, I could test the waters on a regular diet and if everything went down ok, I was good to go. I had absolutely no problems with that.

Roiansmom, lol, the first thing I had to eat coming off of liquids was scrambled eggs too. My hubby made them and you would have thought I was eating the finest steak at the finest restaurant in the world. It was pure heaven. :biggrin1:

I'm four weeks into liquids and two more to go before mushies. I never thought I'd fantasize about a scrambled egg but there you have it. I'm pretty wide open with the band and am having a difficult time with hunger.

I'll take Jack's words to heart.

Courage, Camille (cough, cough).:phanvan

2 days clear liquids, 2 weeks full liquids including cream (made with skim milk) soups, yogurt, jello, pudding, slimfast, 1-2 weeks mushies including eggs, cottage cheese or ricotta or tuna salad. The semi-solids and solids. Its the beginning of the 4th week and I got the ok to do some semi-solids now and it is fine. I am super duper careful and chewing like crazy.