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I have three days left of the full liquids, and then I'll switch to pureed foods. However, today I had a lapse in judgment...I ate a small piece of roast beef (deli meat). I chewed it really well, but I felt so guilty afterwards! I don't feel sick or anything, but is there a chance I could have hurt my staple line? I'm freakin out a bit :-/

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I think you'll be ok. When was your surgery? Mine was 12-31 and I've been eating soft foods for almost a week. Soup, mashers, cream of wheat and tonight..chili!

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I am sure its fine.

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I doubt you have done any damage. Each doctor has their own timeline for the different stages of the diet. I left the hospital on soft/pureed foods.

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I doubt you did damage, but no i didn't cheat. The diet is only a few weeks of your whole life. You can do it.

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I'm sure you'll be fine. Having said that you did skip ahead quite a bit! :)

I know what it's like, you just want to bite something.

Do your best to stick to it, and maybe if you were going to skip ahead it should have been a puree / mashed something.

Good luck!

Deano

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I jumped a few days by having a few tablespoons of liquidy mash potatoes and oatmeal. I also jumped ahead last week once --I had a soft boiled egg that I left in too long and it came out like soft HARD boiled egg. I took a few fast small bites and OMG.... I was in immediate pain. PAIN. It felt like I was having a heart attack. I just kept walking around in a state of semi-panic waiting for it to pass. I believe it happened because the egg and especially the egg yolk was way too dry.

~Dana

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I was only on full liquids for 1 day. My surgeon doesn't think it necessary. I had no problems eating soft foods by day 2 and then regular food on day 14.

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I too was given the green light to eat reg food on day 14. & yes, I actually ate some mashed potatoes the first week...no problem.

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