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Day 5 post op, doing great and feeling great! Ive been sipping Water, clear broth, Protein shakes.... THEN I ate a teaspoon of soft ice cream today. I had very slight discomfort and I wont be doing that again!!! But now I'm scared to death I did that. :( i feel fine now but glad to have the wake up call to stay the course. Just needing assurance I didn't spring a leak over it.

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you're fine! ice cream couldn't hurt you in that way.

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Thank you so much for replying. Its scary reading some posts about what people venture out and try so few days post op - I did a search and saw lots of things but nothing on ice cream. I'm glad I looked around and read because it quickly put me back on the straight and narrow! Your reply eased my worry, thanks again.

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my hubby tried some ice cream that was sugar free and weight watchers acceptable... but what happen is that it too hurt his stomach. So needless to say.. he wont be trying that again.. he had surgery dec 27 and all is well.. just he cant eat that anymore.. you will come across things like that.. stuff you used to be able to eat..and cant now.. sort of a good thing for sure.. I have stuff like that too.. so I steer clear from them.. trial and error.. I had surgery dec20.. and doing great.. you learn along the way what your cut off point is.. I just pay attention to my stomach.. it tells me when enough is enough and Im learning just about eye balling what that amt. is. Ive not ever tried things im not suppose to have.. I figure that if the doc says no. its for a reason.. and plus I read here the stuff people eat after surgery and im totally shocked.. Im not messing this up.. Ive got a 2nd chance..and im not gonna sabatoge this or ruin it in anyway. keep up the good work of getting back on track.. it does get easier and the weight just falls right off.. its great.

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You're okay... Oh I remember my first cheat, it was soft serve ice cream at the mall...I ate the entire little cup... About twenty minutes later I was sweating so bad I looked like I just took a shower.. I was drenched in sweat...everyone was staring at me lol

Never again

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It' tough finding out what your stomach will tolerate, even if it is on the approved food list. I was hurting pretty good after eating sugar free Jell-O or sugar free popsicles. But I had no problem with Protein drinks, cream of chicken or cream of mushroom Soup by the end of the 5th or 6th day.

But I wasn't eating much of anything the 1st 4 or 5 days, I was hurting too much. Every once in a while I would take a nibble of a popsicle. And stick my head in the freezer. The cold air seemed to help a lot.

I developed my own stomach testing system. Eat 1/4 teaspoon of the food and wait 5 minutes, no problems, eat 1/2 teaspoon, wait another 5 minutes. If I've had no stomach upset at that point, I know I can tolerate the food.

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Thanks Nancy and Less - it was a wake up call! Thankfully nothing harmful, but Good enough to keep this girl in line! One day I may try again in the way off future when more foods become acceptable for me to try and tollerate. Until then, pass the broth!! Lol. Thank you for sharing, I feel much better!

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It' tough finding out what your stomach will tolerate' date=' even if it is on the approved food list. I was hurting pretty good after eating sugar free Jell-O or sugar free popsicles. But I had no problem with Protein drinks, cream of chicken or cream of mushroom Soup by the end of the 5th or 6th day.

But I wasn't eating much of anything the 1st 4 or 5 days, I was hurting too much. Every once in a while I would take a nibble of a popsicle. And stick my head in the freezer. The cold air seemed to help a lot.

I developed my own stomach testing system. Eat 1/4 teaspoon of the food and wait 5 minutes, no problems, eat 1/2 teaspoon, wait another 5 minutes. If I've had no stomach upset at that point, I know I can tolerate the food.[/quote']

Yeah, I guess it was bound to happen, my first brush with a food my sleeve said no to! Sorry you had a rough time, I know what you mean about the freezer feeling good, but I'm opposite, I feel good in a warm shower! Lol

Thanks, that testing system is a good idea! I'll try it that way next time. Thank goodness my sleeve reacted quickly or I would have been in sweats like Less posted!

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Sugary stuff makes me sweat and feel lousy. My RNY wife gets heart palpitations. Sugar ain't sweet no more!

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Sugary stuff makes me sweat and feel lousy. My RNY wife gets heart palpitations. Sugar ain't sweet no more!

Aww that stinks. And you got that right!

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Yeah, when you haven't had any real sugar for a long time, the body just goes "hell no."

So easy to get re-acclimated to, though :(

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Tiff Dr . Told you ,you could have Protein shakes ? I'm jealous because his nurse told me only Clear liquids first week . I was thinking about going to the Japeneese place and get the yum yum soap its clear but I'm scared .

Stacie

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Tiff Dr . Told you ' date='you could have Protein shakes ? I'm jealous because his nurse told me only Clear Liquids first week . I was thinking about going to the Japeneese place and get the yum yum soap its clear but I'm scared .

Stacie[/quote']

He let me have half Protein shake/half Water. I was so weak! I called him and he said I could do that. It helped me feel better and didn't taste too bad! :)

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He let me have half Protein shake/half Water. I was so weak! I called him and he said I could do that. It helped me feel better and didn't taste too bad! :)

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