My surgery date is May 6th and I will be going on vacation the first week in July. I will have approximately 8 weeks recovery time. I'm going to the beach with my family, wondering what restrictions there may be and what my nutrition program will be?????

You will be just be getting on to normal foods and finding out what you are ready for. Just a word of caution, most people have a set time for "liquids then soft foods then regular foods, but you will have to take it as your body is ready for it. For example, some people can eat a hamburger at 3 weeks and some don't seem to tolerate it till 12 or so. You should be in a place though, where you will be able to go to a restaurant and find something you can eat at that point.

Bonus: You will also be much more comfortable in a bathing suit! Yay!

Under my surgeons schedule you would be just transitioning to soft foods. I also went to the beach after my surgery at about the same distance out. One blessing is that seafood is mostly soft! I ate a lot of fish and crablegs! is also a chance to relearn how to vacation... there was a gym in our condo so I continued to work out every day and walked a couple miles on the beach every day. There is a free app you can get for your phone that is a GPS pedometer that tracks how far you walk. I ended up losing 4 pounds on vacation and I feel like I have changed all future vacation expectations! Have fun and good luck!

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I'd ask my surgical team. We can only go by what our surgical team told us.

I'm in the same boat. I had my surgery on March 25 and I'm going to Cabo at the end of May for 10 days. My instructions state that I will start a regular diet about 2 weeks before I go, so I'm thankful that I will be able to experiment with some stuff before leaving. My biggest concern is that these trips always revolve around eating and drinking (and this trip also includes a rehearsal dinner and wedding) and only my husband knows I've had the surgery. I need to double check with my doctor, but I'm hoping that I'll be able to go in the water by then - it's going to be HOT! I seem to remember reading to not swim or go in hot tubs for 6 weeks. I'm already looking forward to being so much more comfortable during the plane ride and in my clothes. Good luck to you!

I was sleeved on April 3 and leaving for a cruise on June 1. I will be on regular foods by then but am taking protein shakes (with a note that my doctor is writing) to make sure I am still meeting my protein needs. And the gym on the boat is great. It is a whole new mind set to vacation not being completely about the eating/drinking. Soooo excited.

Thanks everyone for the feedback!!