Hi All,

I curious as to what veggies your drs have approved at your various stages. Right now, I'm almost two weeks out and about to start my purée stage. The only veggie options I have been given are: carrots, beets, cauliflower, yams, sweet potatoes, regular potatoes, hubbard squash, and V8 juice. Of these, the only ones that don't make me gag, are potatoes, and V8 juice.

When could and did you progress to edible vegetables? I'm a big fan go salad vegetables, and have my own garden for these.

Thanks!

Unfortunately most veggies are too fibrous at this stage and any veggies you do eat should be cooked until they are soft. Undigested fiber can get stuck in your stomach and cause a lump called a Bezoar which leads to other problems. My best advice is to be patient. You'll be eating more in no time, when your body is ready. = )

Veg is another one of those big variables between people - some can go quicker on them than others, so try them a little at time to see how you do with them. Remember, protein first - I was doing well enough on protein that my doc was adding veg to my diet at day ten, and I was having small salads with leftover meat in them by the end of the first month. YMMV.

Since you are getting along with the V8 juice, try the low sodium version as that as double the amount of potassium as the regular juice (which we need and don't get to any usable degree in our OTC supplements,) and is the best non-prescription source that I have found so far.