Has anyone had surgery with Dr Nick? I am scheduled on May 21st (Tuesday) at Victory Medical in Plano...just wondering if anyone can give me some feedback about their experience. Pain after surgery? Does he require a cath during surgery? Does he come in to see us during our stay in the hospital? What have you experienced with his office (friendliness, how are they about returning calls, etc...) Any information would be helpful! I am getting so nervous, thinking of backing out!!!! Help!!

According to them you can puree your meets and such. What I did was stuck to things like yogurt and beans. At about the end of week 4 I ate some ground beef no issue. I also ate lots of cheese. I was in no way going to puree some meat or anything for that matter.

It was 3 weeks of liquid, it had to go through a strainer. Weeks 4-6 were soft foods, yogurt, refried beans (my savior) eggs, soft proteins like tuna and salmon. If all is well after 6 weeks, no dietary restrictions but was recommended to slowly add foods.

I am so happy with Dr. Nicholson!

Best of luck to you!

According to them you can puree your meets and such. What I did was stuck to things like yogurt and beans. At about the end of week 4 I ate some ground beef no issue. I also ate lots of cheese. I was in no way going to puree some meat or anything for that matter.

LOL! I agree, I just couldn't get on board with having to puree my meats or foods. In all honesty, I found the post op diet quite easy.

It was 3 weeks of liquid, it had to go through a strainer. Weeks 4-6 were soft foods, yogurt, refried beans (my savior) eggs, soft proteins like tuna and salmon. If all is well after 6 weeks, no dietary restrictions but was recommended to slowly add foods.

I am so happy with Dr. Nicholson!

Best of luck to you!

Oh yeah EGGS I forgot about EGGS. I ate the heck out of some eggs week 4 through 6!!

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LOL so funny! I am trying to think of Thanksgiving dinner and whether I could find something to eat there in week 4-5 or so. I will be at someone else's house and unable to control what they are serving though.

In all honesty regardless you will likely feel differently after surgery about food. I could care less what we eat for thanksgiving or even if food is served. Not that I don't like T Day food but if I was told we were not doing a T-Day meal this year it would not bother me one bit. I just don't look at food in that way anymore.

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I am 6 weeks post op today and just finished with weeks 4-6 of soft foods. I never pureed anything. My daily meals have been like this: breakfast- 1 scrambled egg with laughing cow queso/chipotle wedge and 1 tbsp. of ground turkey sausage; lunch - whole foods chicken salad (yummm) just chewed really well, tuna with light mayo, deli turkey wrapped around string cheese and warmed in the microwave; dinner - same as lunch...I've had chipotle a couple of times and just get a bowl without rice and eat on it for a few meals.... I also snack on greek yogurt, cottage cheese. I had ground beef last week with no problems. I think Thanksgiving would be super easy at that stage. Little bit of turkey cut up real well and mashed potatoes. I wish I thought of food differently than before surgery. I think I have an iron sleeve because nothing has upset my stomach so far (knock on wood).

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