what post opt diet to follow?

[ssarose 2]

I know the doctor gives you a post op diet but why is it different from another doctor? They give you the same one that they give to everybody else regardless of the surgery. So do I really need to follow the one my doctor gave me? I don't feel it's as important as following one of the diets especially because what they gave me in the hospital was loaded with sugar and carbs, the diet on paper they gave me said don't do this. (My surgery was done in Mexico, so i cant talk to the doctor). I'm day 10 and in need of something other than Clear Liquids. I see a lot of diets where you can have oatmeal and eggs after 3 to 7 days.

[sherrypep 91]

I am 13 days post op and had a scrambled egg and oatmeal by day 8. Each doctor is different, not sure why. I am now on pureed to soft as tolerated.

[magpie30 187]

Each doctor goes by what they think will give you the best chance to heal with out extra complications. However, just like everybody's body is different some people can tolerate soft pureed foods sooner, while others cannot. You doctor recommends what he/she thinks is the best way to go about it. For me, i was only on clear liquids while in the hospital. as soon as i was home i was allowed full liquids which included things like yogurt and cottage cheese. At the 3 week mark i was allowed soft solids like eggs, tuna, canned chicken, cheese etc. I think you could be just fine with full liquids at this point. but be sure to take it slow. you don't want to cause a leak!

[lilbearzmom 584]

What did they give you in the hospital?

[NewSetOfCurves 1,553]

This is my doctors nutrition page on his website. There are several PDF files that you can open and print, each explaining facts on nutrition after bariactric surgery, phase 1 post-op to phase 5 post-op (each phase tells you the # of days), and there is even one on dumping syndrome.

http://www.lonestarsurgical.com/nutrition/#nutrition

Hope this helps.

[DeterminedGirl 53]

Thanks, Curvy!!! This site is great....

[Nicolanz 1,484]

I did 4 days of clear liquids, 10 of full liquids, 2 weeks of pureed and two weeks soft foods.

[ssarose 2]

I got my surgery in mexico, the only juice they had was full of sugar, mostly apple, they also gave us otter pops and broth. I couldn't keep Water down, I tried ice too, I couldn't even eat the otter pops because of the water. So I did apple juice, broth and vitiwater for 5 days. Now back home, I'm on the same pattern only with good apple juice and ice pops that are low sugar.

[eerica30 12]

This is my doctors nutrition page on his website. There are several PDF files that you can open and print' date=' each explaining facts on nutrition after bariactric surgery, phase 1 post-op to phase 5 post-op (each phase tells you the # of days), and there is even one on dumping syndrome.

http://www.lonestarsurgical.com/nutrition/#nutrition

Hope this helps.[/quote']

This is a big help. Thank you so much

[ssarose 2]

This is my doctors nutrition page on his website. There are several PDF files that you can open and print' date=' each explaining facts on nutrition after bariactric surgery, phase 1 post-op to phase 5 post-op (each phase tells you the # of days), and there is even one on dumping syndrome.

http://www.lonestarsurgical.com/nutrition/#nutrition

Hope this helps.[/quote']

This is perfect! Thank you so much!!!

[eerica30 12]

Thanks

[christina0613 103]

This is my doctors nutrition page on his website. There are several PDF files that you can open and print' date=' each explaining facts on nutrition after bariactric surgery, phase 1 post-op to phase 5 post-op (each phase tells you the # of days), and there is even one on dumping syndrome.

http://www.lonestarsurgical.com/nutrition/#nutrition

Hope this helps.[/quote']

This was great..my doctor follows the same diet..