Hi everyone,

Today is post-op Day 15 for me and I've had a good recovery thus far.

Today I notice I have a harder time swallowing water/soup, etc. I ovulated today, and when I had the Lap-Band I always found everything was tighter at ovulation and start of period. Could that be the case with the sleeve as well?

The only other thing that's different is I started purees yesterday, per surgeon's schedule. Had 4 oz cottage cheese and 1-2 oz of egg salad made with greek yogurt and mashed with fork (and chewed to smithereens).

No purees so far today because I don't want to cause any problems if things are moving more slowly anyway.

Has anyone else experienced tightness around ovulation/period?

Even though these foods are on your puree list, they need to be thinned out as much as you can tolerate them to insure that there are no swallowing issues. Try thinning your cottage cheese with either fat free or 1% milk. I've been adding milk and a little grapeseed oil to my pureed beans; the oil has a lot of Omega benefits!

Best of luck!