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vicki s    146

vicki s
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just wondering when everyone started eating salad, i am 9 wks out and had salad with grilled chicken without problems, but my nut said not till 6 months??...I love salad and felt i was healed enough to eat it and like i said, no problems...just wondering?

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SoccerMomma73    1,867

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My doc says around 7 weeks. Was possibly the best day of my life :D

HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 198

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vicki s    146

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LOL...I hear you...I think it was the best think I've eaten since surgery!

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CrisG    70

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At 8 weeks they said I good. It's was the best thing I had in weeks. About an hour later I wasn't feeling well. A few days ago I tried again same thing happened so I decided to wait to try again.

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vicki s    146

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At 8 weeks they said I good. It's was the best thing I had in weeks. About an hour later I wasn't feeling well. A few days ago I tried again same thing happened so I decided to wait to try again.

At 8 weeks they said I good. It's was the best thing I had in weeks. About an hour later I wasn't feeling well. A few days ago I tried again same thing happened so I decided to wait to try again.

so sorry,,....that stinks...well i have had it 3 times in the last couple day without a problem...im really happy because i love salad....hopefully you will be able to soon....

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hockeymumzie    181

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At three months I started taking bites. I love a good salad.

HW 358 SW 344 CW 248 RNY 4/11/2013

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terry1118    1,274

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My program bans salad for at least 6 months.Too hard to digest the raw roughage.

Mine says the same. I love salad and should be able to try it by the holidays. :-)

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dkm164    23

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I love salad and really missed it--waited till my 4th month out. Can eat very little of it still--just does not agree with my pouch.

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cinlfor    4

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I started salad at 6 weeks. I am at 8 weeks and eat it all the time. I started with baby spinach and spring mix salads...they are a little softer.

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slwyse    7

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My nutritionist said to try and wait til 4 to 6 months for raw veggies. I think, even though technically they are allowed now, it is still hard to chew them enough to not have problems with little pieces getting stuck. Any thing cooked is fine. I stay away from celery though. I can picture the little strings getting stuck!

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CrisG    70

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I got the go ahead on salads at 8 weeks. But the first few attempts weren't good. I started buying chopped salad in a bag. It's smaller pieces.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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