I know everyone's diet guidelines tends to vary so just curious. How long before you transitioned to the pureed stage?

I was eating purees in the hospital on my 3rd day.

Oh wow, lucky you.

3rd week for me. Each stage - clear liquids, full liquids, puree, full foods - was one week each.

Every surgeon has a different plan for his patients. It's interesting to see the diversity of how doctors vary. A lot of it comes down to liability though. Best of luck everyone!

I know everyone's diet guidelines tends to vary so just curious. How long before you transitioned to the pureed stage?

I was a week after surgery. I have to go to my dr and the nut before every step

Likewise, in the hospital the day after surgery - purees and soft foods including things like scrambled eggs, yogurt, cream of wheat, etc.

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Every surgeon has a different plan for his patients. It's interesting to see the diversity of how doctors vary. A lot of it comes down to liability though. Best of luck everyone!

Much of it also comes down to how much sleeve experience the doc has - you have an old line DS surgeon like my doc (which means that they have been doing sleeves for a long time), and from what I have seen, they all tend to have more aggressive food progressions than those who are fairly new to the sleeve, even if those docs are long experienced with the RNY.

Did Pomp have you do an extensive pre-op diet? That's another area where the old line DS docs seem to be less inclined to do them than the RNY guys.

Much of it also comes down to how much sleeve experience the doc has - you have an old line DS surgeon like my doc (which means that they have been doing sleeves for a long time), and from what I have seen, they all tend to have more aggressive food progressions than those who are fairly new to the sleeve, even if those docs are long experienced with the RNY.

Did Pomp have you do an extensive pre-op diet? That's another area where the old line DS docs seem to be less inclined to do them than the RNY guys.

3 days. I had surgery on a tuesday morning, and the saturday night beforehand I had a steak and bottle of red wine, and then got drunk at a beer-pong tournament my friend hosted.