I had the gastric sleeve surgery on 1/13/14 in Billings MT. Stayed one night then went home. I had little to no pain and feel great. I will return to work on Monday. Just finishing my week of a full liquid diet then on to puree! Actually I can hardly wait.. My loss since before Christmas is 30 pounds!! 70 to go .

Any words of wisdom welcome. food ideas on a puree diet?

Puree was the worst for me. Yuck id rather stay on the shakes but your new pouch needs the puree to start acting like a stomach. The only advice i can truly say is my dr said to me " Ive given you the tool.. Dont abuse it cause you can go back the other way "

Chris

careful with the puree. I really didn't have any restriction it seemed with the full liquids stage. Been a couple of days on puree and I certainly know my sleeve's limits now. Don't confuse puree as similar to liquids. It fills the pouch and moves slowly on thru. Eat slow and small bites and stop at any sign of feeling a little blocked or pressure type pain in the chest. Your full. For me it was about 3.5 oz. Four was too much. You try that extra bite, you're gonna hurt.

Purée should be the consistency of mashed potatoes. I found 1/3 cup to be the max I could hold. Check out the Food and Nutrition forum for lots of recipes for every diet phase including purée.