When can we have salad?

[lockkill 47]

I'm four weeks out ?? So missing salad! Any thoughts seems like every dr has a different thought!

[Clinton6 16]

My NUT says 6-8 weeks... I'm totally right there with you!! 5 weeks out, I'm going to try on Wed. Which is my 6 weeks!

[PdxMan 4,292]

I started with iceberg lettuce at about 5 months slowly adding romain, then added spinach, then kale. It was at about the 6 month mark that I was able to eat any leafy veggies. Salads, especially spinach and kale, are VERY fibrous and difficult to digest. Of course, iceberg holds no nutritional value, so IMO, it's only purposes serves as a transitional lettuce until your stomach can handle relevant ones.

Just take it slow and listen to your stomach. It will tell you when you have pushed things too far.

[Bufflehead 6,358]

When it comes to post-op eating plans, there is no "we" -- there is only you and your medical team's instructions! You probably don't want mine, I had to wait six months.

[joyann45 29]

My NUT says 4 months

[NMJG 1,266]

When it comes to post-op eating plans, there is no "we" -- there is only you and your medical team's instructions! You probably don't want mine, I had to wait six months.

Yeah, same for me. I wasn't allowed salad until 4 months, and even then, I did not really enjoy until several months after that. I would follow your doctor and nut's advice, not this forum, because if you run into trouble (which can happen with raw fibrous veggies like lettuce) you need to be with your doctor's program.