How Much Were You Able to Eat a Few Days Post-op?

[Denise73 89]

Hello,

I was sleeved on Monday, June 30th. Upon arriving home on 7/1, I started the stage II pureed/soft mushy food diet. I am only able to eat 1 oz of pureed food where as another woman who had the same surgery on the same day and with the same surgeon can eat 3 oz. What the heck? That's a huge difference when talking ounces. I'm curious, how many ounces were you able to eat a few days post op?

[mi75 1,241]

it has a LOT to do with the inflammation and swelling present. and it can last for a couple of weeks. it also can be affected by whether you had any hiatal hernia repair, what size bougie, etc...i learned not to compare because at 12 days out i was drinking 32 oz of Protein Shake without any issues in under an hour. i quickly learned that although it's not completely the norm, it is norm for me.

[RickM 1,753]

There can be wide variations in how much we can tolerate early on, primarily due to the amount of inflammation in and around the stomach after surgery. When my wife when through this a few years ago, she could barely consume her nominal stomach size in liquids in one sitting, whereas I could put away a seemingly limitless amount of liquid - both quite normal according to the doc. Mushies are a bit more restricted than liquids, but much the same can happen. I generally limited myself to 2-3 oz of non-liquids early on as we don't always have all the feedback of being full in place yet.

[Denise73 89]

Hi, @mi75 and @@rickm,

Thanks for your responses. It all makes sense and thanks for giving me something to consider.

BTW, no hernia just a persistent swollen tummy.

[Dr-Patient 831]

Wow. I had only Clear Liquids at that immediately post-op stage.

[Missviscious 24]

Me to and I'm still on liquid till Thursday I had my surgery on 7/3 I find myself still hungry after I drink my fluids. I'm dreaming about the puree stage. I'm not a big Water drinker so I've been drinking crystal light and Gatorade as well as my Protein Shakes, what have anyone did to get full of the liquid stage

[LindafromFlorida 1,542]

There are so many variables with different ages, weights, body size, doctors, etc. that it can boggle the mind. If you focus on what your doctor tells you, and listen to your body (such as burps post op signal hello, I am full, lol), then magically we all end up at the same place = weight loss! My husband and I eat differently, different foods and meal times. I would say I eat more than him, but he has lost more weight. Great journey, and good luck everyone!

[newclear 7]

I didn't have pureed foods until 2 weeks post op. Then, I could eat 1/2 veggie sausage (or 1/2 oz) or 1 oz yogurt. It depended on the food density.

[Denise73 89]

Hi Missviscious,

While on the liquid diet I was able to have SF popsicles, SF Jello, low carb yogurt and SF pudding and 1-8oz serving of fat free milk. Congratulations on your surgery and good luck.

Me to and I'm still on liquid till Thursday I had my surgery on 7/3 I find myself still hungry after I drink my fluids. I'm dreaming about the puree stage. I'm not a big Water drinker so I've been drinking crystal light and Gatorade as well as my Protein shakes, what have anyone did to get full of the liquid stage

[fccm04 39]

I didn't have pureed foods until 2 weeks post op. Then, I could eat 1/2 veggie sausage (or 1/2 oz) or 1 oz yogurt. It depended on the food density.

You were able to eat mushy food your 2nd week? How did your tummy handle it?

[fccm04 39]

Hello,

I was sleeved on Monday, June 30th. Upon arriving home on 7/1, I started the stage II pureed/soft mushy food diet. I am only able to eat 1 oz of pureed food where as another woman who had the same surgery on the same day and with the same surgeon can eat 3 oz. What the heck? That's a huge difference when talking ounces. I'm curious, how many ounces were you able to eat a few days post op?

Wow I posted something about this earlier...different diets, for different doctors...you were eating mushy food your 2nd week? What was your post op diet plan?

[RickM 1,753]

My doc's plan was somewhat similar to what the OP's sounds like - liquids, mushies, purees and soft Proteins as tolerated for the first month progressing to everything else as tolerated after that. I had things like scrambled eggs and yogurt (and pureed lettuce?!? ewww...) in addition to the normal broths and juices in the hospital.