Hi guys and girls.. I'm sort of a hypochondriac and was wondering what you guys think could possibly rip your stomach staples??? I'm 3 weeks post op so I believe my stomach is healing still and somewhat in a fragile stage.

My surgeon told me that we are fully healed at 4 weeks (so you're almost there). This is the reason my program had such a gradual progression in foods:

1 week of Clear liquids

1 week of full liquids

1 week of purees

4 weeks of soft & mushy

During my pre-surgery classes the nutritionist warned of people hurting themselves with breads, pizza, chips, toast, carbonation etc...

They also warned about seeds getting stuck in the stitches (from nuts as well as seedy fruits) causing major infections etc...Similar issues were described for lettuce, broccoli, celery and other stringy veggies.

I'm not sure what your program recommends as far as your diet is concerned, but I'd be sure to stick to it strictly and you should be just fine.