Hi all,

I'm 8 days post-op. I've lost in the pre-op diet and so far a whopping 47 pounds. I've lost 11 pounds since the surgery, the rest was on the month long liquid diet.

So I have a question... I've asked my doc and they were "meh", telling me if I have to, but I wanted some others opinions.

I have to travel to Mexico City for work. It would be during my "soft foods period" about 3 weeks after surgery. I am on full liquids. In order to prep myself and see if I can handle the food, I wanted to "push" myself a little bit and see if I can handle pureed foods a little early.

Instead of pureed foods on Day 14, I would do it on Day 10 and not much either, it would be just a little bit, like dinner and slowly work myself to full pureed by the 14th. I am taking chewable Vitamins and other pills and so far no problem so I think my body could handle it. I don't want to be suck in Mexico City on a full liquid diet, especially since I'm going to have a very tight schedule and there are meal meetings with some government and corporate officials, so it would just be awkward, not everybody understands what we are going through. Much easier to find soft Protein than pureed foods and I wouldn't want to revert to a full liquid diet either.

What are your thoughts? Doctor was neutral on it because my advancement in everything has been way above normal (weight loss, healing, etc.). I just want to make sure I'm not going to do something that would really hurt me. I'm fairly confident I will be fine.

Thanks!
David

Just be really careful. Talk to your nutritionist also.

I started adding soft foods on day 10. Yogurt, cottage cheese first, then wet scrambled eggs. I had no issues with any of them. Just eat them slow.