Hi,

I had my gastric sleeve operation on 28/04/2015 and this is my 8th day post op and I am really worried that I may have damaged my sleeve as I just mixed 2tsp of mashed potato with gravy and mixed it up into a paste and I ate about a quarter of it and then left the rest but now I am so worried that I may have damaged the staple lines?

Please can somebody offer me any advise.

Thank you

@@daveylee - I don't think you would have damaged your staple lines with 2tsp of mashed potatoes. However, please make sure you are following your surgeons dietary guidelines. Every physician/nutritionist seems to have slightly different steps post surgery. IT is vital to follow those instructions and to stay the course. It can get tiring, and frustrating at the beginning not being able to eat what you want, but trust me, and I'm sure anyone else who is going to comment - stick with it and stay strong!! You've got this!!!

Wishing you the best & if you have any questions or need some encouragement, feel free to send me a msg and I'll be happy to help.

Thanks so much for your reply Hun x

You will likely be okay, since what you ate wasn't at all solid. I was allowed greek yogurt at 8 days post-op and that has a pretty similar consistency to what you ate, I would think. But I 100% agree with @Zoey716. You should work very hard to stick to your specific surgeon's/nutritionist's plan moving forward. There are real health risks involved with advancing too quickly through the food phases.

Every doc is diff as said above, I started purée on day 3. I think you're in the clear

@@daveylee I guess everyone's different but mashed potatoes and gravy among other things is pretty much what got me in needing the surgery. My first pureed meal post op (surgery 05/04/2015) will not include anything that aided in my 400lb lifestyle

Mashed potato and gravy is what I have been told to eat in the puréed stage. It isn't something I just chose to have.