Hi everyone,

Got back from the cruise! I am 2 1/2 month post op.

Let me start with the abundance of food was not the problem at all. I was never hungry. Nor did it bother me seeing others EAT!!!

Since I was afraid of dumping or not tolerating the food I was basically eating tuna salad, cheeses, Soups, crackers, and my Premier Protein shake.

Whenever my family and I dined in their specialty restaurants I would order Soup. Like I said I do hav issues chewing and tolerance of the food.

I went thru NCL and I brought in 2 cases of Water and a case of my liquid Protein Shake. Always got off with my portable cooler that had water, tuna kits, shakes, and a banana.

And lost 2 pounds!!!

Hope this helps for those of u cruising so soon after surgery.

Thanks for posting this! My family takes a cruise every December and my parents are apprehensive of booking since I'm expecting my surgery will be some time in October. They keep saying they want to make sure I'll have fun and be healed. Etc. now I can confidently say I will definitely be good to go! We all look forward to this trip and my husband and I already have the time off, I don't want to disappoint everyone by delaying it.

Take care of yourself after surgery.

Do exactly what your doctor and nutritionist says. And you will be good to go!!!!

Good luck to you on your WLS surgery!

Let them do all the heavy lifting!!!!! Let us know how ur trip went. You will have a great time!

It's reassuring to know that you can go on vacation and still have fun post op. You did an excellent job of working your restrictions into the trip without focusing on the stuff others can eat, but you shouldn't.

I hope to follow your excellent example when it's my turn. Thanks for sharing!