Hi everyone!

I am still pre-op (about 4-6 weeks from surgery), but I've been wondering whether/how I will be able to take communion after surgery. My church (Methodist) offers communion by intinction, using bread or a gluten-free wafer and grape juice (communion is once a month). Is the gluten-free wafer ok once I'm on soft foods? Full foods? Never? I'm wondering what others have done. Thanks!

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The wafers are typically so small and practically dissolve and it's just a sip of juice. I have never worried about it or had any issues from it.

Wafers dissolve on the tongue. I never realized Methodist use grape juice! If it is just grape juice that will go down a lot easier than wine. I took communion at 3 or 4 weeks, no issues, just a little burn from the wine.

As a non-Methodist, non-any religion that practices communion, I have faith that you'll fine just fine. As the others have said, the wafer will turn to mush on your tongue and a sip or gulp of juice is a drop in the ocean.

We converge in one aspect. During family seders of my childhood, I got grape juice instead of wine.

my doctor said it was fine for me, and we use unleavened bread, not a wafer. it is a small amount. I did keep a bottle of Water with me (well. I always do) in case my tummy wasn't happy, but it's never been a problem.

Thank you so much, everyone! I have always taken the bread, not the wafer, so I just didn't know what to expect. I have done so much research and really appreciate having this resource to help prepare me! It's exciting and scary all at the same time.

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my doctor said it was fine for me, and we use unleavened bread, not a wafer. it is a small amount. I did keep a bottle of Water with me (well. I always do) in case my tummy wasn't happy, but it's never been a problem.

That's so awesome that your church uses unleavened bread! I have not heard of churches doing that before but it makes sense. I wonder why more churches don't do that?

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my doctor said it was fine for me, and we use unleavened bread, not a wafer. it is a small amount. I did keep a bottle of Water with me (well. I always do) in case my tummy wasn't happy, but it's never been a problem.

That's so awesome that your church uses unleavened bread! I have not heard of churches doing that before but it makes sense. I wonder why more churches don't do that?

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probably because you can't just store it and pull a package out. someone has to bake it every week.

my doctor said it was fine for me, and we use unleavened bread, not a wafer. it is a small amount. I did keep a bottle of Water with me (well. I always do) in case my tummy wasn't happy, but it's never been a problem.

That's so awesome that your church uses unleavened bread! I have not heard of churches doing that before but it makes sense. I wonder why more churches don't do that?

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probably because you can't just store it and pull a package out. someone has to bake it every week.

Probably! People don't like to commit to things like that now a days.

I haven't had any problems with it!

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I did communion at 2 1/2 weeks out. We do ours with the little square of breadstick and grape juice. I wasn't worried about the bread because I knew I could chew it up really fine but was scared the juice would make me nauseous. So I took the sip and immediately after I chased it with a sip of water. I was just fine.