Hi all

I'm due to be sleeved in 3 days and I wanted to ask everyone's opinion on my post op diet given to me by my nutritionist.

Her booklet says to go straight onto purées once I leave the hospital (from day 3). Eg of food is "half a cup of puréed meat and puréed veg or scrambled eggs".

I know we should follow our teams advice but quite frankly this scares the crap out of me. My sister is sleeved so I've seen her journey, and the amount of posts I've read here about people having trouble with just liquid, I'm not sure I should be going straight to purée.

I also haven't been given a daily Protein goal. Just 1.5 L of Water a day. (I'm Australian)

Any advice or stories from those in a similar boat very appreciated.

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My surgeon goes to pureed food pretty quickly after surgery but here's the deal. IF they say you can try and and you FEEL like trying it then try it. Like one teeny, tiny bite. If you follow their advice, try it, and it makes you feel bad or comes back up call them. I am thinking if I am having trouble getting Water down I am not going to be in any hurry to try to get food down ya know?

I don't know what to say about no Protein goal except if it were me I would research how much people are usually recommended to have at each stage and try to get it.

Everyone is different! I am 9 days out and eating my foods. Chewing real good and small bites. I was on full liquids by day three and went right to foods by day 7. Liquids did nothing for me. I was starving every day. Once I started eating real foods it all changed. I felt very satisfied and full... hallelujah! I have a friend who was on puree for months. I have had zero trouble. No nausea or vomiting and have yet to experience anything that doesn't agree with me.

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I was on clear liquid for 10 days then to Protein shakes and Jello, etc. Eating any kind of sold food was a minimum of 30 days post surgery so I'm still pretty new. My surgeon recommended 75 grams a protein per day once I started the shakes. The one thing I've learned through this forum is that post op instructions vary significantly from one surgeon to the next. I agree with many of the posts I've read that you should confirm with your surgeon and then follow their instructions. I don't know that you necessarily have to eat solid food just because it's allowed as long as you're meeting the nutritional requirements. I'm 6 weeks post op and still having a few issues with solid food.........I can only eat very small amounts of anything solid at a time.............but everyone is very different.

I'm still really glad that I decided to have the sleeve - I'm feeling pretty terrific and have been steadily losing weight. Life is good.