I broke down and had baby pickles last night. Im 8 days post op. Im so sorry I did this. My stomach hurts. I chewed really well. I miss having food in my mouth. Is hard candy ok to suck on? Im getting bored with my liquids. Sigh. Dummmy Me

You can give yourself more than a stomach ache advancing your diet too soon. Pieces of food can get stuck in your unhealed staple line and give you an abscess, which can lead to a leak or, in one case I read on here, death.

Hard candy is sugar, so no, that's not a good idea either. Bored is not a reason to put your health at risk. The liquid diet is a blip in time in the scheme of things! Suck it up and stick with your surgeon's plan as written. I also think you should tell your surgeon what you ate so he can determine if you could have hurt yourself. Also, If you aren't seeing a therapist for your food issues, you absolutely need to be. I think we all need to be!

Pickles at 8 days? I was on liquids for two weeks!

Well every surgeon is different. At 3 days I can have pudding, custard, cottage cheese, and all liquids, yogurts, jello, etc...as long as its sugar free.
I see so many different plans posted on here, but the best thing to do is follow your surgeons orders.

Even at 2 months our pickles are the only thing I have thrown up so far [emoji15][emoji15] careful!