I had the gastric sleeve 4 years ago. I was on fluids, then soft foods and finally normal food. My daughter just had her surgery two weeks ago and her dr told her she could eat anything just to chew it really well. I am worried this isnt safe. Is this the new way drs are doing this?

I went thru 2 weeks liquid, 2 weeks puree, 2 weeks soft, then solid. So, no, not all doctors are advancing that quickly.

Edited July 16, 20188 yr by Orchids&Dragons

I was on soft foods (including chicken breast) by week 2 per my surgeon. I ate slow and chewed well, and it was fine.

We were on soft foods, along with liquids and purees/mushes from the hospital on out, so yes, at least the softer "real" foods is not unreasonable. That was seven years ago, though my wife was on a similar program around six years before that, so it isn't really new, but more programs are catching on that they don't need to be on liquids as long as they used to be and that patients tend to do better as they move toward real food (at least that is one of our doc's findings.)

My program sends us home from the hospital on puree and we are allowed to have soft foods (anything that can be cut with the side of a fork) as soon as we can tolerate it. Meat can be very dry so it's important to make sure it has a lot of liquid, small bites and chew, chew, chew. And just try a tiny bit at a time and then wait to see how it is tolerated. I did fine with canned chicken at first but wasn't able to eat normal cooked chicken for several weeks.