Has anyone ever moved quickly thru the phases of the post op diet? I have had no naseau or vomiting but only eat less.

Please follow the plan that your team set for you. If you advance your diet before you are supposed to their could be dire consequences.

You are lucky that you are having very little issues but trust that your body needs to heal before moving on to the next phases.

If you look around this forum you will find that the people that are most successful are the ones that stuck exactly to plan.

10 hours ago, Justthebeginning2019 said:

Has anyone ever moved quickly thru the phases of the post op diet? I have had no naseau or vomiting but only eat less.

I don't know what you mean by move quickly but my doctor has me on one week of each phase. Last week through yesterday was liquids, today I started purees with ground meats and scrambled eggs, and next week I'm back to regular foods except for hard veggies. He said to wait another week for those. I was like okay .

My plan was 2 weeks liquids, 2 weeks soft foods then I was cleared for everything other than salad and raw veggies. No puree weeks as part of my plan. It seems to be as fast as anyone gets to soft food and full diet. I've had no issues with any foods thus far and I'm 5 weeks post-op yesterday.

You got the rest of your life to get healthy, My view is follow the plan but also follow your body, I would not rush the food thing, it is a big transition to solid and you belly has to be healed up somewhat. Congrads on no issues and enjoy the journey

Why rush is my view, transition into the phases, I still to this day barely eat, food is just a pain and prefer to stay on soft and liquid foods, but that is my body telling me that not a plan.

The dietary phases aren't there to ward against nausea or vomiting, it's to protect the suture line in your stomach as it heals.

As tough as it may be, you absolutely need to adhere to your doctor's dietary recommendations in this post-operative phase. It's temporary. It will pass. And you will be on the road to regular food before you know it.

just to push the point home: In my job, I review medical records for a living. I had a case in which a woman had gastric sleeve and ruptured her suture line in the 1st 4 weeks after her surgery. Whatever she ate and stomach juices went into her abdominal cavity and caused a severe infection that went systemic. She almost died.

31 minutes ago, S@ssen@ch said:

The dietary phases aren't there to ward against nausea or vomiting, it's to protect the suture line in your stomach as it heals.

You are sooooooo right on sister ! Sepsis and Peritonitis is no joke ! I spent a month in ICU,( 2wks in a Coma ) 4% chance of surviving . Hellish ! My flu turned out to be a perforated duodenal ulcer. I am terrified of another leak ! VSG scheduled for 12/04. lol

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4 hours ago, Billy Bob said:

You are sooooooo right on sister ! Sepsis and Peritonitis is no joke ! I spent a month in ICU,( 2wks in a Coma ) 4% chance of surviving . Hellish ! My flu turned out to be a perforated duodenal ulcer. I am terrified of another leak ! VSG scheduled for 12/04. lol

Good luck with your surgery and please keep us posted.