I am schedualed to have my surgery on March 11th. I am wondering what kind of fruit people have been eating once you can eat again. Which fruits work the best to eat and which ones to stay away from.

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I am on mushy stage - and my Dr.s book/pamphlet he gives you with diet information in it, says at this stage eat pears and bananas. Next week I go on normal foods and can have anything, but it suggests pealing all fruits and NOT eating the tough part on an orange/grapefruit. Hope this helps!

I don't have good restriction yet but so far I have eaten plums, bananas and apples. Even without good restriction, the fresh fruit takes awhile to get down. It can take me 15 mins. to eat an apple. I have to go slow and really chew, but I have gotten them down. Once I get better restriction, not sure what will go down then. Strawberries, raspberries were easier and once I go stuck on a blackberry, but that was awhile ago.

Had a fill yesterday and I'm on soft food, but by the weekend, I'll gradually start trying solid foods again to see what goes down.

I can't eat bananas anymore unless they're mushed up in something, they're too sticky. I also CANNOT eat oranges, pineapple, or anything pulpy like that. I just can't chew it to mush, it just starts getting stuck in my teeth and tastes bitter after awhile.

Pretty much anything else that I've tried is ok, as long as I'm careful to chew it enough. Peaches, pears, apples, grapes, mango, kiwi, and berries all seem ok.

thank you all for your import, it sure helps alot to hear what other people have tried and what works and doesn't.

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I had surgery in October '07 and am now at good restriction and can eat any fruit except citrus. Citrus is fine if you can eat it, and some banded people can. I can't! There is no food you can't have with the band, it is just what is tolerated by each individual.

I can eat almost everything, except bananas. For whatever reason, a banana just gets totally stuck. I can eat other fruits, I just need to make sure I take small bites and chew really well.

During mushies I was only allowed canned pears in juice, mashed bananas and soft very ripe melon. Now I can eat just about anything. The skin on grapes gives me a little trouble and I have to peel the pithy stuff off of citrus sections. That gets stuck pretty bad. but once I peel the sections, I'm fine.