Originally Posted by
Joanne
Hi,
I have a few tips for your husband. I am only 6 days out of surgery and doing well but my friend had her sleeve 5 months ago and she is doing amazingly well. She was so sick for the first few weeks. I am based in the UK and we have very firm clear guidelines on what foods you can have after your operation and when you can introduce them. I am 2 weeks on liquid, low sugar&low fat. Weeks 3-4 is pureed food like: mashed potato, cream cheese, well cooked vegetables (no skin), pureed meat. All the food MUST be pureed before you can eat it. Week 5-6 is very soft foods finely chopped. And we are not allowed to move from soft food to solids until the surgeon has said so. I think to be in week 4 and eating solid food is very dangerous. You are healing with your new stomach for months. I urge your husband to take it back to basics. It's hard but should work. In week 4 he should only be on bland, pureed food. I would stay well away from juice of any kind. Plain yogurt is good for helping control the acid.
My friend was worried that she would not eat a proper meal again, but she eats well. She cannot tolerate breads well. She likes soft noodles, pasta, mash. When we go out to eat she has goats cheese salads and thin based pizza or pasta. She loves Chinese vegetables with noodles and chicken. It has taken her 5 months to get to this point. We must be patient. I feel for your husband, it's difficult.
I can send you the post op diet guidelines to help you if you inbox me your email. It really is clear and works well. I had surgery 6 days ago and haven't
vomited once! I am amazed. I'm sure I will have my sick days when I begin introducing solids, but I don't plan to introduce solids until at least week 7.
I hope he feels better soon.
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