1 Week Post-Op

It's been 1 week since I've had surgery and I'm doing great. My dr. said that I can advance into the puree stage if I want to but I'm nervous. It's been only a week and I've dropped 17 lbs. Is this normal? I can tolerate cream soups,protein shakes and sugar free puddings pretty good but just cant get that much in at one time other than an 8 oz protein shake. If I move onto the puree stage any suggestions on what to start out on????

I am 11 days post op. Started my puree on day 7 also. I tried and LOVE cottage cheese right now. I also eat applesauce, scrambled egg with some salsa on it. Hope this helps some

How is the salsa?? I used to eat  scrambled eggs and salsa before surgery all the time.  Is the salsa too much for the new stomach?

I'm two weeks out and I've lost 15lbs and have been in my first stall for the last 4 days.... so I'd say you're doing doing great!  There's no "normal" because everyone is different. 

As far as starting out on pureed..... I just got the clearance to do that on Wednesday and so far I've had cottage cheese several times (1/4 cup each time), string cheese and I just had my first scrambled egg with a bit of shredded cheese on top.  So much better then shakes!!

Congrats!
Ginger

You know string cheese isn't a pureed food, right?  Unless you pureed it.  Which sounds kind of icky to me.

It was on my NUTS approved list for our pureed/mushy phase (she has it combined into one).  Of couse she has us trained well...... you take a tiny bite that is about 1/4"-1/2" long and chew it up 26 times (she has us saying the ABC's .... for every letter, a chew)... and it's pretty damn near pureed.  LOL 

I assume everyone knows that every surgeon and NUT is different and you should follow your own's list and suggestions.... I was just saying what I have had.  

Ginger

I put honey dijon on chicken then baked it and then chopped it and mixed it with mashed potatoes.  I also eat scrambled eggs everyday (chewed really well) with cheese.  As far as the string cheese thing; that's too much chewing for me lol. I had my surgery on 7/8 and can now tolerate toast with peanut butter; which tasted like heaven the first time I had it.