meat

did anyone have any meat 2 1/2 weeks post op?  

I sure didn't, 2 months out I have a lovely rare 2oz rib-eye and was sick for 3 days. Believe me when I say that thing was not worth it.  In my experience it's best to ease into it later and give that insion a chance to heal first.

I had ground beef during my pureed phase (weeks 2-4) with no problems at all.  I have yet to try a juicy steak.  

I also had beef tartare a few days ago - no issues.  It was delicious.  

No way.  2 weeks I was still on liquids and cottage cheese.  At 4 weeks out, I have had ground turkey with gravy and tuna with mayo.

Thanks for the replies....I wanted to try a piece of grilled chicken and I was going to chew it up real good...but I guess I better stick to eggs

Oh, I thought you were asking about cow specifically.  I ate every type of meat (cow, lamb, pig, chicken, and fish) during my pureed phase with no problems.  Just, you know, pureed.  

You remark about cow reminded me of a time when my teenage niece from Ireland was visiting.  I asked the kids where they wanted to go and they said McDonalds.  My niece had never hard of McDonald's and said, "Is it dear?"

They all replied, "No, it is cow" not realized that she was simply asking whether it was an expensive restaurant.

8 days since surgery, started purees today. 3 oz chicken, mayo, Greek yougurt, siracha and cayenne pepper in a food processor. It was delicious, although I only ate 1/2 of it.

I have had tiny amounts of chicken in some creamy chicken soup I made earlier this week. I didn't purée it but it is in minuscule pieces (the thought of puréed meats grosses me out). Went down fine.

At 12 days post-op I added fish back into my diet and at about 3 weeks poet-op I added chicken. i haven't had problems at all. I actually felt like I had more energy. I still haven't tried beef but I think I might this week. 

I will warn at 4 weeks I tried turkey jerky and even though I chewed REALLY well it was the only think that has hurt to eat since surgery.