I'm kind of flipping out... I mean, why can I have cream of wheat before I can have a protein supplement?  It makes no sense compared to all that I have read... almost EVERY post-op diet I have seen has protein earlier and the soft foods wait until AT LEAST week 4. 

My NUT is new.  She told me at our first meeting that she used to be the dietitian for the inmates in San Diego county.  We had this in common because I used to teach them computer skills.  It just makes me question her experience with bariatrics and where this post-op diet is coming from. 

I don't want to got off to the wrong start, you know?  I'm scared and I don't know what to do.  I am thinking of following another diet.  I found Yale's, Brigman and Women's, and Duke's all online.  I definitely think that my protein should come in by day 7 and my soft food should wait until at least week four.  But I am also scared to NOT follow what my NUT says.  Am I nuts?