when can you eat raw veggies

I have been thinking about salad for almost a year now. I am about 1 year out. Tell me about your raw veggie experiance or salad eating experiances. Does it make you sick and how much do you eat?

I'm only 9 weeks post-op, and I've eaten with no problems: tomatoes (I spit out the skins), celery (I de-string it first), baby carrots, peeled, sliced cucumber, and a small bit of lettuce in a salad or in a bite of sandwich.  I don't really care for any other raw vegetables (have NEVER liked radiches, raw broccoli or cauliflower, peppers, or raw beans/peas) so that's all I am likely to try.

Granted, my portion sizes are VERY small right now, so maybe that's why I'm having success.

Have you tried raw veggies before now?

I was given the ok by my surgeon at month three. On the way home I stopped and got a grilled chicken ranch salad from jack in the box.  They even have low fat ranch dressing.

It was sooo goood.

I had a blockage early out on a tiny chunk of meat from a can of cream of chicken soup that managed to get by the strainer. But now I have no trouble. I eat raw tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, lettuce (tho not much lettuce, not enough flavor to waste pouch space on..lol.). I have not tried raw carrots yet tho.  Will wait a while before trying those...lol.

I have had raw bell peppers and jalapeno's.  No troubles there either.

Ask your surgeon when its ok for you and then give it a try.

Good luck.

No, I haven't tried any yet. The surgeon said I could try some, I am just not sure what to try first and was wondering what others have done. I think I will try some lettuce with chicken, that sounds good! Thanks!

Believe it or not I am about 4 weeks out and given the ok to start introducing my tummy to veggies, fruits and more meats.  I can do lettuce in small doses.  Frankly Im too scared to try too much of anything uncooked even though I was told I could.  I tried a little lettuce with chicken salad the other day - it was heavenly and went down just fine - no issues.  I was told I could have grapes and other fruits as long as there was no skin and no orange membranes (stringy stuff).  I will try a little here and there just to see how I handle it.

I started having raw veggies and salad at about nine weeks post op. I can eat salad with no problem. It is one of my favorite things.

Best of luck with this!

Hugs,

I haven't attempted to eat raw veggies yet. To tell the truth, I haven't had the desire, which is strange because I could live on salads and lots of raw veggies before surgery. 

I was given the okay when I went back for preop visit on December 21.  Of course, my doctor seems to be much more "liberal" with food options than most I have seen on here.  I got a few greens, put some chicken and cheese on it and some Caesar dressing and called it a salad.  It was really good.  I've eaten it a couple of times without any problems whatsoever.