Collecting Info. To Satisfy My Curiosity. What were your guidelines?

So.....I am wondering just how different each center's guidelines are for post op eating.  If you have time, and care to answer the following questions, I'd very much like to see how (or if), things have changed from when I had surgery.  Please- no arguing.  If you understood your plan differently, then just post what you understand from reading your center's guidelines, and let everyone else make up their own minds.  This is just for curiosity's sake and for me to better understand what y'all are going through currently at your centers. Thanks in advance for anyone who takes the time.

1. Where did you have surgery?

2.  What eating stages did your center advise to get you back to solid foods? (Eg. weeks 1-2 clear fluids, weeks 3-4 full fluids,.......Week 9 solid foods)

3.  Are you allowed caffeine?

4. Are you allowed carbonated beverages?

5.  Are you required to separate eating from drinking by 1/2 hour before and after a meal?

6.  What vitamins were you told are mandatory (general to everyone at your center, not specific to you)?

 

1. Where did you have surgery?
St Joe's Toronto, but it goes through the bariatric program at HRRH

2.  What eating stages did your center advise to get you back to solid foods? (Eg. weeks 1-2 clear fluids, weeks 3-4 full fluids,.......Week 9 solid foods)
Full fluids immediately out of surgery for 2 weeks, purees for 2 weeks, solid food starting at 4 weeks

3.  Are you allowed caffeine?
I don't recall being given guidelines about caffeine. I did get regular coffee on my tray for breakfast the day after surgery in the hospital if that means anything

4. Are you allowed carbonated beverages?
I don't remember being told flat out NO to carbonated beverages ever, but very frowned upon at the very least

5.  Are you required to separate eating from drinking by 1/2 hour before and after a meal?
Yes, I was told no eating for 30 mnutes before eating and 30 minutes after

6.  What vitamins were you told are mandatory (general to everyone at your center, not specific to you)?
A multi-vitamin (that includes iron), calcium supplement and B12. These are the only 3 supplements that are initially required

Thanks for the info!

1. Where did you have surgery?   Toronto Western

2.  What eating stages did your center advise to get you back to solid foods? (Eg. weeks 1-2 clear fluids, weeks 3-4 full fluids,.......Week 9 solid foods)   2 Weeks Liquids , 2 Weeks pureed, 2 weeks soft , then if you can handle it normal ,

3.  Are you allowed caffeine?  - NO !!!

4. Are you allowed carbonated beverages?  NO !!

5.  Are you required to separate eating from drinking by 1/2 hour before and after a meal?   Yes before and after meals 

6.  What vitamins were you told are mandatory (general to everyone at your center, not specific to you)?

Multis, Calcium Citrate !!!  not carbonate  !!, Vitamin B 12, Vitamin D and then they re-evaluate using blood work every 6 months 

 

1. Where did you have surgery?

Ottawa General

2.  What eating stages did your center advise to get you back to solid foods? (Eg. weeks 1-2 clear fluids, weeks 3-4 full fluids,.......Week 9 solid foods) weeks 1-2 were full fluids and then weeks 3-4 was semmy solids until I could tolerate full solids

3.  Are you allowed caffeine? No, they said it would put a whole in my new pouch

4. Are you allowed carbonated beverages? same as answer three

5.  Are you required to separate eating from drinking by 1/2 hour before and after a meal? 1/2 hour before and one hour after

6.  What vitamins were you told are mandatory (general to everyone at your center, not specific to you)? Multi, b12, calcium citrate, vitamin d and vitamin c.

 

Hope this helps

Linda

 

Thx. Linda.  How far out are you?

EDIT TO ADD: Never mind, checked your profile.  :)

I just had my post op class recently in guelph and they told us one coffee per day but if we have more than that it has to be decaffeinated.

Hi Marny,

St.Joes Toronto via HRRH

I am 2yrs 2mths post op

Original literature said no caffeine, but 4 weeks post op NUT sad one a day was OK as long as I was getting in all my water. 1/2 decaf would be a better alternative.

Carbonation-definitely a no

No drinking 1/2hr before and 1hr after eating.

Vitamins-multi 2 per day with iron, b12 and calcium citrate.

1. Where did you have surgery? Ottawa

2.  What eating stages did your center advise to get you back to solid foods? (Eg. weeks 1-2 clear fluids, weeks 3-4 full fluids,.......Week 9 solid foods)   - Week 1 liquid, day 6 to 10 pureed and after that couldn't handle that mushy crap, got the ok to try solid foods and been on them since, some I waited a little longer, harder to digest.

3.  Are you allowed caffeine? nope

4. Are you allowed carbonated beverages? I tried a sip and tasted gross

5.  Are you required to separate eating from drinking by 1/2 hour before and after a meal? I have sips as everything seems to get stuck for me.

6.  What vitamins were you told are mandatory (general to everyone at your center, not specific to you)? I had a very hard time with getting them all in, I switched to Prenatal because I only have to take on a day and works much better, B12 - strips so much easier too.

 

 

Here are my confusing answers to add to the mix....
1. Surgery was performed at HRRH BUT I had orientation in Ottawa, RPN, NUT, SW, and pre-op in Kingston.
2. HRRH guidlines = ff - day 2- week 2, P- week 2-3, SF-3-4,
Kingston guidelines= ff- day 2- week 1, P-week 1-2, SF- week 2-3
3. HRRH= wasn't given any instructions for caffeine
Ottawa & Kingston= no caffeine/ told it increases chance of developing an ulcer
4. HRRH= wasn't given any instruction on carbonated bevvies.
Ottawa & Kingston= No carbonated bevvies
5. All 3 centers instructed no drinking 30 mins before and after food.
6. Was instructed at pre-op ( Kingston ) to take 2 multi's a day, 3 calcium citrate, and 400 mcg B12 daily.