Communion?

Hey all-

This may be a bit uncommon, but my church serves Communion every Sunday... we're unique Protestants ;)  Normally it's thin / flat bread in small pieces about an inch squared and then you can dip in either wine or grape juice, according to conscience. 

My program is 3 days clear liquids, 3 weeks regular liquids, then I think 12 weeks pureed, then soft foods.  Is this something that I just need to forego until the soft foods stage? 

I suppose you should ask your surgeon but I'd expect that communion should be just fine. Honestly the communion wafer is too small to really count as a solid. Just make sure it completely disolves and use the grap instead of the wine. I'm catholic and mever had a problem with it even right after. Good luck.

I have never had a problem either, I just don't take the wine anymore. I was on full liquids the first time I took communion.  Like  the other poster said, just make sure it is throughly melted before you swallow.

I'm Catholic and was wondering the same thing.  Thanks for asking.

I had surgery on a Tuesday and was in church on Sunday two weeks later and I took communion.  My surgeon said as long as it dissolves completely in your mouth.  The wafers we have (Catholic) have no crunch and they dissolve totally.  I go with what others have said - ask your surgeon, that is what I did.  My best.

Most commercially prepared communion wafers are unleavened in the Old Testament tradition.  The effect is really  a soluble tidbit.

On the wine versus grape juice.............  the amount is also so small I doubt it would be an issue, but all fruit and citrus based fluids gave a tiny little burn in the first two or three months for me.  You may want to follow it up with a sip of water just to dilute its effect.  It isn't harmful but it was not something I wanted to sit in the pouch for any length of time.

Now of course, I have no issue with the wine.  LOL

 I used to sing in the choir at  my friends episcopalian church through high school and college... Was not baptised so i never took communion but as to not stand out, i still did the little walk up there and knelt and everything.  She did the blessing on my head and such.   

Maybe talk to your minister.  If you aren't comfy with it, just hold out for a while.  It's all about your comfort level.  

I asked my surgeon about communion and he said it was no problem to receive both during my pre-op liquid diet and post-op right away.  I didn't recieve until the second week post-op, though, because I just felt so "blah" and didn't want to risk throwing up in the middle of church!

Wow that's one heck of a restrictive diet! I was on pureed starting a couple hours after surgery and moved to soft foods after just 2 weeks. I did take communion early on, but as someone else suggested, I followed it up with a few sips of water, mostly because the wine burned in my pouch. I think I was about 3-4 months out when I stopped needing the water immediately after.

Had no problem with taking communion (Lutheran) 2 weeks after surgery.  Just let the wafer disolve before swallowing.  We also do communion every week.  My program was similar to yours and my doctor said it was okay.
Sheri