Don't people read their surgeon's meal plan?

First let me say that this is not directed at anyone in particular.  It's a general question.

Most surgeons give patients written meal plans.  Many give patients a big binder of info.  I guess there may be some that don't give patients written meal plans, but I think most do.  Some even have their meal plans online.

But I see posts on here all the time with people asking when they can eat certain foods.  I realize that no written meal plan is going to contain lists of every single food in existence along with when to add that food to your diet.  The meal plan I was given, though, did list the different stages (full liquids, pureed, soft foods, regular diet) and when to start eat stage of diet.  It listed examples of what to eat at each stage and it wasn't too hard to figure out where a particular food fit even if that food wasn't listed.

So how is it that so many people don't know when they can start eating bread, or salad, or nuts, or pizza, or whatever?  Are they not getting meal plans with this information?  And if not, perhaps we all need to mention to our surgeons that patients are not getting the info they need about what they can eat and when to advance their diets.

I would certainly hope that all surgeons give their patients some form of meal plans
after surgery!  I know what you are talking about as far as alot of people asking the
questions.  My guess is that they tend to see what others are eating and compare
surgery dates and wonder why it's not on their list.  Maybe there's validation in
starting early, if someone else says "it's okay....I'm doing it"?  That would be my guess.
I recall wanting to start softs sooner than my plan said.  Thankfully, you and Nik
convinced me otherwise.  I can assure you I probably would have done it, if it not for being
met with resistance....haha.  Anyhow, that's my best guess.

AND..yes...if your surgeon didn't give you info, you'd better speak up!!

i don't have a meal plan but we were given a book from our dietician  of  a list of things we can have  for the liquid diet for 2 weeks then the  pureed foods for 2 weeks. i'm on my last week of pureed but after that were on our own .  my surgeon had all his patients working with the same dietician  before of course and getting people to make small changes of elimination from bad foods and carbonated drinks. and making better choices like quinoa, whole wheat pasta and so on salads . my surgeon said when i 'm done my pureed i can go back to eating salads but just to be careful and  you'll have to find what works for you some people have problems with some foods other don't. popcorn is a no no from my dietician but i found out everyone still eats it . i don't know for anyone else but it shouldn't be rocket science but people shouldn't be eating pizza that's going back to old bad habbits especially with dumping.

I eat pizza maybe once every six weeks.  I eat one slice.  That's not going back to my old habits.  My old habits included eating half a large pizza by myself, usually along with some sort of dessert.  And I don't think many people are going to dump on pizza, since pizza is usually pretty low in sugar.

so the cheese won't make people dump. i thought for sure with the high fat it would make people dump. this one restaraunt here puts so much cheese on there pizza more than other pizza restaraunts.

Some people might dump on fat.  I don't think most do.  But then, most don't dump at all.  I have never dumped on cheese or pizza.  But if I went to a restaurant that used an usually large amount of cheese, I might ask them to only put half the normal amount on my pizza.

kelly would you or do you eat regular pasta or do you stick to whole wheat ?

You asked Kelly, but I thought I would share...

I RARELY eat pasta, but when I do, it's normal pasta. Perhaps 2 oz of pasta at most, more likely only about 1 oz.

thankyou for sharing

In football season, I have a slice of pizza every week. Sometimes one big, sometimes two smaller (depends on how they cut the pizza). It actually has a pretty good ratio of carbs, to fat, to protein for me. Sicne that's my major meal of the day, it doesn't seeem to bother me.

I also dump, and I dump on a lot of High Fructose Corn Syrup. And if there's a lot of the worst kinds of fats added into HFCS then I dump. But natural sugars and good fats don't mess me up. Generally pizza has a lot of fat, but it doesn't bug me too much. (I only ate toppings until I hit goal).