Read Binder Weekly!

 I pulled out my Kaiser Dietician binder this morning to give information to someone on line.  I realized that I have been really messing up!  Wow, when we think we are doing ok; the binder tells the story.

I figured that out, too, and I'm only a month postop! Rereading is an excellent idea.

 Thanks for your reply,  How are you doing in the process?  Are you eating mushy foods?  

I have an insane (I say that with love) surgeon who told me at my first postop appt about 11 days out that I could eat solids.  I was stunned, but guess what.  It worked.  So I'm eating just about anything I want.  I've had steak, smoked brisket and shrimp (probably the densest proteins) with no probs.  I am going to ask him more questions next time I see him. Like, does he turn everybody loose so soon (which I admit sounds crazy) or was it me in particular, or...?

Anyway, I'm doing great.  Have lost 32 pounds (including preop diet) as of today!

 Wow, that is crazy good for you.  At two weeks, I could have eggs, deli meats.  I was worried my stitches were not healed yet.  I think it was week 12 before I could have regular meats.  My favorite meal was the shrimp and well cooked veggies or cheese omlete.  

 louisamay, I too was told to "proceed with caution" about a week post op....now I was too chicken to do so till almost 3 weeks post op...and have been just fine....I apparently am a super fast healer as evidenced from the only 2 surgical procedures I've had which is the only logic I can apply to it...but from reading on several different sites, a lot of the doctors overseas also turn their patients lose after only a few days post op...it still baffles me how every surgeon is so completely different...

 Yes, each surgeon is different.  

I just checked back and it was at about two weeks that I bit the bullet and tried ground beef with cheese for lunch (I guess that was Mother's Day and we had grilled burgers as a family that day) and I had broiled chicken for dinner.  No probs that day.  Before that, I'd had fish and canned salmon, which I guess might both be considered soft foods?  Looking at my logs, it's not like I ate dense protein daily, but I have eaten a lot of things that others wouldn't be eating at my stage.