Question:
Are there any foods that your body will not be able to tolerate after the surgery?
I am having gastric bypass surgery on 9/30/02 - laproscopically (sp). — Christine C. (posted on September 2, 2002)
September 2, 2002
First I would like to congratulate you on your decesion to have surgery. I
am 3 1/2 years post-op, Everyone is different, Once you start your regular
diet (approx. 8 weeks post-op)after surgery, it will basically be trial
& error with what will agree or disagree with you. Just remember how
important it is to take small bites, chew your food good, and eat slow.
Good Luck to you.
— Antoinette G.
September 2, 2002
The only thing that I can not tolerate is sugar. OR Milk in larger
quantities. Everything else is OK as long as I do them in moderation and
CHEW CHEW CHEW. Especially meats. Good Luck to you with your surgery.
— Vicki L.
September 2, 2002
I still have trouble with rice and tofu, and I'm more than a year post-op!
— Terissa R.
September 2, 2002
Meats, pasta, breads, milk (large quanties), greasy foods and sugar:) I
know this sounds like alot. I am almost 10 months post op and it is getting
more tolerable, but the meat must be ground chuck, or deli meat, or I get
really sick. I peel all crusts from my breads (this helps), I can't do any
pasta it really makes me nauseaous. At first I couldn't even drink 1 drink
of milk, but now I can drink about 4 oz and be OK. And sugars I can eat but
let me tell ya I regret it about 30 minutes later:(
Also remember everyone is different so this may not be your case at all.
Good Luck and CONGRATULATIONS on your decision to have WLS.
— Lynda T.
September 2, 2002
Christine, everyone is different. Most of us cannot tolerate things early
on post-op and then develop a tolerance for those same things. I met a
woman in my support group who was 3 months post-op and said she cannot
tolerate ANY meat or seafood at all. I was eating seafood early on and
meat by 2 months post-op. By 4 months post-op I could eat anything and
everything. There are some foods I have to be careful with-with dense
meats, I have to chew carefully and slowly, with leftover meats, I have to
moisten them first. Sugars I keep to under 10 grams a serving as over
that, it makes me ill. You will learn what you can tolerate or not. We're
all different! Good luck to you.
— Cindy R.
September 3, 2002
This is what you can be sure of...you will find out VERY QUICKLY what you
can and cannot eat. For me it was chicken, lunch meat and pasta. I don't
dump, so I can eat things with sugar (unfortunately). I used to be a
peanut butter-aholic, now I almost detest the tast of PB. You will find
more than anything that you will begin to like foods you never liked and
begin hating foods you never hated. For the first time you will be able to
listen to your body and it will tell you what you should eat.
— Robby E.
September 3, 2002
The foods I have the most problem with are chicken and pastas. Everything
else goes down fine.
— Patty H.
September 3, 2002
I eat everything. The first couple of months you won't be able to but
after about three months it gets a lot better. For lunch today I had a
steak and half a baked potato. I even sneak a hershey kiss every once in a
while.
— Linda A.
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