Tomatoes, anyone???

Okay, i'm finally to the point that I can have soft vegetables. Spinach, green beans, cooked carrots, asparagus, and so on. These are my favorite things, so I'm extremely excited. but, one of the things I'm really craving is a home grown tomatoe! I know that I've been told to stay away from citus, but is a tomatoe considered a citrusy food? I mean, I know that it has a lot of acid in it, but is that the same as citrus? Please help.

Hi Penny, I don't know about a tomatoe, but I've been drinking V8 juice since the mushy stage. And even though I'm back on liquids (due to dilation of stricture) I can still drink V8. Ask your dietician if it's okay. Good luck and God bless. Debra

I've been eating them under cottage cheese for about 2 weeks and have had no problems. Just be careful with the skin. I take it off. My surgery was June 15th.

Hi Penny, I just had some this evening. I met with my nut. on Monday and she said as long as I peeled the skin and removed the seeds, I should be okay. I just do it in moderation like everything else. It was soooooooo good. Hope that helps Debbie

Just a thought since I can't eat red tomatoes because of the acid I grow in my back yard the yellow ones. Sweeter taste and less acid. They are great!

I do a lot of cooking with tomatoes with no problems at all. I am almost 7 weeks post-op and I have been eating them for about 3 1/2 weeks. LOVE TO THE TOMATOE! I make a hot tuscan bean salad w/ tomatoes! YUMMY

I had my surgery on June 20th. I have been eating tomatoes for about two weeks skin seeds and all but I haven't had many problems with any foods. I did have a scare yesterday. I had a 1/4 of a waffle for breakfast with a banana on it. What I didn't know was they glazed the bananas in sugar. I really felt sick for about 3 hours. Chip

Wow, great posts! Thanks everyone for your replies. I think that I'll have me a tomatoe!