Soft diet

Can you puree just about anything to eat while on the soft diet? I mean, can you puree enchiladas , veggies, and whatever? Thanks for feedback, 2Lazy2Mike

NO!!!

Your pouch can not handle that type of food right now.....at ALL!! 

I know you're a Baker patient and I'm a Gibbs patient, but the guidelines by a Registered Dietitian are:

nonfat cottate cheese
nonfat sugar free yogurt
nonfat and low fat cheeses
cooked cereals made with skim milk--not the ones made with sugar!
smooth NATURAL peanut butter
lowfat soups made with skim milk
whole wheat crackers or melba toast
potatoes, baked or boiled w/o ski
whole wheat pasta
macaroni and cheese made from scratch with fat free cheese and skim milk
canned fruit, no sugar added
mashed bananas
melon
applesauce
pears or apples w/o peel
soft cooked begetables (carrots, eggplant, beets, green beans, squash and peas)
poached or soft cooked eggs======NO scrambled
sugar free popsicles
sugar free pudding made with skim milk
tuna(water packed), chicken or ham salad made with non fat mayo, mixed to a smooth texture-not chunky.

This is a critical time for your pouch. REALLY.  It's the time that it heals and it the time for you to adjust to a smaller pouch. Please, please measure you food....if you're told 2-4 tablespoons at a meal, make sure it's NO more than that. You won't be able to feel hunger or fullness and don't want to take a chance of staple line disruption or stretching your pouch.

I really can't stress enough the importance of the first 4-6 weeks post op diet.

If you follow the rules to the letter you will be more apt to have the best success.

Take care!

Susan,  Thanks for the advice. I have been going by the diet you mentioned, I  asked one of the nurses about what I can add and she told me just about anything ,except sugar. I do wait 1/2 hour after drinking anything and 1 hour after eating before I drink anything.I am also, carefull to measure everything. I haven't had one problem,except low blood pressure, (feeling dizzy,Like I'm fixing to pass out.) I have gone to drs. office to have sugar and blood pressure checked. Each time they tell me to drink more fluids (like G2 or something that will rebuid my electolites)
I even went Thursday to the ER to get an IV. Any suggestions about that? Thanks Mike 

i am with Susan on this one.   You should be sure that everything you eat at this stage is nutritious and in compliance with your plan.   You don't want to stray at all in order to "protect your investment".   You will ultimately heal up and be able to handle a much broader variety of things in your diet, but for now its best to just tough it out.   I followed Dr Baker's recommendations (requirements) to the letter and avoided any problems.  Its hard at first, but well worth the effort.  Now (one year out) my pouch can handle most anything healthy I want to put in it - just in much lower quantities than before.   The best part is that by being fully compliant early out, you will form some new eating habits that make long term compliance much easier.   Although there aren't any foods that my pouch  absolutely won't tolerate, i really have no desire or appetite for some of the unhealthy stuff I craved pre-op.  Just one of the great benefits of this whole process for me.  I don't have to deprive myself now, I simply no longer desire any of the stuff I used to eat all of the time.

Wishing you a smooth and productive journey.   Let us know how you progress.