I want salad! and I want it now!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, that's right I am throughing a temper tantrum.  I am a veggie lover and want a salad so bad, but I looked through all my notes and can not find out when I can have it.  Does anyone know?  I am 9 weeks out now and just want a nice salad with some protein added to it.

I think that Dave was cleared at 12 weeks (3 months) to have all foods as tolerated. I have the same protocol with my doctor's office. Chris edited to add ps can you have carrots or celery? They at least go crunch. Celery with peanut butter would be good.

I think that my "official" salad time to wait was 3 months also, but at about 7 weeks, we had our annual Christmas Party at Lino's where their salad is "to DIE for".  I had a few bites and chewed them really good and everything was fine. I told the nutritionist about it and she said that everyone is different and that the times given are guidelines where most people are comfortable.  I think if you REALLY want it, go ahead but make sure to chew, chew, chew, chew........you should be fine. My NUT laughs because she says that is the biggest request that she hears, is how people are craving salads........not cake or cookies!  What a change from our old lifestyle!

Thank you to everyones feed back, as I got a coupon for Sweet Tomatoes buy one get one free.  So, I figure since I would eat so little, I would be the free one and my DH can pay for his.   It is so funny, as I do not crave anything anymore.  I don't deny myself anything anymore either.  I just remember that I was my portions and measure and weigh everything.  

I was cleared at 3 months out, but took till 6 months before Gerdie (my pouch), would tolerate it.

I too want to eat a nice salad, but my Dr. said not until I was 6 months out.  But every Dr. is Differant. I can't even eat Carbs. IE. patatoes, pasta, rice, What does your dr. say about it?

I still don't do pasta at all and very little rice.  It's just doesn't sit well in my pouch and I end up .  But everyone is different.  You have to try things, a llittle at a time, to find out whay YOUR pouch likes.

I waited 6 months. Boy it did taste good the first couple of times.  Now I hardly eat salad as their is not much there there. What I mean is, yeah it fills me up but I don't get the nutritional value I need from my food.  So every once in awhile I'll have a salad but not everyday like I used to.

My info from the Kane Center says to advance to all foods as tolerated after 8 weeks. I haven't had many fresh fruits/veggies so far, but I've tried a couple of bites of lettuce without problems, and have had cucumber, tomato and a little onion (diced very small in my tuna salad).