Diet 1 week post op

Yes I am taking Prevacid. Doesn't seem to help I have the gnawing feeling. And I just want to chew something! I keep drinking my fluids hopefully next week Dr. says I can have soft food!

I was on absolutely the same diet you are on for 3 solid weeks--2 weeks pre-op and one week post-op--3 weeks of liquid only diet. Then I was able to have yogurt, cottage cheese, mushy foods only for the next 3 weeks. That's a total of 6 weeks without anything I could "chew."

Trust me, if I can go 21 days with nothing but protein drinks, broth, SF drinks, SF jello, and SF popsicles, you can do it, too! Hang in there, it's only a few more days.

I respectfully disagree with the earlier suggestion to chew some meat and spit it out, I think that's a really bad idea. It's only going to make you want things you cannot have for a while. Stick with your surgeon's plan, and trust me that these are the weeks and early months when you are going to lose the most weight. Enjoy it while it comes off so easily, it gets harder as time goes on.