Advancing to pureed foods question

My doctor said I cannot start pureed foods until my 3 week post-op visit on December 15th. Many people with other doctors start on pureed foods 2 weeks post-op. One person started pureed foods 1 week post-op. Didn't we all have the same laparascopic banding surgery? Why does advancing to Stage 3 diet vary from doctor to doctor?

So many things vary from Dr to Dr from wether you have to do a bowel prep to what foods you can and cannot have. I had open RNY and started pureed in the hospital and was on that for a month. Who knows why they are all different, if you ask your Dr I bet they have a good reason. Congrats and Good luck Gwen

I am not suppose to start pureed until after my 3 week visit either. It is so your stomach has time to heal before heading to the next stage. Hang in there and do what your doctors say, they do it for safety for you.

This is common with bariatric surgeons there isnt a standard of what to eat or how to go about it. See my surgeon didnt let me eat puree till week three and even then it was very strict to what it consisted of. Amy