Worries after 1 week post op.

So my surgery was 12 days ago.

for breakfast I have an applesauce and a hello.. all my drugs an me vitamins

lunch I will have half a can of cream soup..whatever the flavor and maybe some jello..

Dinner..same as lunch. maybe some cottage cheese and so on.

I will have two or three teaspoons..then wait the 10..15 minutes and another two or three spoonfuls.

My question is how do I know that I am not stretching my pouch..i don't really feel full when done meals....like how do I know the food isn't just sitting in my new stomach adding up and not passing through to my intestines till I drink water or whatever...

I do tend to over think things in life...but I really spend time worrying about this ..

anyone else worry about this..

and this is in the full fluid stage..i feel I will end up worrying more when I get to more food stages..

I didn't feel any sense of restriction until I started eating meat and cheese. Fluids and soft mushy stuff just slid down without restriction. They still do. I suspect that once you graduate to denser protein, you too will get the unmistakable signal from gut to brain that you are full and shouldn't have even one more bite! It's all working as it should, do not worry, just follow your plan and you'll do great!

If you go too far, you'll know. A wee bit too much is a runny nose or hiccups. Way too much is the foamies, or thinking you are going to die. The difference is a tiny amount of food.

The only way to know for sure is to stick with strict measurement. Eyeballing will make you ill.

I don't see much protein in your menu. Are you getting your 60 to 80 grams a day?

What, exactly, are the foamies? Is it when you (thankfully, briefly) salivate like crazy and feel as if you might throw up?

Yep, that's exactly what they are. I am a person who cannot deal with the foamies so once I get that feeling, I go throw up, and feel INSTANTLY better. It is 99% of the time my own fault (eating too much or too fast) but ever so often it's a random food that I had no idea would make me sick (falafel and I do not get along, sadly!).

Thank you! Now I know!

Yes, that's it. The 2 or 3 times I got them, they were never foamy. Just clear and viscous, like egg whites. Blech.

Yup, me too. I had eaten just a couple of bites too fast. Yuck!

ok thanks all..

and in also having my whey protein shakes...and mixing protein in with pudding.. and soups..

I figure I'm getting roughly 70 grams a day