Where do you get the cards for resturants after surgery?

You know, the cards that explain you can't each much so please let us eat off the kids menu or whatever?

 My doctor gave me one when I had my surgery. I have used it several times. Really works for things like Mother's Day Brunches where they charge you $50 for brunch. 

 My doctor gave me one, I haven't ever had to use it though.  No one ever asks why, I am just sure to tip well.

My Dietician gave me one on my last visit attached to a handout about dining out post surgery.

The kids menu is usually Junk food like Fried chicken nugges and mac an cheese so its probably not worth your time.

Thanks guys. I usually don't have a problem either but once in a while, I would just rather flash the card than explain it in front of people. I guess I will have to print on from the internet since my doc didn't give me one.

Thanks so much for your postings!

Aceves didn't give you one?  I had one in my folder of stuff that Blanca gave me the day before surgery.

I bet if you email Gaby, she could get one mailed to you quickly. 

My Dr's office gave us ours after our preop class. Just call your dr's office and ask if they can mail you one.

Honestly, I haven't even thought about using mine.

Here's my strategy for eating out:

-Hubby and I usually pick something to share that we can agree on... usually it's some kind of healthier protein (steak, grilled chicken or fish, etc).

-I let him pick the sides, since I can't eat much of them anyways.

-If he picks a salad, we'll each pick a dressing to request on the side, since he likes ranch, and I prefer vinaigrettes. I can only eat a few bites of salad anyways without filling up before my protein, so he gets most of it anyways.

-He lets me take whatever portion of the entree I want, and whatever is left is plenty for him, since I never take more than a fourth to a third of it anyways.

-I might eat 2-3 bites of whatever sides he picked, but only if I have room after my protein, which I usually don't.

This works well for us. No one ever questions why we are sharing a meal, and it gets rid of me having to order anything off the kids menu or a la carte... hubby was going to get that big ass entree anyways, so we end up saving even more money by doing it this way.

Plus, I agree with Smbergie... so many restaurants offer little to nothing on a kids menu that is sleeve friendly.

Doesn't hurt to have the card though, just in case.

Kids menu items are loss leaders for most restaurants -- there's no reason to take advantage of people. Be a grown up and order an appetizer or see if the'll do a half size entree. There is usually nothing healthing on the kids menu anyway.  Just my opinion