When is it 2 weeks?

Hi All

Had my surgery on Wed 8/17/16 and my surgeon goes with a 2 week liquid, 2 week pureed and 2 week soft food diet.   I am very tired of the liquid diet and am looking forward to some actual food in my mouth, even if it is pureed!  My question is when do you count the 2 weeks liquid being up--is Tuesday this week my last day of liquids, or Wednesday?   I feel very ready for food and have not had any complications.   

Looking forward to thoughts and advise!

Pam

I had my surgery on Tuesday, the 9th.  2 Tuesdays later on the 23rd is when I had my 2 week post-op appt and was cleared for pureed foods. So if your doctor was like mine it would be Wednesday for you.  Hope this helps 

Ask your doctor.

I tried to go beyond the minimum, to change my mindset. Instead of 2 weeks, I did 3. I needed to break out of doing the least I could, and made myself do more. I became morbidly obese by focusing on what I wanted -- food. I had to learn to put aside those desires to truly change my behavior.

-- "I needed to break out of doing the least I could, and made myself do more."

This is such a simple, but difficult, path to take to success.  If you never step out of your comfort zone, or go beyond the minimum expected/required, you stunt your growth.

This is not an attack on the OP, please don't take it that way.  The above sentence really hit a chord with me this evening.

I counted it as 14 days on liquids.  

If in doubt, stretch it out.

An extra day or two on liquids won't hurt you. Trying to hurry the healing process could easily harm you if your stomach is not yet ready. 

psychoticparrot

My surgery was on a Wednesday, so I always moved to a new diet phase on Wednesday. All good so far.