Questions I Forgot to Ask

I'm kicking myself! I had my first post-op appt. with my doc today. My dh went, and I got distracted. I forgot to ask about lettuce and baked beans! Not together, but if I will be able to have them. I am on my first week of puree, then I go to a week of soft food/thick puree, then to regular foods. Also, curious about the sugar content in baked beans and dumping.  They are a great source of protein, and I love them. I also love lettuce, raw spinach, etc., thus the question about how people are doing with lettuce and the like, post op.
  *sigh*  Thanks for any input!

Kathy

Hi K!  How did your post op appt go?  

I don't think u can have lettuce on this phase, have you spoke with your NUT?   

Not sure about baked beans, altho they are a bit high in sugar content... and I wouldn't want to risk dumping .... how about beans in chili sauce or pinto beans?  They are pretty good.

I did not have vegetables on pureed stage, but now i'm on soft food stage and I can eat veggies now... but due to my moving this weekend I haven't had chance to do real grocery shopping yet but I have been eating mainly frozen chopped spinach. 

WHen is your next appt with NUT?

How are you feeling now?

Unless you found sugar free baked beans... I would not try them... I started lettuce about week 5 or 6.. and ate spinach about 7 or 8 weeks.  I may have been able to try lettuce sooner... and when I did eat it ... I did not have any trouble...

My first salad was SO good... I forgot how much I missed salads....  I was almost 5 month out before  I tryed to eat raw carrots or broccoli and other raw veggies.  At 3 months I could eat most cooked veggies...

Helen

Thanks for the information. I am so missing salads, which is hard for even me to believe as I am/was a candy-holic. I'm going to look for the sugar free beans, and also for a recipe where I can use the sweet and low version of brown sugar.

Thanks again Helen and Pix!

Kathy

I googled "sugar free baked beans" & got a lot of recipes . Here's one .

Doug's Quick Baked Beans (Sugar-free)

2 15.8 oz. cans Bush's Great Northerns
1/2 medium onion, diced
2 T. pork fat or sub 2 slices bacon chopped
2 T. Heinz One Carb No Sugar Added Ketchup
2 T. Log Cabin Sugar Free Maple Syrup with Splenda
1 T. Yellow Mustard
1 T. Worcestershire Sauce
1 t. Your favorite dry rub

Drain one can only Great Northerns. Render pork fat (or bacon) in bottom of medium saucepan until liquified. Add onion and coo****il clear. Add drained and undrained beans, and remaining ingredients, mixing thoroughly. Simmer uncovered low 15-20 minutes.

You can actually oven finish these if you wish, since all sweetening is from Splenda, or serve directly from stovetop. If pork fat is trimmed from pork butt roast, add 1/3 cup chopped "bark" for extra flavor.