throwing up

Okay, so I am almost seven years post-op, and I am still throwing up.  It's not all the time, but I really have to watch the meat.  It nearly always makes me throw up.  I chew and chew, and right back up it comes.  I have really avoided meat of any kind (other than processed and fried, cause it stays down, but not so good for me!) and I have just eaten whatever for quite a while.  I am trying now to lose the thirty pounds I gained thru two pregnancies and a bunch of bad eating.  So I am increasing my protien and decreasing the carbs, and it is working.  But yesterday, I threw up, and that is kind of discouraging, plus my tummy is really sore and just wants some nice smooth slurry carbs.  needeing some advice, cause I do not want to get discouraged enough to quit and go back to my soft food diet of pop tarts and graham crackers!

Oh, I know that sore tummy feeling. You can do soft foods that are more diet friendly though, like cottage cheese, yogurt, protein smoothie, cheese stick, softly scrambled eggs, etc. They will taste just as good, if not better, than the pop tarts and graham crackers! Good Luck!

By processed, do you mean like sausage and lunch meat? Those aren't THAT bad but they're not all that good..  Yogurt, cottage cheese, stuff like that makes better slider foods AND they have at least alittle protein.  Have you tried any of the vegetarian meats? Textured Vegetable Protein is dried chunks of soy and it's really easy to add to stuff like yogurt and cottage cheese. I make a mean veggie taco filling with it added to salsa and I add it to my oatmeal in the mornings too.

i suggest going back to see your surgeon and perhaps get in and speak to your nutritionist. I know i had a problem with meats as well. It isn't fun when you throw uping all the time from eating meats. I was in the same situation... i couldn't tolerate meats all that well. But i knew I had to get meats in my diet.... because of the vitamins and nutrition in them. So ...what I did to help me with the meats was crockpot recipes with meats. The crockpot was my best friend.... it softens up your foods very well and make it nice and moist. However , At 7 years post op, you should be able to eat meats this far out. But then again , things do happen..... So ... i do suggest you to follow up with your surgeon and nutritionist... and see what they say. Don't get discourage.... there is a reason why you are throwing up... so check it out before it gets any worse! We do need to eat our meats because we need the nutrition and vitamins in meats. measure your meats out before you eat it. only eat a little bit at a time.... speak to your nutritionist about this. Also cook up and eat ground turkey meat... add a little sauce and chicken broth to it... to moist and soften the up a bit. Hang in there.... follow up with your surgeon/nutritinist ...asap. good luck Lizzy

Thanks for all the good suggestions everyone!  I am going to look for some new crock pot recipies, cause I know that really does work in softening everything up.  This cooking for a husband and two picky picky kids and me is a lot of cooking!  I keep thinking I can eat what hubby eats, but I guess that's just not gonna happen.  It does seem after all this time, I should be able to keep down some chicken breast!  (I can't really go back and check with my surgeon.  I've moved to another state and haven't seen him since I was 6 months post-op.)  

I'm a year out, and I still throw up 2-3 times a month.  It's a learning process to figure out why--here's what I've come up with: Chinese food--they do a thing called "velveting", using cornstarch, egg, and flour to coat the meat before frying.  Gets me everytime, and now I stay away from it.  I love oriental food, so now I go to a japanese hibachi type restaurant, where they cook the food in front of you.  I get filet mignon (which is what is easiest on MY stomach), and eat a tablespoon or two of rice, and a few veggies.  No getting sick. Eating too much, too fast.  Get's me everytime.  I reallllly have to turn off the TV, computer, lay down the book, etc. and do nothing but eat.  No getting sick. Anything fried in oil--hubby uses our grill most times, and no getting sick. One thing I *don't* do is give in and do the "easy to digest" carb thing.  It just increases the high carb cravings that one of my medications (Seroquel) gives me.  It's a constant battle.