Question:
Is there something other than this???

Hello ya'll....I was just wondering...what could I use instead of Cottage Cheese to do the "Cottage Cheese" test? I love the smell, but can't put the stuff in my mouth! lol I have never tested to see how much I can actually hold in my new little buddy...aka "the pouch", but thought if someone knew of an alternitive to CC...I would try.... Thanks in advance for your help... everyone is always so super! RNY Open... 11/18/02 286/195/140 Love and light, Lisa    — medium (posted on October 25, 2003)

October 25, 2003
I'll just tell you what my surgeon told us - don't do the test. There is no reason to test your pouch. Just eat til you are comfortable and let it go. He thinks that doing the cottage cheese test is as bad as eating a piece of candy just to see if you dump.
   — Patty_Butler

October 25, 2003
You can also use THICK hot cereal.
   — [Deactivated Member]

October 26, 2003
I have never heard of the "cottage cheese test." Can someone shed some light on this? Thanks :)
   — Myrna E.

October 27, 2003
Most of my friends who have tried the CC test are generally depressed afterwards, as if it is a death-sentenance. "I am doomed if my pouch can hold this much!" It breaks my heart to see people so upset about it. <br> I took the CC test about a week before I had a bowel study. I won't say how much I thought my pouch could hold... but suffice it to say that it was waaaay more than I thought it would be. And it freaked me out. <br> When I saw the actually radiology results on the monitor, with the Barium passing through, my surgeon pointed out my pouch. At 9 months post-op it was as it should've been... about the size of an egg. So when I think I am tempted to eat too much, I think of that bright-white picture of my egg-sized pouch.<br> The surgeon told me that the CC test is very unreliable.<br> Good luck to you!
   — kultgirl