Question:
I am almost 3 weeks post op can I eat any type of bread or crackers?

   — angelswings711 (posted on July 21, 2006)

July 21, 2006
I am 7 months out of a VBG. (Vertical Banded Gastroplasty) I can not eat ANY bread. I can eat some SOME types of chips but very little and no water or fluid for at least 30 minutes. at 3 weeks your pouch is VERY small, I would not recommend and bread at this point. I would wait at least 2 months before you even try.
   — WMKaisla

July 21, 2006
I'm 3 years out and can only tolerate a couple of bites of toast. Non-toasted bread makes a horribly uncomfortable lump in my pouch. My own personal rule for this sort of food is this: If I took a handful and squeezed it, would it crumble into a handful of crumbs, or would it make a ball. If it would ball up, like bread, I avoid it. Did your surgeon give you an eating plan for your recovery? That is what you should be going by.
   — LisaHillsinger

July 21, 2006
Might as well not eat bread or crackers. Who needs the extra carbs? Once in awhile I get a big craving for bread and I eat 1/2 piece of whole wheat bread. Before RNY in Feb I was a big bread eater and I do miss bread evey now and then. Be strong!! I am hanging in there with you.
   — shannonwaycott

July 21, 2006
Saltine crackers should be alright, but check with your Dr.- they are all different and have different protocols. At 3 weeks I was eating a few crackers with peanut butter and baked tostitos with refried beans. Bread is difficult unless toasted and even then can be troublesome. As I have described it to my family, it feels like the Pillsbury Dough Boy is sitting in my pouch and it is uncomfortable, to say the least.
   — LauraA

July 21, 2006
I had a slice of toast at breakfast at your stage and it really made me sick. I was at a 5 star hotel restaurant and barely made it to the bathroom before it came back up. Saltine crackers stay down. Unlike the other poster, I had difficulty keeping peanut butter down. My advise: at three weeks, stick to refried beans, cottage cheese, and other protein semi soft foods.
   — LaurieH

July 21, 2006
Bread is going to be very difficult for quite a while. I wouldn't even attempt it unless it were thin (light) bread and toasted very crispy. Optimally, you should probably wait a while even for that. I found crackers did go down much easier.
   — sandsonik

July 22, 2006
I am only allowed yucky whole grain or wheat bread, and crackers. I could not eat them for three months, though.
   — Novashannon

July 30, 2006
Hello -- I am 3 yr/4 mths post op - down 140 lbs. To this day I cannot usually handle much bread at all -- CLUMPS and must come back up. Therefore, I usually avoid most breads unless toasted ( even then it may not stay down ). You really are NOT at a point that you should even be eating bread (at least according to my experience and orders from my MD). Hang in there ......this is SO worth your patience !!!!!!!
   — Kewpidoll