Question:
How do you know when you are streching your pouch?

If you eat solid food before two weeks is out post-op, but feel no pain, nausea, or vomiting, could you still be streching the pouch?    — glean (posted on December 23, 2008)

December 22, 2008
Maybe you should do what your doctor said....for real. I'm sorry for being such a "turd" about it, but as my ten year old would say, "Dude, are you serious right now?"
   — [Deactivated Member]

December 22, 2008
The more important question is WHY are you eating solids so soon? If you're already trying to break the rules, you clearly haven't committed to the program and you're going to struggle. Stop setting yourself up by failure and do what your Doc says. Sorry to sound harsh, but if you're already testing the boundaries, you're likely to keep doing that until all the advantages of the WLS are lost.
   — suezahn4me

December 22, 2008
I don't really know the exact answer to your question, I started "soft protein", one day before my two weeks post-op. without any pain, nausea or vomiting. Even now at 4 weeks post op I haven't felt any adverse reactions to "solid protein" that have been anything but briefly mildly uncomfortable. I think as much depends on eating very slowly and stopping at the first feeling of having eaten, not eating to the point of pain etc. I have craving issues with appetite triggers...commercials on TV, smelling cooking food, and availabilty of homemade goodies at work (well meaning people, they just don't have my weight problem). For myself when I was on SF liquids and liquid protein for the two weeks I got very weak, near to passing out at times at my physically taxing work. I ate ONE egg at 13 days post op and have since begun to feel much better. Struggling with hunger issues post-op and maybe slipping up doesn't mean you aren't committed....just means you are human...that being said...it is best to try very hard to do exactly what the program requires. Good luck. I am down 37 pounds with 60 to go.
   — jeanne_wise

December 22, 2008
Here's the thing...Has anyone told you that you could damage your pouch by putting solid food in it at this time? That is the warning I received. You don't want a tear or a leak. Your pouch is still healing and you need to treat it like a newborn baby. Good luck!
   — katiecakes

December 23, 2008
The answer is yes and you can do alot of damage.
   — azreggie