Question:
Dumping and what not to eat

I am one month post op and seems everything I put in my mouth makes me wantto vomit...What do I do and what to eat ?    — 5StarDiva (posted on October 29, 2009)

October 29, 2009
You should be on the thick liquid phase now. NO food. Thick liquids would be soups like split pea, cream of broccoli, cream of potato (only cream soups during this phase because they are carbs) Thinned down oatmeal (waterlike), cream of wheat, malt o meal, Stick to liquids until your pouch has healed and isn't sore and swollen. It needs to heal well. Baby it. Maybe that is why you want to vomit. YOu aren't hungry and food triggers the gag reaction. Be sure to get in your protein, you won't be able to get all of the 70 grams, but try to get as much as you can. Set your minute timer for every 5 minutes, and sip, sip, sip, and you will be on your way to recovery.
   — Kristy

October 29, 2009
If you eating slowly and the right things and are still having problems call your doctor. Like the other poster you may be drinking/eating too quickly and that can cause pain. Go slow with new foods to see how your pouch is going to react. Remember not to drink fluids before and after eating. Good luck
   — ToniLee

October 30, 2009
It is hard to think of eating only soups that are strained but this is important though at a month you are near the soft food stage. eggs, cottage cheese, refried beans, chili eat very slow. You doctor should be giving you a list of apporoved foods.
   — trible

October 30, 2009
I am having the same problem. If I eat just soups, cottage cheese, yogurt, etc it is fine. But I have tried baked salmon, shrimp and it all comes back up so I am sticking to New England Claim Chowder for the next 3 weeks and hopefully something better happens! I don't have pain when I eat but it does want to come back up!
   — Papoose79

October 30, 2009
That stage was by far the hardest for me. It will get better. Do what you have to to get nutrition into you and just hang in there.
   — jtoothman