Question:
Can RNY distal ever eat salads? What can they put in the salad?

   — [Anonymous] (posted on October 13, 1999)

October 13, 1999
I had to sort of sneak up on salads. They didn't work for me at first, because of gas. Many normies have trouble with gas from fresh veggies, too. Now I can eat them, with any dressing, but I avoid dressing with milk. Gas & bloating result from the milk, not to mention that it can bring my weight back. As distal as I am, I don't worry about fats or carbs at all. Otherwise, I load it up with my favorite goodies, including sunflower seeds and cheese (processed cheese has no lactose) and savor every bite.
   — vitalady

October 13, 1999
Before surgery I felt guilty if I did not order just a salad when dining out. I hated them! Now I crave them! I can eat them with garbanzo beans, cheese, sunflower seeds, olives carrots, anything - although a few days later I do get the gas pains.
   — Renee C.

October 13, 1999
Hi. I had a distal RNY in Oct. of 1998. Today I eat whatever I want. I eat salads with lettuce, tomato, carrots, cucumbers, radishes, onion, green pepper, croutons, salad dressing, basically whatever I want to put on the salad. Good luck.
   — Kathy K.

October 16, 1999
i eat lettuce with cheese and very little salad dressing. i also started to eat melons and i am about 8 wk post op., i do monitor the grumbling going on and i also carefully watch how i eat after to be sure i dont get blocked up. good luck
   — julie S.