Question:
I'm only 6 days post op, can I even have ice cream?

I was just wondering, Can I have any type of sugar-free ice cream?    — Gena B. (posted on March 24, 2001)

March 24, 2001
I have had the No sugar added Eskimo Pie bars and they are really good. It only has milk sugars and I think that's about 4 grams. I take maybe 2 or 3 bites at the end of my meal and it is yummy!
   — [Anonymous]

March 24, 2001
Gena, you don't say which surgery you had. My suggestion is to be very very careful with ice cream until you see how you react to it. I had s/f ice cream early post op and it caused me some horrendous dumping episodes if I overdid it. It wasn't from the sugar, it was from the milk. I am now very lactose intolerant (pretty common after RNY). Even now, 8 months later I can get sick as a dog if I eat too much ice cream. I can eat a s/f eskimo pie but anything more than that (say a small bowl of ice cream) and I'm wishing I were dead and saying "never again". Be careful and take it slow!
   — Kellye C.

March 30, 2001
I am 10 days post RNY and am able to eat a few spoonfuls of ice cream and an occasional Fudge Sicle. I did have a little dumping episode today when I tried a Wendy's Frosty and paid for it with the shakes.
   — Kirt S.