Question about tolerating foods

[Guest guest]

I have a general question for any post-op patients who don't mind sharing. I

notice in reading post-op stories and posts, that there seems to be a wide

variance in what is and is not tolerated after surgery. I am ok with that, and

am trying not to have any strict expectations, but I do notice this recurring

statement that some people " don't do well " with certain foods.

When you say you " don't do well " with a food (pasta, beef, bread, chicken,

whatever your specific food intolerance is)... what do you mean by " don't do

well " ? I'd like to know more specifically how you react to your intolerances...

are we talking about nausea, vomiting, cramping, general discomfort, diarrhea,

full-blown dumping? What foods do you not tolerate well, and what symptoms do

those specific foods cause for you?

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to share. And if you're having no food

intolerances at all, I'd love to hear that too.

(KY)

[Guest guest]

I have no food intolerances. I eat anything and everything. I do not drink

soda or coffee, since that is " forbidden " , but anything else does just fine!

Best,

Amy.

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Question about tolerating foods

I have a general question for any post-op patients who don't mind sharing.

I notice in reading post-op stories and posts, that there seems to be a wide

variance in what is and is not tolerated after surgery. I am ok with that,

and am trying not to have any strict expectations, but I do notice this

recurring statement that some people " don't do well " with certain foods.

When you say you " don't do well " with a food (pasta, beef, bread, chicken,

whatever your specific food intolerance is)... what do you mean by " don't do

well " ? I'd like to know more specifically how you react to your

intolerances... are we talking about nausea, vomiting, cramping, general

discomfort, diarrhea, full-blown dumping? What foods do you not tolerate

well, and what symptoms do those specific foods cause for you?

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to share. And if you're having no food

intolerances at all, I'd love to hear that too.

(KY)

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/20/00 5:10:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, sms@...

writes:

> The other " not do well " is some foods create an incredible amount of gas.

>

> That's my story and I'm stickin' to it! LOL

>

>

are you sure you're not " stinkin " to it? )

michele

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/19/00 7:10:14 PM Central Standard Time,

midwife@... writes:

> Thanks in advance to anyone willing to share. And if you're having no food

> intolerances at all, I'd love to hear that too.

>

> (KY)

>

>

That's me ....no food intolerances AT ALL. I can eat everything I ate

pre-surgery.

in Raleigh

[Guest guest]

Great question!

for me " not do well " means when I swallow a bite it feels like a rock in my

stomach. It sits there and hurts. I feel like I can't " burp around " it. Then

i feel nauseous. If it's bad enough I will feel myself turn white and then I'll

puke. I hate that when that happens!

The other " not do well " is some foods create an incredible amount of gas.

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it! LOL

xoxo

sperb

>>> midwife@... 12/19/00 04:57PM >>>

I have a general question for any post-op patients who don't mind sharing. I

notice in reading post-op stories and posts, that there seems to be a wide

variance in what is and is not tolerated after surgery. I am ok with that, and

am trying not to have any strict expectations, but I do notice this recurring

statement that some people " don't do well " with certain foods.

When you say you " don't do well " with a food (pasta, beef, bread, chicken,

whatever your specific food intolerance is)... what do you mean by " don't do

well " ? I'd like to know more specifically how you react to your intolerances...

are we talking about nausea, vomiting, cramping, general discomfort, diarrhea,

full-blown dumping? What foods do you not tolerate well, and what symptoms do

those specific foods cause for you?

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to share. And if you're having no food

intolerances at all, I'd love to hear that too.

(KY)

[Guest guest]

I'm praying for some intolerances. I still can tolerate anything and everything.

I still like sweets. I just eat a very limited quantity. Two cookies instead of

the box. A 3 inch square piece of cake instead of half the cake. One skinny,

skinny piece of pie instead of 1/4 of a pie at a sitting.

Last week I threw out a half of a homemade apple pie. I couldn't belive it. Used

to be I'd bake a pie and within 24 hours it would all be gone..I'd have a slice

for breakfast, a slice for dessert at lunch, a mid-afternoon slice, a dinner

dessert slice and a night snack...then the last piece would be for my breakfast

the next day. Not any more! I had two tiny slivers and thought... " Hmmm. What

was it I liked about this? " .

Flo in land

> ** Original Subject: RE: Question about tolerating foods

> **

> ** Original Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 07:02:03 -0700

> ** Original Message follows...

>

> In a message dated 12/19/00 7:10:14 PM Central Standard Time,

> midwife@... writes:

>

>

> > Thanks in advance to anyone willing to share. And if you're having no food

> > intolerances at all, I'd love to hear that too.

> >

> > (KY)

> >

> >

>

> That's me ....no food intolerances AT ALL. I can eat everything I ate

> pre-surgery.

> in Raleigh

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I'm praying for some intolerances. I still can tolerate anything and everything.

I still like sweets. I just eat a very limited quantity. Two cookies instead of

the box. A 3 inch square piece of cake instead of half the cake. One skinny,

skinny piece of pie instead of 1/4 of a pie at a sitting.

Last week I threw out a half of a homemade apple pie. I couldn't belive it. Used

to be I'd bake a pie and within 24 hours it would all be gone..I'd have a slice

for breakfast, a slice for dessert at lunch, a mid-afternoon slice, a dinner

dessert slice and a night snack...then the last piece would be for my breakfast

the next day. Not any more! I had two tiny slivers and thought... " Hmmm. What

was it I liked about this? " .

Flo in land

> ** Original Subject: RE: Question about tolerating foods

> **

> ** Original Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 07:02:03 -0700

> ** Original Message follows...

>

> In a message dated 12/19/00 7:10:14 PM Central Standard Time,

> midwife@... writes:

>

>

> > Thanks in advance to anyone willing to share. And if you're having no food

> > intolerances at all, I'd love to hear that too.

> >

> > (KY)

> >

> >

>

> That's me ....no food intolerances AT ALL. I can eat everything I ate

> pre-surgery.

> in Raleigh

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

(KY), I am 11 weeks post op. I am having some intolerance to milk.

It gives me no discomfort actually, except that having enuf gas to power the

goodyear blimp is uncomfortable when in church, for example. Also,

breakfast cold cereal seems to make me feel bad for about 30 minutes. It

makes my heart beat real hard. So I just don't eat cold cereal right now.

I will try again in later weeks. I find I don't care for red meat as much

as I did. I will eat one or two bites and they sit real well. I just don't

want anymore. I " crave " lettuce and celery. Can't get enuf. But all

foods. with the exceptions noted above, all sit real well with me in small

amounts. I have been drinking lactose free milk and it does not bother me.

Good luck. Betty in Western NC

Re: Question about tolerating foods

>In a message dated 12/19/00 7:10:14 PM Central Standard Time,

>midwife@... writes:

>

>

>> Thanks in advance to anyone willing to share. And if you're having no

food

>> intolerances at all, I'd love to hear that too.

>>

>> (KY)

>>

>>

>

>That's me ....no food intolerances AT ALL. I can eat everything I ate

>pre-surgery.

> in Raleigh

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

(KY), I am 11 weeks post op. I am having some intolerance to milk.

It gives me no discomfort actually, except that having enuf gas to power the

goodyear blimp is uncomfortable when in church, for example. Also,

breakfast cold cereal seems to make me feel bad for about 30 minutes. It

makes my heart beat real hard. So I just don't eat cold cereal right now.

I will try again in later weeks. I find I don't care for red meat as much

as I did. I will eat one or two bites and they sit real well. I just don't

want anymore. I " crave " lettuce and celery. Can't get enuf. But all

foods. with the exceptions noted above, all sit real well with me in small

amounts. I have been drinking lactose free milk and it does not bother me.

Good luck. Betty in Western NC

Re: Question about tolerating foods

>In a message dated 12/19/00 7:10:14 PM Central Standard Time,

>midwife@... writes:

>

>

>> Thanks in advance to anyone willing to share. And if you're having no

food

>> intolerances at all, I'd love to hear that too.

>>

>> (KY)

>>

>>

>

>That's me ....no food intolerances AT ALL. I can eat everything I ate

>pre-surgery.

> in Raleigh

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

wrote:

<<When you say you " don't do well " with a food (pasta, beef, bread, chicken,

whatever your specific food intolerance is)... what do you mean by " don't do

well " ? I'd like to know more specifically how you react to your

intolerances... are we talking about nausea, vomiting, cramping, general

discomfort, diarrhea, full-blown dumping? What foods do you not tolerate

well, and what symptoms do those specific foods cause for you?

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to share. And if you're having no food

intolerances at all, I'd love to hear that too.>>

,

I am a bit over 4 months post-op. I've tried all kinds of foods. I even

started with 1 or 2 bites of things about 10-11 days after surgery. I can

tolerate anything....especially if its only a bite or two. There are things,

however, that I tend to " steer " away from....

pasta--unless its whole wheat. This sits " heavy " , fills me up too

quickly with empty calories....but I will occasionally have whole wheat pasta

and I have no uncomfortableness with it. I do find that I don't really want

this food item post-op like I did pre-op.

fried foods--only because its loaded with fat and really not a great

nutritional choice. I have had some on an occassion or two with no ill

effects. Again, the desire for this food is less now than before surgery.

sugar--now this one is an evil one...one for which I'm glad for. I had a

MAJOR sweet tooth before surgery....now, I only crave chocolate around that

certain time of the month. A small handful of M&M's as a chaser (meaning NOT

on an empty stomach) fulfills the craving with no problems. I have had an

occasion of dumping once after eating half a small sundae and I learned my

lesson!! I was flat on my back moaning with intense abdominal cramping along

with severe sweating and shaking that lasted a good 45 minutes to an hour.

That's really it for my list and they aren't really NO-NOs per se...the key

is moderation and not very often. I regularly consume meat (fish, chicken,

shrimp, ground beef, pork, steak, etc) and have no problems with rice (I eat

brown rice or wild rice if I have a choice) and breads have never been a

problem either. Again, with breads, I try to choose whole grain breads, but

if I'm having a sandwich out, I'll usually make it an " open-faced " one, so

that I'm only consuming 1 slice of bread instead of two. It fills me up with

empty calories if I eat it the regular way.

I do dilute my juices...some about 50/50, but only because they TASTE way too

sweet to drink them straight.

Hope this helps...

Tricia in IL

MGB 8/10

-63 pounds from surgery/-78 pounds from heaviest weight

[Guest guest]

wrote:

<<When you say you " don't do well " with a food (pasta, beef, bread, chicken,

whatever your specific food intolerance is)... what do you mean by " don't do

well " ? I'd like to know more specifically how you react to your

intolerances... are we talking about nausea, vomiting, cramping, general

discomfort, diarrhea, full-blown dumping? What foods do you not tolerate

well, and what symptoms do those specific foods cause for you?

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to share. And if you're having no food

intolerances at all, I'd love to hear that too.>>

,

I am a bit over 4 months post-op. I've tried all kinds of foods. I even

started with 1 or 2 bites of things about 10-11 days after surgery. I can

tolerate anything....especially if its only a bite or two. There are things,

however, that I tend to " steer " away from....

pasta--unless its whole wheat. This sits " heavy " , fills me up too

quickly with empty calories....but I will occasionally have whole wheat pasta

and I have no uncomfortableness with it. I do find that I don't really want

this food item post-op like I did pre-op.

fried foods--only because its loaded with fat and really not a great

nutritional choice. I have had some on an occassion or two with no ill

effects. Again, the desire for this food is less now than before surgery.

sugar--now this one is an evil one...one for which I'm glad for. I had a

MAJOR sweet tooth before surgery....now, I only crave chocolate around that

certain time of the month. A small handful of M&M's as a chaser (meaning NOT

on an empty stomach) fulfills the craving with no problems. I have had an

occasion of dumping once after eating half a small sundae and I learned my

lesson!! I was flat on my back moaning with intense abdominal cramping along

with severe sweating and shaking that lasted a good 45 minutes to an hour.

That's really it for my list and they aren't really NO-NOs per se...the key

is moderation and not very often. I regularly consume meat (fish, chicken,

shrimp, ground beef, pork, steak, etc) and have no problems with rice (I eat

brown rice or wild rice if I have a choice) and breads have never been a

problem either. Again, with breads, I try to choose whole grain breads, but

if I'm having a sandwich out, I'll usually make it an " open-faced " one, so

that I'm only consuming 1 slice of bread instead of two. It fills me up with

empty calories if I eat it the regular way.

I do dilute my juices...some about 50/50, but only because they TASTE way too

sweet to drink them straight.

Hope this helps...

Tricia in IL

MGB 8/10

-63 pounds from surgery/-78 pounds from heaviest weight

[Guest guest]

,

I understand that don't do well, means just foods are not accepted readily by

our new tummys. For instance pasta, kinda gets stuck somewhere on the way down,

and chicken fills me up way too quick,no matter how well I chew it. Bread is

the same way. But, yet I can eat sweets, a lot can't. I don't particularly

crave them anymore, I actually want the opposite, like salads or pickled beets

(go figure).

I feel I have only trully dumped once, from eating too fast and not realizing I

was full with a few tsp. of food. I've come awfully close a few other times, but

I made myself vomit, and it pretty much took care of it.

Not that I want to vomit... hate it! But, at least I missed the episode of cold

sweat, and terrible gas cramps!

This is such a personal thing, no one can trully tell you what you will or will

not be able to eat. That's why the very best advice is " to try anything very

slowly, take small bites, wait several seconds before putting any more of it

down. " Your new tummy will make you feel whats happening very quickly if you're

listening!

Trudy

Question about tolerating foods

I have a general question for any post-op patients who don't mind sharing. I

notice in reading post-op stories and posts, that there seems to be a wide

variance in what is and is not tolerated after surgery. I am ok with that, and

am trying not to have any strict expectations, but I do notice this recurring

statement that some people " don't do well " with certain foods.

When you say you " don't do well " with a food (pasta, beef, bread, chicken,

whatever your specific food intolerance is)... what do you mean by " don't do

well " ? I'd like to know more specifically how you react to your intolerances...

are we talking about nausea, vomiting, cramping, general discomfort, diarrhea,

full-blown dumping? What foods do you not tolerate well, and what symptoms do

those specific foods cause for you?

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to share. And if you're having no food

intolerances at all, I'd love to hear that too.

(KY)

[Guest guest]

,

I understand that don't do well, means just foods are not accepted readily by

our new tummys. For instance pasta, kinda gets stuck somewhere on the way down,

and chicken fills me up way too quick,no matter how well I chew it. Bread is

the same way. But, yet I can eat sweets, a lot can't. I don't particularly

crave them anymore, I actually want the opposite, like salads or pickled beets

(go figure).

I feel I have only trully dumped once, from eating too fast and not realizing I

was full with a few tsp. of food. I've come awfully close a few other times, but

I made myself vomit, and it pretty much took care of it.

Not that I want to vomit... hate it! But, at least I missed the episode of cold

sweat, and terrible gas cramps!

This is such a personal thing, no one can trully tell you what you will or will

not be able to eat. That's why the very best advice is " to try anything very

slowly, take small bites, wait several seconds before putting any more of it

down. " Your new tummy will make you feel whats happening very quickly if you're

listening!

Trudy

Question about tolerating foods

I have a general question for any post-op patients who don't mind sharing. I

notice in reading post-op stories and posts, that there seems to be a wide

variance in what is and is not tolerated after surgery. I am ok with that, and

am trying not to have any strict expectations, but I do notice this recurring

statement that some people " don't do well " with certain foods.

When you say you " don't do well " with a food (pasta, beef, bread, chicken,

whatever your specific food intolerance is)... what do you mean by " don't do

well " ? I'd like to know more specifically how you react to your intolerances...

are we talking about nausea, vomiting, cramping, general discomfort, diarrhea,

full-blown dumping? What foods do you not tolerate well, and what symptoms do

those specific foods cause for you?

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to share. And if you're having no food

intolerances at all, I'd love to hear that too.

(KY)

[Guest guest]

<< do dilute my juices...some about 50/50, but only because they TASTE way

too

sweet to drink them straight.

>>

I forgot to say that I was a BIG Cherry Coke and coffee drinker before

surgery. I do not partake of these substances anymore. Do I crave them?

Only when everyone else is drinking coffee and the aroma hits me just right.

The moment passes quickly though.

Tricia in IL

[Guest guest]

<< do dilute my juices...some about 50/50, but only because they TASTE way

too

sweet to drink them straight.

>>

I forgot to say that I was a BIG Cherry Coke and coffee drinker before

surgery. I do not partake of these substances anymore. Do I crave them?

Only when everyone else is drinking coffee and the aroma hits me just right.

The moment passes quickly though.

Tricia in IL

[Guest guest]

Oooh, Michele, good one!

sperb

>>> mstakken@... 12/20/00 04:44AM >>>

In a message dated 12/20/00 5:10:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, sms@...

writes:

> The other " not do well " is some foods create an incredible amount of gas.

>

> That's my story and I'm stickin' to it! LOL

>

>

are you sure you're not " stinkin " to it? )

michele

[Guest guest]

Oooh, Michele, good one!

sperb

>>> mstakken@... 12/20/00 04:44AM >>>

In a message dated 12/20/00 5:10:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, sms@...

writes:

> The other " not do well " is some foods create an incredible amount of gas.

>

> That's my story and I'm stickin' to it! LOL

>

>

are you sure you're not " stinkin " to it? )

michele