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I think it's important we celebrate little victories on here as well as our major problems.

I am 5 years post op (one step) and have been really careful with food and avoided pretty much everything anyone has ever said they have had a problem with.

On Friday night I decided I was going to try one of my favourite foods given I had the full weekend to recover should there be an issue.

After a lovely indian meal with two glasses of wine, I was absolutely fine.

Yay. So very happy.
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Very good news. I guess I was either lucky or foolish, because I never avoided any food after my 1-step. I was eating a regular diet before discharge. I even had a salad, just a week post-op! I ate anything and everything, just not huge portions. Never had any problems I could associate with food, other than a little diarrhea. I've had the occasional partial obstruction over the years, and only one that sent me to the hospital. But, none of them seemed to be associated with any particular food.

So, here's to dietary liberation! Don't be afraid to eat what you enjoy and crave. Personally, I think 3 months is plenty of time to wait for trying some popcorn.

Jan Smiler
Yes, it will drive you crazy until you have some. Reminds me of when I was in the hospital recovering from my presacral abscess, on TPN. Outside my window was a big Taco Bell sign, and on TV there was this Taco Bell ad like a million times a day. I was dreaming of tacos. When I was discharged, you guessed it! The first stop was that Taco Bell for a double decker on the way home! It wasn't that great, but at least I stopped dreaming about it...

Jan Smiler
These posts remind me of my recovery from step 1 at Mount Sinai Medical Center in NYC. I was hospitalized for 8 days, had many complications, was hooked up to an IV and eating nothing. I had a roommate who had leukemia, and his devoted wife would bring him takeout from his favorite Chinese restaurant every night and they would eat it in the hospital room he shared with me. The leukemia apparently did not spoil his appetite. Unfortunately, however, those were the last weeks of his life, as he died about 2 weeks after I was discharged. But he went out eating well, and it was brutal torture for me to smell all that food his wife brought in every night. It just so happened that I was, and still am very fond of Chinese food. I recall that my roommate was particularly fond of the Butterfly Shrimp and his wife brought that in along with a bunch of other stuff. I remember him telling me he liked the shrimp the best.

It's amazing how powerful the aroma of food can be when you can't eat any. The aroma of the food also caught the attention of my parents, and they ended up asking my roommate's wife where the restaurant was (a few blocks from the hospital) and they went there themselves one night for dinner. The best I could do at that time was listen to their description of what they eat.

Since that time I have probably had hundreds of Chinese takeout dinners.

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