post-op diet after gallbladder removal?

[sjh722]

I offered to bring a meal over to friends this week as he was hospitalized having his gallbladder removed. (He uses a wheelchair and even minor things result in longer hospitalizations for him, so will be several days post-op once they are home.)

I asked if there were any dietary restrictions after surgery and she just said no veggies for now, but he loves meat, pasta, potatoes, bread. 

Do you need a lower-fat diet immediately after surgery? Or will spicy things irritate it? Or is that just something I imagined?

I was trying to think of what to bring and though of roast and mashed potatoes, but would that be too fatty? Italian beef on rolls, is that too spicy? Roast chicken with potatoes and bread?

[DirtySouth]

Stick to low fat or moderate fat. Higher fat foods like fries, foods with a good bit of butter, etc would send me running to the bathroom and it was like that for a few months after surgery. Roast chicken with potatoes should be good.

[krystee]

Anything creamy or greasy, especially creamy soups and salad dressings, made me feel sick (but just for one week...after that, I was totally fine). I ate a lot of grilled chicken and bread and stuff like that right after mine.

[UnderProtest]

Spicy stuff didn't bother me, but fatty foods definitely caused problems. Roast chicken, potatoes (although not cheesy or buttery) and bread sounds decently bland and non greasy.

[DirtySouth]

Oh, yeah, salad dressings were the worst, and avocado was really, really bad for even a few years.

[moolarkey]

Fatty foods bothered me. My doctor told me to eat reasonably but eat anything I could tolerate. I've had friends tell me diary bothered them - so they started ice cream and so on in very limited amounts and worked up to them.

French fries, etc didn't make me feel sick but they made me run for the restroom about 10-15 minutes after eating.

[kaylie]

Aug 19, 2013 14:06:55 GMT -5 krystee said:

Anything creamy or greasy, especially creamy soups and salad dressings, made me feel sick (but just for one week...after that, I was totally fine). I ate a lot of grilled chicken and bread and stuff like that right after mine.

This, but I still can't have anything creamy three years later.