Dill Pickles

I've been craving dill pickles.  Can I have dill pickles and if so, when is a good time to introduce them into my diet?

When you start to eat more solid food, but you also have to check the sugar content.  I make my own pickles and use a very small amount and I did not have any problems after 3 mo.

I have heard many people crave pickles after surgery also.

I had to smile when I read your post because, pre-op, I was never much into pickles.  I might eat them in some foods or put on hamburgers, but otherwise I never really thought much about pickles.

Post-op, I love pickles.  I still don't eat a whole lot of them, but if there is a pickle brought to me on a plate with a sandwich, I'll leave the sandwich and eat to pickle.  LoL

You're probably craving the saltiness. I was a salt ***** the first couple of months out. 

When did you have surgery? Are pickles listed on your plan anywhere? My guess would be about three months out or longer, depending on when you can add crunchy veggies back in, such as carrots, cucumbers, and the like. 

I had dill pickles about 4 months out. The only drawback, to me, is that there really isn't any nutrition and they do take up valuable stomach space that I could be using for protein. But I love them and eat a couple of baby dills once in awhile. So salty and crunchy, yum.

If you are to the raw veggie stage you can probably tolerate the dill pickles just fine.

u can try a bit of the juice maybe, or blend it, I use dill relish, when was your surgery?

I also had this craving post-op and had a friend who had rny that did too.  I would wait until you are cleared to eat raw veggies and take it slow.  No reason you can't have a pickle if you tolerate cucumbers.

Happy crunching!

M'Lane

I have always been a big pickle fan and started enjoying them just a few weeks after surgery.  In the beginning I would just suck the juice out but it was wonderful.  Now at seven weeks out I will eat them but cannot make it through an entire large pickle. 

I will warn you to be careful.  The juice can make you feel a little queezy if you take in the slightest bit too much.

I'm so glad you asked this question because I've been craving pickles also.  I'm only two weeks out so I wouldn't dare to have them now but I thought it was interesting that I craved them because I was not a big fan of them pre-op.  Thanks for asking this question. 

I smiled when I read this question. Yesterday I had a very busy day at work. I was working Guest Control and I was talking to a family and the little girl was eating one of those Big Pickles and I could smell it and I wanted to have a bite of it so badly right then and there!!!!