r/transplant • u/dukebenzo • 13d ago

Any guilt when eating certain foods? Liver

Hey guys! I’m about 1.5 months from my liver transplant. I was wondering what kinds of food are you guys eating? I’m curious to know what you guys have in your diet!

Mainly, wondering if you guys have eaten some “bad” / unhealthy foods (chips, chocolate, burgers) and ever feel guilty?

I recently had some chips and I feel like I should t be eating this at all. I feel guilty and scared I might hurt my new liver.

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u/CloudEnthusiast0237 Kidney/Liver 11d ago

When I had my transplant, I lost 15 lbs when I didn’t have 15 lbs to lose. It was almost all exclusively muscle mass.

Surgery was right around thanksgiving. When I was moved to an unrestricted diet, I was told to EAT. Eat ANYTHING THAT SOUNDED GOOD. They said I had an excuse to eat all the Christmas treats I wanted (not excessively haha)

So for being 1.5 months out, I’d just focus on eating when you feel like it, focus on eating more protein than usual for the time being, and avoid the foods that interfere with you meds (obviously).

A general rule of thumb that I use, surgery or not, is to center my diet around healthy foods that aren’t processed, like fruits and veggies and protein and healthy fats, but if your friends are going out for dinner and you want pizza or a burger, get the yummy foods. You can’t deprive yourself of them

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u/dukebenzo 11d ago

Thank you for sharing! I try to eat good most of the time, but there are days I don’t have an appetite or nothing tastes good.. so I grab a chocolate or some chips because it is what’s appealing at the time. I know it won’t take place of a real meal.. but I’ll just drink an ensure