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At this point water is more important than protein. Make sure you get your fluids in! Liquids don't stay in your stomach, they pass through. You won't start feeling restriction until you move on to soft foods. Believe me, you will know the difference! You really can't stretch your stomach with liquids. Relax! Yes, it is hot. 86 degrees when I drove in to work at 8:00 this morning! Definitely try exercise videos. There are even tons of them on youtube for free. I, too, got reallllly burned out on sweet things. Buy/make some soups that you like and strain out the chunks after you heat them up (it's easier.) There are some really good soups in the grocery stores now. I loved roasted red pepper, butternut squash (they were both smooth soups to begin with) and homemade chicken with veggies. After the soup has been heated, stir in 1/2 - 1 scoop of unflavored protein powder. That way you get to count both liquids and proteins toward your daily total. It does get easier as you go along, I promise! Good luck!

Hey friends - these feelings are 100% normal! I remember posting something similar, and loads of us do in the lead up to the big day. Honestly, it is a good sign - you are not entering this lightly, but in serious contemplation of a life changing experience. Everyone warns ‘you need to change your eating forever’ and similar - I didn’t really ‘get’ that until afterwards - but also, the op MAKES it I easier to do this. You get this great new tool! But is isn’t without challenges. There are days (even a week at one point) where I crave my old crappy diet of junk food. Head Hunger, some call it. But most days I love my new ways of eating, and I ESPECIALLY love my new ways of looking!! Hang in there, we have all been through it and those pre-op days are really tough! But remember, a new you, the real you, is just around the corner...

I'm from the south Fort Worth area. I got sleeved 2/26/18.

Oh darlin' girl, so sorry you are in this mess, but glad your care is top notch. Rest and follow all your docs orders to a T. Just do some day dreaming about all the new exciting activities you will do once you get healed, shop online for some new dancing shoes and that party dress. Hang in there. Prayers.

What ARE the higher end protein powders? Do you have the names? I can't know which are better than the rest.

I chew gum with no issues. Personally I would be insulted if my surgeon banned gum because "it gets swallowed". I'm an adult, not a child, I'm sure I can handle not swallowing gum.

In our case, the fundus is the stretchy part that makes up most of the greater, or outer, curvature of the stomach, and is what is removed when a sleeve gastrectomy is done, or is folded up and tied back in a sleeve plication. It looks like with the endoscopic procedure, they suture it up internally to make the fundus inaccessible, leaving the reduced "sleeve" like path open for restricted food flow. Being a fairly new procedure, one is fighting the learning curve - both for the individual surgeon and for the industry as a whole. The guys that did the first heart transplant were the best in the business, but the patient still only survived a short time; it takes time, practice and experience - both individual and collective - for a procedure to mature into a routine, everyday therapy, so your doc may well be exceptional, but they are all still working out the kinks in a new procedure. Where to go from here? A bypass was suggested, and this is very common, as most bariatric surgeons were raised on them, so to speak, know them well and tend to be very comfortable with them when things get complicated as they can with some revisions. You note that a SADI has been suggested - was this by the same surgeon, or someone else? If the SADI is a possible, then a regular sleeve gastrectomy should also be workable, as the SADI normally uses the sleeve as its basis, and presumably that would be most attractive to you as that is what is most similar to your originally chosen endo sleeve. Whether you need the malabsorptive component of the bypass or SADI is an individual decision. When things get complicated like this, it is usually best if one can get a second (or even third) opinion on the problem and possible solutions. There are often several different alternatives available, but individual doctors will prefer, or have more experience, with one over another, while another doc may have different experiences and preferences as to how to approach this problem. Good luck in working this out...

My surgeon asked me not to take any for two weeks but do take them up til surgery.

It definitely depends on your surgeon. Yesterday was one week post op, and they said I could start the chewable multivitamin and not worry about any of the additional supplements for now.

I got up the second they gave me the okay. Did two laps around the floor. No discomfort at all. The next walk (every two hours after) I did three laps, independently. They helped unhook me and sent me on my way. Honestly, it was that painless. I wish the very same for you!