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Trish! That means we had to have been there at the same time. How funny! I hope your doctor finds a way to help you feel better. Good luck.

PM your address to me okay? I will send them your way!

Hydration would be my best guess. I have gone from drinking 200 oz of fluid daily preop to struggling to hit my 64oz. I have to pay close attention to the color of my urine, it should be very diluted almost looking like water and I have days where it is dark yellow and I have to really up my fluids those days. Good luck!

I probably misspoke. I don't think there is any medical reason why you can't lay on your side, it is just uncomfortable.

I couldn't sleep on my left side because that is the side that my drain had been on and it didn't hurt to lay on it, but if I slept on it for a few hours I would wake up and because the blood had pooled it was super sore. I could easily put pillows around me and sleep on my right side. Hope that helps!

Bad at math and exercise, what a rough day! You are right mini, I want 10 points. Thank you lady!!!

I had to go at it pretty slow. I am almost 6 weeks out and still am pretty careful. I do 2 protein shakes a day and then 3 soft meals, the greek yogurt, cottage cheese, and I did really well with scrambled eggs mixed with cottage cheese because they are super soft. It is crazy how different food goes down then liquids. Please just listen to your body and if it isn't ready for something hang on. You will get there. Also, my sleeve is different on different days. Some days things go down easily and some days my body is just more into liquids. Good luck and take it slow!

Okay, Yikes! Well I am going to pledge 20 minutes of exercise every day including today so I will pledge to get 100 points. I am pretty sure I can do this. Thanks for the encouragement Mini and Booklean.

How amazing that in such a short time your body has already made big transformations (c-pap) it is a really exciting thing to me to know that even though I made lots of mistakes with my health that bodies are forgiving and that I can have a happy healthy life. Thanks for the updates, its good to hear how you are doing!

I kind of went back and forth with that. At about a week I was pretty okay with smells, but there were days that I would crave crazy foods like a taco or a hot dog, but then when I smelled the foods my family was eating I wanted to lose it. Good luck! Are you going to do support groups w/Dr. Cottams office. I am a part of those and would love to meet you!

Please PM tiffykins about this. She can give you some excellent advice about how to best advocate for your wife because she has been there. The treatment she is getting sounds much different than what I have heard them do for others with leaks. Good luck. I am so sorry to hear that your wife is having to go through this.

It wasn't because of any of my physical needs that I liked having people around, but for my emotional and mental needs. It was good to talk about my feelings and know that I could get through the rough few days. I was in no pain, but did have some nausea and it was nice to have a Mom who was willing to run get me a variety of popsicles.

It kind of depends on your surgeon. Some people get the advice that as long as it is about the size of an m&m you can swallow it no prob. My surgeon likes people to crush until 3 months, but I couldn't pull it off and finally called and they cleared me at 1 month. I take chewable (bariatric advantage) multis, I know lortab comes in a liquid, I used to take melatonin and you should be okay with that size pill, but like I said, I would check with your surgeon/pharmacist. Good luck!

Cool! I need something. I keep planning and I keep meaning well, but lack the motivation and I really want to get in a good exercise habit, I know it is vital for my long term success. YIKES!

I did that same thing with a Wendy's chili when I was on that phase, I was obsessed about Wendy's chili for some reason and now that I could actually have it I'm not interested at all.

I did give Ernesto a hug. That must count for something! Good luck Miss Angie!

This is tricky advice when you are trying to stay hydrated, but in my surgeons instructions he said that if you are vomiting you need to wait 6 hours before consuming anything else liquid or otherwise, because your tummy is so irritated and you need to leave it alone. In the first little while my stomach changed all the time in what I could and couldn't consume liquid wise. I am so sorry you've had such a rough start.

Oh my! I feel so dumb, I had no idea that I was supposed to tip anyone. I feel like a jerk!!!

I'm so excited for you!!!! Its finally here. You are going to be so great. Dr. A and his team are seriously so gracious about making sure that you are well taken care of. Best of luck to you! Enjoy your last meal and margaritas!!!! Take care Angie.

I hope I didn't offend you, I meant what I said as advice because you seemed frustrated. I can only speak for myself but my intentions where only to be helpful, but I assume that is what most people on the boards mean. Good luck.

Tiffany, Make sure that you are tracking EXACTLY what you are eating on OH, the daily plate, or fitday.com. Seeing how you are doing with fats, calories, and protein will help you know if you need to tweak anything or not. Also if you plan exactly what you'll eat and drink in a given day it will really make a difference in the obsessiveness and won't let you get to that nervous place where you don't know for sure what you're going to have so you make a bad choice. I haven't hit any true stalls, but I will stay at the same weight for a week and then when I step on the scale bam, something changes. You will have your big moments too, but really 17 lbs is over 5 lbs a week. You are well on your way sister!

No! You are not alone at all. The anxiety for me about all the food stuff was much greater preop than I've experienced after surgery. I am learning new things I can do, my appetite is different and there is something that feels so empowering about knowing you have complete control of your body. It really feels amazing.

OH!!!! And there is the yummy ricotta bake recipe that was originally on eggface's site, but I've seen it posted in our recipe section as well. I've made it and it really is yummy.

I'm with you, I hate soup. Hate it always had. I wanna chew my food. This phase was difficult for me, I used egg beaters and would make scrambled eggs 1/4c. and 1/4c of cottage or ricotta cheese in them. That was yummy to me. I also have heard several people talk about refried beans with melted cheese and greek yogurt on top. I am so sorry! I don't have much more than that. I think this is the tough part. But you can do it, and it really will be worthwhile.

Well, I wouldn't be so rough on myself to say I was cheating, but there are a couple of things I would probably try differently. At 19 days your tummy is still very swollen and in order to meet your bodies protein needs to heal protein has to happen first. I wouldn't deviate from that especially during the healing phase. Secondly, and I'm still a newbie too, I looked at the phases where I built up to whole foods as an opportunity to learn new habits. I know its hard to find things that will taste good to you, but I would avoid high sugar/high carb foods. The sooner you can get them out of your normal routine, the easier things will be for you when you reintroduce whole foods again. It is tricky and boring and frustrating sometimes, but there really are options. I remember hating mushies way more than I even hated liquids, it felt like a tease, like I was kind of getting to eat! Hang in there a little longer and set a good track record for yourself.