italianlady13

there was no blood draw at all, he told me to start again at 4 weeks, but that I would over saturate my body with vitamins and cause it to stop absorbing....he said that with this surgery it is not as necessary to take vitamins as with the bypass or switch. he's not a big advocate of vitamins and says that they are marketing of doctors trying to sell vitamins....doh!

I had my two week appointment to remove stitches and he told me not to take any vitamins because my fat reserves have enough for the time being. Anyone else told that???

THAT is the truth!

wow I think i would find another gastrointerologist! Holy moly

SABBATOGE (sp?)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My husband's best friend brough chocolates to the hopsital after I had my sleeve. Wow thanks guys! I can't eat them but surely I will look at them and cry. My husband hid them until the last day I was in the hospital and then donated them to the nursing staff...................

where do you get these bariatric vitamins? Do you have to order them online or can you get them at GNC or Walmart????

Excellent progress!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yay you! Keep up the good work woot woot!

It's from not enough fluid and your anesthesia. I felt thirsty for about a week after surgery it will pass. Make sure you ask about that 4 oz limit....you NEED to be hydrated it super super important. Make sure you get your 2 litres a day otherwise you will feel terrible.

Good luck, the first day will be your hardest but after that it's smooth sailing. Will keep you in my thoughts and prayers tomorrow and I wish you the very best of luck.

Tiffy do you use soy protein then? I'm having the same difficulty with whey...,.

you mean the annoying flashing popup adds? Welll....I guess they keep this forum free for us eh? So while they are annoying I don't want to complain

the night before my surgery I was convinced my surgeon was not a real surgeon. I stayed up all night researching his name and trying to find info on him and when I couldn't I flipped out. I didn't want to do it, I was super nervous....I can understand your hesitation and all I can say is that I'm 2 weeks out and feel it's the best decision i have made and I don't really feel hungry. When I feel hungry it's the kind of hungry you can work with or ignore and alot of time the hunger is gas. As for your dad with the chinese.....it's just something you have to learn to deal with, and it seems you did the right thing. Once you have the surgery, you will like the smell of food but you can stop yourself from eating it. Before when I smelled food it was an automatic hunger response but now I smell it and I feel like "wow that smells good, can't have it right now but maybe later...." Remember that being without the foods you love is temporary....eventually you will be able to eat, only in smaller quantities. Hang in there!!!

Yayyyyy congratulations! Keep up the good work!

Thanks so much everyone. I really appreciate the support. I notice that the sugar free fat free ice creams and mashed potato slip right down, but when I tried to eat eggplant or lentils it's not so easy. I really love my instant mashed potatos and fat free cheddar cheese! I get to start eating meat next week so we will see.....I hope my tummy is nice and small and I didnt even think to look at it during the leak test...I think that would have helped me to put things into perspective....thanks for everything everyone!

I don't know if my sleeve is defective or what? I hear about people having such a difficult time even drinking water, but from day one I have had no problem at all. Then, people say it's difficult to even eat half a cup of soup, but I have NO problem. Now, I'm not begging for a problem here but i'm wondering if I my sleeve does not work properly. Also it does not take me an hour or even half an hour to eat half a cup of soup or half a cup of milk....AND I'm noticing i"m not losing as fast as others. I'm at 2 weeks out and have only lost 12 pounds and am already in my first stall. What is up! Am I paranoid or should I call my surgeon?

I am only out two weeks and I can see a change in my hair. I had to go and get it cut because it's limp and lifeless. I have not lost any yet but I'm waiting....I'm half bald already I'm really scared at the prospect of losing even more hair! YIKES!!!

How do I find dee dee's profile? I got my vsg done to do IVF as well and am looking for more information regarding the topic.

Mine turned out rather thick and I had like maybe 1/2 a cup and was stuffed. I can get in alot of Soups like pureed veg soup but this one was a bit more difficult as it was much thicker. Turkey sounds good to add or maybe even some ground beef?

excellent point, never thought of it! Now I don't feel so guilty eating my lentils....

I live in the middle east so that means we have the holes in the ground instead of western style toilets. I'm a teacher and was forced to wear one of those kind of potato sack dresses everyday to school to keep "culturally appropriate". In order to use the washroom I had to remove my sandal, slip my right leg through my panty, hold the panty and potato sack hicked up around my neck, to the left and squat. Over the fence seems nice and simple to me...sometimes I wished for the easier plumbing.....

Windsor, chattam, leamington, kingsville, coldchester, detroit, so on and so forth?????

oh no he was not my regular doc...i will only skip my skinny butt past him to fart, that's about it.... my regular doc was awesome about this. he encouraged me and even put me through all necessary blood tests and made sure I had no ulcers and liver function was great before I had the surgery. It was the weekend and this dude was the stand in. The nurses were supportive because they don't make money on meds. Doctors do. The fatter we are the more money they make on medications for us....

Excellent work!

Protein is 18 grams....carbs (take a deep breath) 40 grams. Keep in mind this is for the puree stage for those of us who are not able to eat much at all.....the carbs will give some energy for those who feel like they are half dead. Of course after puree stage is over then it's low carb time:)