Indymom

Busy week!

I have had a small amount of dizziness but I suspect for me, it's likely just from the lower caloric intake. I've felt kinda "spacey" since surgery if that makes sense?

Awesome find . . . thanks for sharing!

You should just be able to click on the tracker, enter your pin and update it. It will automatically update.

I'm dying for a dill pickle right now . . . both the crunch and flavor! I'm only 11 days out so I don't want to impact my baby sleeve with the acidity of it but I CANNOT WAIT to have one. My nutritionist said that after month 1 when I am on purees, I can mix dill relish with my tuna/chicken salad puree. I love olives too.

B - Syntrax Nectar cappucino Protein packet with sugar-free hot chocolate Laughing Cow light french onion cheese wedge 1 oz applesauce S - chicken broth L - Laughing Cow light garlic & herb cheese wedge 1 oz. light & fit strawberry yogurt 24 oz Water so far today!

I haven't felt much pain at all. Are your incisions lower or higher on your belly? Mine are way up high. I wonder if that means they didn't have to cut through muscle?

If I recall it took me a couple days to have a BM, I was farting day two in the hospital.

I'm so glad to see your update! I told you how great those nurses were. I'm going to the support group next Wednesday night so if you're there I'll try to introduce myself!

Congrats! That's awesome progress in 4 months. What a great idea about the haircut as well.

Slider foods are foods that don't fill your sleeve . . . you can eat a lot more of them because they tend to "slide" right through. From what I've read here some carbs (like white breads) can be slider foods for some people. Ice cream and candy are likely sliders because they melt. Not sure what else as I'm newly post-op.

Whew! I'm hoping my acid subsides when I give up the decaf coffee . . . I am definitely not trying anything spicy yet . . . I am released to solids in 7 weeks so that's when I plan to give it a try.

I have dissolvable sutures and steri-strips on my incisions. The steri-strips still haven't come off (I'm on day 8) and I can still see the sutures. I'm guessing mine are likely to stick around a little longer. They do itch, though.

My doc recommends no caffeine ever, but grudgingly admits most people can have it about 6 months out with no tolerance issues. I have been trying to do decaf with my protein shakes and my reflux is nightmarish. I'm going to quit the decaf for now altogether and go a different route with my protein. I make decaf sweet tea at home with splenda so hopefully that will sit well with my sleeve.

I'm pretty sure it's acid, since I posted this the reflux has kicked up a storm. It's miserable - my throat and mouth constantly has this nasty bitter taste, my tongue is all white and icky . . . I talked to the nurse today and she wants me to add an omeprazole 20 mg at night and also said I can take a Pepcid midday if I want. I'm hoping this works!

Every food plan is different, mine allowed me to have soft reduced-fat cheese, refried beans and cottage cheese at day 4 . . . but I've seen others on clears for 10 days.

Your nutritionist said to eat 8 oz at every meal one week out from surgery? That can't be accurate, most post-op can eat at best 2 oz at a sitting.

Bumping . . . someone who's eating 'real food' tell me if you're able to eat spicy food?!?

The Nectar lemon tea is pretty good - I mixed with water tonight and it was OK if I didn't sniff before drinking . I am going to try with decaf iced tea tomorrow to see if the flavor is a little better. I made sure it was REALLY cold.

Awesome NSV! I haven't worn a belt in so long . . . that's one of my mini-goals . . . to be thin enough to be comfy in a TUCKED-IN shirt with a belt!! No more mumu shirts for me!

Sounds like you're doing great! Thanks for updating!!

Us All-Stars are rockin' it! I updated my ticker to 18 lbs down since 8/10/11. I really won't believe it until I see it on the doc's scale, but my first follow-up visit with the nutritionist isn't until 9/8 so I'm just crossing my fingers that my home scale is pretty close to theirs. I'm one week out and feeling GREAT! I tolerated the surgery pretty well, just trying to adapt to my eating/drinking/protein schedule now while back at work. If any pre-ops are interested here's what my daily pill/protein/food regiment looks like (note my doc allows mushies like cottage cheese and refried Beans earlier than some): 8 a.m. - Protein w/decaf coffee; morning meds 8:30 a.m. - Calcium crystals mixed with Powerade between 9-9:30 - Breakfast - 1 oz cottage cheese, 1 oz greek-style yogurt 10 minute walk 11:30-ish - noon meds (including multivitamin) 12:30-ish - lunch - 1 oz refried beans, 1 oz string cheese 10 minute walk 4:00-ish - afternoon meds (including multivitamin) 5:30-ish - dinner - 2 oz bean Soup 8:00-ish - protein (today I had a Syntrax nectar lemon tea - not bad) 9:00ish - calcium crystals/powerade 9:30-ish - bedtime meds I think today I hit 68 grams of protein and 79 oz of water/fluids (my protein counts towards my fluid) I can't wait to get most of my protein from meat but I will keep plugging away until then.

The only 'last supper' type meal I had was a steak dinner 2 nights before surgery, because my meal plan doesn't allow red meat for 18 months.

I'm like Nurselisa - I had surgery 8/10 and my first day working (from home) was 8/15. I got so restless and stir-crazy at home, I went back to the office yesterday and everything went great. It is a little harder to follow my 'schedule' so I printed it out and kept it close to my PC at work so I could make sure I was on track.

PPI=proton pump inhibitor. It's a medication to reduce acid in the stomach (and reduce reflux). Prevacid, Prilosec (generic is omeprazole), Nexium, Protonix are the main brands. Some are OTC and others you can get prescribed.