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I have this mostly with protein drinks, my NUT thinks it's all in my head.

I was told any sugar free, non caffeinated, non carbonated beverages count for my fluids - I count soups, milk, water - all of it. You have to stay hydrated after surgery just like you do now before.

I am 4'11'' and at 130 was a size 8-10. I am looking to get around that again. This is about 5 lbs above top of BMI. I did get down to 124 which is in my BMI range and it didn't make any difference. I think you just have to have a flexible goal and firm it up as you get closer.

I plan to go back when I get closer to goal as I did make Lifetime and will be free.

Number one - TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR! I just had an abscess found 2 weeks ago and symptoms I would not have considered were there and I never mentioned them.

I am almost 3 months out. Up until last week I felt off, couldn't eat what my NUT wanted me to in calories or protein, even my vitamins started to make me sick. I kept wondering and asking when does it get better? I kept passing by when everyone said it got better for them and it didn't get better for me. Nothing terrible, just feeling off and thinking I was failing at the eating thing. Then they accidentally discovered I had an abscess in my abdomen. They were shocked I wasn't very ill from it and scheduled me for surgery last Friday. Well my body decided Thursday if they said I was supposed to be sick I would be and I woke up with pneumonia. It was a very scary day for me. They didn't do the surgery that day but did move me up several hours on Friday. I woke up with a feeding tube and drain. But I felt so much better by Friday afternoon. I have had some up and down days since then, I don't like being sick and have never been this sick in my life. On those down days? I was definitely regretting. But now I have been home 3 days and eating the foods I was before this - I can eat more, closer to where my NUT wants me calorie wise. I feel better in general (still lack the energy but I think that is because of the surgery). I don't think I have regrets. Things are beginning to be how they were supposed to. I am still scared, I have a drain hanging from my side that I empty infection from and a feeding tube I am using to give myself protein a few times a day. I don't like it. But I think the regrets are fading quickly.

Hi guys! I am better this week, recovering well I think. Had a loss of 5 lbs over the last 2 weeks since I last officially weighed in. Down to 170.6. Getting there! I am able to eat more since my surgery last Friday, it would seem the abscess/infection really was causing my body alot of issues. I am sure hoping my sleeved life is on the upswing now!

Congratulations! That is so awesome!

Don't give up! I believe too that the restriction is there if you go back to protein first! You can do it! Come help me along now that my world might be a little more normal food wise!! My NUT tells me I need to be at 1000 calories so you aren't way off - you can do it!

very bad week - see other posts on board - leak

I have updated some other posts forgot this one sorry! I woke up Thursday sick, coughing up nasty plegm and went to er around noon was evemmtually admitted they talked about surgery that night but just moved me up on the schedule yesterday. I felt great yesterday not sure how I feel about today, the coughing phlegm from thursday is back and supposed to have a pulmonary consult. have a drain, feeding tube and picc line.

My Dr said today it is very unusual to have it this far out, I saw him wednesday and he said he was surprised I wasn't sick from it, that's why he scheduled my surgery for today. Yesterday I got sick from it, it was like bam, at 4:30am I was fine and at 6am I was sick!! They moved me up 5 hours on the schedule, I feel so much better already. Oh and my shoulder pain completely disappeared with the sick yesterday - weird. I understand about eating dense food, that causes me to have a stuck feeling in my back. I think if you can pin point it to that you are fine.

My shoulder pain was my only real symptom, I thought I pulled something from coughing. Turns out it is from the infection pushing on my diaphragm. It is worth mentioning to your surgeon.

It has come and gone since surgery, I knew it couldn't be from the surgery gas but I have also been coughing which we thought was from Acid Reflux and I figured I had pulled something from the coughing. Apparently they are both from my diaphragm.

Please don't get freaked out! If there was an easy leak it is me - I have had NO physical symptoms except this shoulder pain and I certainly never would have guessed a leak. He said it is most likely a pin hole, very small. Maybe (probably) not even leaking now. My Dr doesn't do a leak test per se but checks with the scope after he finishes the surgery. I don't know if even would have shown the day after surgery as from what I read it probably didn't leak until swelling went down, the swelling actually keeping it from leaking. I think things can just happen and that's that. I will be sending you prayers for a safe surgery and recovery yourself! Stay positive!!

Well no drain today, radiology can't do it because of where it is, they would have to go through diaphragm and that could cause an infection in my chest or around my spleen at the bottom and that isn't feasible either. So my surgeon will be doing surgery on Friday for me, don't know if it will be open or lap yet, it's a really tough place, right between my spleen and stomach I guess. I will be in the hospital at least overnight. Thankfully they wrote my FMLA so it starts tomorrow and I can be off work because no way can I concentrate! My surgeon will be out of town next week so any problems I have would be taken care of by his partner who I haven't met - I guess it's all ok, he is bariatric also but it's scary. Ready for it all to be done for sure.

Well I have been having severe shoulder pain off and on since surgery, this last 2 weeks being the worst. My iron panel came back funky with iron and saturation low and ferritin high so I was referred to a hematologist who did a chest CT - which caught a pocket of infection in my abdomen, He gives info to surgeons nurse and she calls me and says it needs drained and could be a from a leak in the staple line. So today I go for an appointment with the surgeon then get worked in at the hospital for a drain. I had no symptoms, only this shoulder pain which is apparently referred from the pressure the infection is putting on my diaphragm. No fever. I have no idea how long this has been going on. I haven't felt "good" since surgery, maybe 60% at the most. I have very high hopes for when this infection is drained. I am just shocked that it could be this with NO SIGNS!!!

Well my ferritin level was high while my iron and saturation was low so my surgeon referred me to a hematologist. The hematologist said this is anemia of chronic disease, mentioned rheumatoid arthritis and did blood work and a chest CT today checking for blood clots and I believe lung cancer. Instead they saw a pocket of infection in my abdomen pressing on my diaphragm.

I am about 2 1/2 months out now and just found out today I have a pocket of infection in my abdomen, probably from a small leak in the staple line. I haven't run a fever with exception of one day where I had 100.5. My biggest problem right now is referred shoulder pain from my diaphragm and coughing which is also from pressure on the diaphragm. Hoping for some serious relief after they drain it tomorrow and that there is not still a leak.

Sounds like you need to add some calories with your exercise! I am supposed to be eating 800-1000 and am lucky to get in 400 and I don't even have the energy to exercise

I'd say that is a small fee. I work for an insurance company and that seems in line with what I see. Have you called to see if your insurance will cover it?

I am so looking forward to this time!! I have a terrible time with my nutrition - I don't get my protein and have no energy - I NEED to be able to get more than 400 calories in! My NUT wants me at 1000 calories.

Hey Mama!! My loss was 3.4 this week too - as you know from MFP! I have had ups and downs this week, some days feeling like it was a turning point and others not so much. Last night I had prime rib at Texas Roadhouse - YUM! I ate about 3 oz I believe and it was so tender and juicy - really hit the spot and probably the most I have eaten since my sleeve. So far today no ill side affects like bloating so hoping for the best!! Send prayers this is my turn around week!!

I am 8 weeks out and I am lucky to be able to eat 1 1/2 ounces. It sucks because I can't do the protein drinks so trying to get my protein from food.

I had bad gas a few weeks ago, after eating beans. I thought for sure it could not have made me have gas for 2 weeks but I asked my Nut and she said it could. I spent alot of time pressing on my tummy to move the gas around and try and push it out. I didn't have any luck with gasx either but found that mint in general settled my stomach and made me feel better. I keep lifesaver mints nearby. Also, how are you bowels moving?