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Hi everyone, sorry I have been so silent. Had to put my darling kitty down on Sunday. Been kind of glum all week. About to update the list. Please add yourself if I've left you out...(unintentionally of course)

Hi everyone- sorry I went silent this week. I put my darling cat down on Sunday so I've been kind of glum, will update the list as and when I can. Feel free to update yourself if you are not there. I hope all of this week's sleevers are doing well!

I am two weeks post-op tomorrow. The next time I will see my surgeon will be three months out. (They are not big on post-op anything here LOL) They gave me an all- B-vits shot last Thursday when I went to take my stitches out and when I asked about taking vitamins, the nurse said , "Oh you shouldn't need to!" Now I am sure this is a heap of bunk, and I suffer from cramp which can be exacerbated by low vitamin D and potassium. I would like to take some multivits and a D supplement but not sure how well it will go down seeing as I'm still on full liquids.I take a PPI capsule (Lanzor)every day that goes down fine, and liquid vitamins are not available here- any ideas when I'll be able to swallow a multivitamin?

Wow, I am a great fan of TED talks and actually recently atended a TEDx conference in my area.What a positive way to make changes, I'm going to try this app. Thanks for the heads up!

Get better! Glad the holiday is good. :-)

I am 10 (actually that was yesterday- so 11 technically) days out. I had my stitches taken out and a shot of B vits yesterday. I am feeling so much better, walking is normal and only one incision hurts a bit. The nurse at the doc's office weighed me and I've lost 7kg's in 10 days! (15lbs!) I am managing to get a lot (if not all) my liquids in and about 50g of protein a day,and recovery seems to be smooth, so I am happy. The down side is I had a heart-to heart with the vet and the only reason now they have eliminated everything else, and why my cat can be not putting on weight even though they are feeding her crazy amounts of high-calorie food through a feeding tube every two hours is that she has a tumour that is hidden (we can't see it in the scan). What this means ultimately is that when I bring her home on Sunday she will be spending her last few days with me while she still has a little bit of an ability to enjoy home comforts, and then I will have to do the unthinkable. So I'm very very sad too.

CONGRATULATIONS! Take it easy and the yucky stuff will pass. A fellow sleever friend had the same problem and was also told it was normal. Hang in there, my thoughts are with you!

I've been told to drink prune juice.

My surgeon does not favour high protein ( one of his recommendations for soft food is pasta which is NEVER going to happen) - I am on full liquids at the moment, and have not been given any recommendations of percentages of carbs and protein to aim for- what has everyone else been recommended? I'd love to know. Thanks.

YAAAY! Awesome!

I am finding all the sweet shakes a bit much on full liquids so I made a tzatziki inspired lassi shake which is pretty good and has 30g Protein. This is going down MUCH easier... 1 small tub of Fage 0% yogurt (10g protein) 1 scoop GNC whey unflavoured Protein powder (20g protein) A teaspoon of Lea and Perrins cook's helper add-in garlic paste Mint leaves Quarter of a cucumber- deskinned. Thin slightly with Water. A squeeze of lime. Salt to taste. Puree in blender.

Well I hope you like it Mom_24! Yes I'm doing really well- Thanks!

FANTASTIC news- welcome to the losers bench! xx

WOW! A vacation with only 3lb gained, heaps of cool family get-togethers and an admirer at the end of it. Way to go!

Welcome Aaron, this place is full of great supportive people. Hooray for July 17th! There is a July sleevers thread with some great supportive folks aboard so do join us, and Patrick has started a July sleevers fb group too!

Oh that made me laugh Cheers Wheetsin

I totally agree Lissa, I think Jonathan is right. I have heaps of male gay friends and the pressure to have "The body beautiful" in a lot of areas of the gay community is HUGE. Everyone wants to look like a Herb Ritts photograph, and the amount of money my friends spend on grooming alone is astronomical. I think the aesthetic visual 'norms' applied regarding beauty are way more stringent than in the straight community. I feel for you Jonathan! xox

Laura and Victoria, I am excited for you! The first day won't be the best day but grin and bear it, and every day gets better super-fast after that. I will be thinking of everyone sleeved today and sending healing thoughts out into the ether.Best of luck! xox Keep us posted!

I am on full liquids and yesterday i dreamed up a Tzatziki-inspired yogurt drink (I'm sick of the sweet stuff). I added a scoop of unflavoured Protein powder to a small pot of Fage 0%, a few mint leaves, a chunk of de-skinned cucumber, a tespoon of garlic paste, squeeze of lemon and a little bit of Water to thin it out. It was 30g of protein and SO good. The flavours completely masked the Protein Powder taste and so it went down a treat- my new go-to drink! Fage is also great with a little splenda sweetener,and vanilla essence.

It is really interesting to me how different the recommendations are from different people. Thanks!

A very firm tummy pillow to press against the tum whilst getting up and down just saved me, earplugs, eye mask, wet wipes.

Walked to the local supermarket today, and went to visit my cat at the vet.It involved a fair amount of walking and tonight I'm going to walk around the neighbourhood. It is 45 degrees celsius outside (113 deg F)which doesn't help. Not managing to get much more liquid in me than a litre a day though, but I try. I think I'm doing not bad with protein though. Today I had a carton of muscle milk for breakfast (15g protein), a bowl of warm butternut and sweet potato soup with a scoop of unflavoured protein mixed in for lunch (20g protein) and late this afternoon a can of pure protein shake (35g protein). I am only really enjoying the soup to be honest, the shakes are kind of "meh". I have some crystal light lemonade that a friend found me and I've had about 2 cups of that too and that is my lot. I may try to drink some herbal tea before bedtime, but I feel so full of liquid that I'm gurgling! I'm a little tired today, but not too bad, my side is sore today which is a bit of an annoyance as I'm trying to stop the liquid brufen pain meds they have me on and I can't cut them so much today. I sneezed today which was OOOUUUUCH!