Will1970

Well not quite 3 weeks since I had my surgery, I do have an appetite but I do realize it is a lot less than what I used to eat. I have been doing some bike riding and this past Sunday I loaded up my mountain bike and hit the mountain trail, the only thing that hurt was my pride from stopping up the hill because i was out of breath. No pain from my incisions on the ride so was happy about that.

yeah it does suck till you can eat "real" food i was getting the same way at about day 5 just hungry all the time and those shakes just did not cut it for long. At about day 6 I started mushy types food and it did help a lot. Tomorrow is my 2 week and i am trying to eat mainly soups and cottage cheese and small chunks of chicken or ham and just chew well it is so awesome to get full on a small bowl of wendy's chili and feel satisfied.

My doctor did not require a pre-op diet either. Thank goodness cause I tried on my own but couldn't hold to it long. Atleast I had my good last big meals right up to the night before surgery and all went well.

Had mine on the 9th and now I am getting hungry! been eating omelets (from ihop) lots of cottage cheese and refried beans I just chew really well. I can eat which makes me happy but I eat a 1/3rd of what I used to eat so glad about that too.

You can buy the children's liquid Tylenol and just use a little more. I went out and bought some before hand but I was also prescribed a liquid Tylenol with codeine so I couldn't take the children's stuff anyways. The doctor gave me 1 refill and I got it but haven't needed it yet.

Good luck on you 2/16 surgery people that was my original date but had it pushed up a week! Been feeling mostly good with the exception that when I went to work on monday I rode with a guy that was sick and I got a little sick. Stomach ache and sore throat not a good thing after surgery! tomorrow is my week anniversary! I moved onto mushy food a day ahead of schedule to calm down the battle that has been in my stomach had about 1-1/2 eggs and wow filled me up!

Good to here you are doing good too! Second day at work today after having surgery on the 9th doing really good except a lot of pressure in my intestines too like there is a battle going on in there. Glad to see someone else had pain in there legs I was thinking that was weird but mine has gone away too so no issue with that. Going to the store now to get some more gas x to see if that helps the stomach it doesn't feel like the band itself but just a combination of the gas and diet. The thing I hate the most is the burps going through the band hoping that is just because of it being new.

I really feel the walking helped a lot for me. oh and i meant 72 hours had it done on 2/9

Woke up an hour ago about to hit my 72 hours since surgery and feeling pretty darn good going to take the dogs for a 1.5 mile walk. Only thing bothering me really is my legs are sore and minor belly discomfort. Woops, meant 72 hours

I used to make my own protein shake with strawberries, spinach, vanilla protein powder and a banana tasted pretty darn good, would use my vita-mix to puree it. Maybe you could try hiding the protein powder in something like that which tastes better.

Well I just hit the 24 hour mark since my surgery at 10:30 and feeling pretty good. Belly is a little sore but mostly my legs hurt from walking too much which is strange since I do walk a lot in general. Finally able to go to the bathroom regularly without just standing there praying to pee i think i went 5 times over the night which was awesome!

I was scheduled out 4 weeks after surgery

I am glad to here you are doing well Debbie! looking forward to a shake tomorrow just on clear stuff today. Will

Sorry to here it has been more than you thought. I walked around the house like crazy yesterday and that helped a lot with any gas. AND OMG the needed to constantly go pee and not being able to was the worst. I had a rough night of sleep last night as i woke up because it felt like i could feel the band pressing down on me, probably need a few nights before that goes away.

I kind of lucked out and was told i did not need to go on a pre-op diet because of where my BMI was at. I did try to do it a few times just to say i can and i failed so i have a lot of respect for you guys on it and keeping too it!