Doreykn

You look great!

Ham & Bean soup is so good...I add carrots & celery too for extra flavor ( I LOVE carrots & celery)!

I love water, but sometimes it get hard or boring, so I use Ocean Spray Cran- Pomegranate. It's sugar free & I freeze it until it gets slushy. Sooooooo good! Crystal Light is good for flavor too!

I was always hot & had a fan going no matter where I was...living room, bed room, work! Not anymore!!! I'm 5 weeks out today!

I had a little bite of everything except mashed potatoes & corn (I don't like mashed potatoes & corn doesn't digest well!)... I was surprised at how fast I got full! So, I ate the turkey first, carrots, stuffing, sweet potatoes & a tiny bit of gravy just to taste! It was a GREAT Thanksgiving! Hoping everyone had a great day too!

Mine was done @ Henry Ford Wyandotte... Dr Bilal Kharbutli. Couldn't be happier. Everything went smoothly & no pain except gas pains from the surgery!

I was told that if you drink while eating, it will stretch the sleeve... Same goes for carbonated drinks.

I guess I was fortunate! I didn't have to have a drain. They did a scan the day after surgery to check for leaks. Had to swallow some nasty stuff for the scan!

DebiC, I forgot to add my age on that post...I'm 52 and that picture was taken 3 years ago.

Looks like I'm the oldest so far on this post...LOL!!! I had my sleeve on Oct.26,2011... Will be a month tomorrow(ALREADY). I'm on a soft food diet now. The diets they give us are called "HEALING DIETS", so our stomachs can heal from the inside! NO SUGAR, NO FAT!!! That's the whole reason we went through this... to use as a tool to change our eating habits & to lose the weight we ALL want to get rid of! I won't even try sugary things or fatty things. Everyone in my house is getting use to not eating fried foods & they all eat what I fix! Ground turkey is now used & no frying anything! Baking, broiling & my crock pot are the ways I cook now. Good Luck to all!

Surgery on Oct.26, 2011 ...34 total lbs gone as of yesterday!

My Dr. has me working on 3 meals a day with a snack in between each meal. And drink lots of liquids all day (except with meals No liquids then)! Egg salad is real good & I made turkey chili today & pureed it .Loving my food processor! Fat free refried beans with low fat shredded cheese was real good too!

Took me a week or two before I could sleep on my sides. I can now sleep on my stomach at 3 weeks out today! Just felt like an empty spot on the insides(and it was) LOL!!! When I felt like I needed something other then water, I had beef or chicken broth. I also found that Liquid protein helped a lot. New Whey & Body by Fortress both make liquid protein, but I diluted them with water as they are real syrupy. I found another one today @ Walgreen's called, Hydrolyzed Whey Protein Shot. Not to bad taste wise either! Kind of pricey but easier to swallow! Good luck...

I dilute the New Whey protein shots with water & freeze until just slushy...they go down so much easier!

I'm 2&1/2 weeks post op and am starting pureed foods tomorrow! Can't wait!!!!! My blender is going to be busy!

Wow! That was something else that you had to go through! So glad to hear everything finally worked out! Keep up the good work! I'm pretty new to this site myself. I was lucky that my insurance didn't require me to have weigh ins, just a medical necessity. I am Diabetic(pills only), high blood pressure & I have knee & back problems.

I also have small 5 incisions, the larger one about 2-3 inches above my belly button & is where they removed the stomach! All are healing great. I had NO drains & was very happy about that! And I didn't have to give myself the Lovenox injections at home either! Had the surgery on a Wednesday & was home on Friday!. Still on a full liquid diet until the 14th then it's on to pureed foods! Yay!!! I would like to add, that I am 52 & a grandmother of 1 that I want to be able to run with!!!! Some day real soon that will happen!

I went through the same thing too. My favorite was beef & chicken broth. My family thought I was crazy when I told them how good the broth was! I just savored every sip! I found 2 kinds of liquid protein that I dilute with water & freeze til just slushy. One I found at Walmart & has 26 grams of protein & the other has 42 grams of protein & I found that at Meijer's. You can probably purchase them online too. First was by Body Fortress & the other was New Whey. I have also found Gas-X strips help with the gas & bloating! I do whey protein powder mixed with Fat-free milk & ice in the blender. The colder the better I have found! I aslo use Ocean Spray sugar-free powder drink mix(Cran-Pomegranate)in my water as water gets real boring. Or try Crystal Light. Good luck.

My favorite was beef broth... Or vegetable beef soup & my daughter ate the veggies & I had the broth! Sooo good!

Hello, My sleeve was done 2 weeks ago today! I'm still on full liquids until the 14th, then I start pureed food!. Good luck with your journey. You can add me as a friend if you like...the more the merrier! :grouphug:

Hi LUCYCAT, I would love to be a sleeve buddy. There's a support group close to me once a month, but I have no transportation in the evening when the meetings are held! I'm new to this site. I read more & more posts everyday. I had my sleeve done Oct.26th,2011, so I'm only 2 weeks into my journey....

I had mine on Oct.26th... And so glad I did. You can add me as a friend. I'm also on FB Dorey Keast Neville. Good luck & keep us posted! :wink1:

Hi, my name is Dorey. I had my sleeve done on Oct.26,2011...at Henry Ford Hospital in Wyandotte, Michigan. Dr.Bilal Kharbutli was my surgeon. They do offer monthy support groups, but I don't have a car available at the times of the meetings! Will figure something out to make it to future meetings! Good Luck to all...

I found some liquid protein that's not as bad as the powdered stuff. It's called " New Whey Liquid Protein"...I found some at Walmart & Meijer. They do have different flavors. I find them to be to thick like syrup so I dilute them with a bottle of water. There is a website too...www.newwhey.com. The ones I have bought have 42 grams of protein. Hope it helps & good luck! :smile5:

I found some liquid protein that isn't as bad as the shakes. It has 42 grams of protein. I dilute them because they are just too sweet for me.I found them at Walmart & Meijer's...New Whey Liquid Protein, 0 fat & 0 sugar. Website is www.newwhey.com . I find these much easier to swallow then the shakes! Good luck to all! It does get better! :wink1: