kaysonsmom

I use flinstone chewables-the gummies don't have thiamin so my nut advised against using them.

My surgeons outline was clear liquids days 1-4, full liquids days 4-21, soft foods days 21-56 and regular foods after that as tolerated. Didn't u get a book or anything saying when to move on to different stages? All surgeons are different. Maybe call ur surgeons office and ask when u can move on?

I'm 3 weeks post op and have no energy at all. I know it takes awhile to get it back but id like to know how my levels are looking. My surgeon doesn't do bloodwork till a year post op. I see my PCP on the 14th to go over meds and I think I'm going to request that he check my levels of everything.

I was sleeved on the 12th. July 9th I met my surgeon and weighed in at 241. Yesterday I met with him and weighed in at 222 so 19 lbs down. The first week was the worst for me. Getting liquids and protein was fine but the pain of the main incision was horrible. Dilaudid was the only thing that I got relief from and it lasted only an hour. I saw a p.a. at my surgeons office at 6 days post op and she did a trigger point injection around the incision and that helped a lot. Now the pain has been getting better. I bought a bike today so I can go for bike rides with my son. My physical therapist said people who lose the majority of their weight in the first 6 months are more likely to keep it off so that's what I'm going to work on.

I'm two weeks out too and I'm dizzy 90% of the time. I'm on full liquids (hopefully moving up to mushies tomorrow when I go to my follow up appt) and I'm very ready to eat something with more texture. I sit here and just get a dizzy feeling in my head and then start to sweat a little. I don't know if its cuz I'm not getting enough fluids in or what. I'm pretty darn close to 64oz a day. Maybe ill get an answer at my appt tomorrow.

I'm 26 and 18 days post op.

After lots of pushing I finally got it out. Now I have a headache lol. I hope this is the hardest stage of this whole post op part. I'm only 2 weeks post op but hopefully things will start getting better from here.

I'm afraid to try the MOM cuz its already there just can't come out cuz its too hard. I have tried stool softener and miralax.

I'm still in quite a bit of pain. Don't want to take pain meds cuz I'm horribly constipated. I can't get anything to work. It feels like trying to push a softball out of a small hole. I only hope things get better.

I am a single mom and I have a 5 yr old. It has been hard I'm not gonna lie. I haven't been able to rest and he is always wanting to go play outside in the hot weather and he doesn't understand that I can't. I try to keep him occupied in the house. He has a leapfrog explorer and a ds that I try to keep him occupied with.

I'm on full liquids. I've been having yogurt and broccoli cheese soup and premier protein shakes and I have been drinking powerade zero and water.

haha I wish! I live in Wisconsin.

Are they normal? I have been dying all day. I am sitting in the house with the ac on and I'm sweating like crazy. When I sleep I wake up soaking wet.

Part of my post op diet is drinking 1 cup of carnation instant breakfast in between my "meals". I get the chocolate. Its not too bad but I find it very filling.

You guys are so lucky getting purees so soon. I have full liquids till the 31st. That's when I meet with the NUT to get the ok to move on.

Yeah I have been doing the Cheddar broccoli. Love it but it gets old. I have just been having yogurt and soup. I'm so ready to have solid foods. I don't have any problems with the liquids or food so far.

What is everyone "eating" during full liquid stage? I started full liquids and I'm getting tired of the few choices I have come up with.

One week was on Thursday for me also. I don't think I have lost much weight cuz I haven't moved around much in the last week. Have been in so much pain. Pain was finally tolerable today so went for a little walk. Hopefully things will start to look up soon.

Docs are just saying its pain from the trauma of everything coing out and being pulled. I dont understand how proper can have no pain after this surgery. I get irrotatedcuz my mom will say "u just had a major surgery, u will have some discomfort." If it was discomfort I could handed it. I have fibroyalgia so I know all about discomfort.

I have been having a lot of pain with the incision. I've been to the er twice now cuz I can get any relief. I can't stand up to walk, cant do my exercises cuz I can't stand straight. Only thing that helps is dilaudid and I can't take that home obviously. Ugh I wish it would disappear.

This is exactly what I'm dealing with. Mine is on the right side and is the only thing that hurts. I got sent home with liquid vicodin which didn't touch the pain and ended up going to e.r. and got a shot of morphine and toradol. Worked for about an hour then back to the pain. E.r. doc sent me home with liquid percocet and it doesn't touch the pain either. So I have just been suffering. I will try the heating pad since I saw that helped some people. Hope we get through this soon!

They didn't give me strong enough pain meds. Liquid vicodin that I can take every 6 hrs. It lasts about an hour. I can't stand up straight to walk.

I had surgery yesterday and out of 6 incisions only one is killing me. Its the only one that has stitches. Ugh. Only one night in the hospital though so that was nice.

Yay! I'm today too! I have to check in at 11:15! Good luck to us!

I had to drink a bottle of magnesium citrate at 4 this afternoon. I have surgery tomorrow morning. After I took the gross stuff, I noticed I started to get a pain on the right side and like right by my ribs. Last year I had a ct scan done and my doc said I had some gallstones but they weren't bothersome so nothing was done. Could this pain be from my gallbladder?