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I have one and can relate to the crazy noises and rumblings. Every time I eat I can feel what I think is food passing through. I also have a separation of 8cm between the abdominal muscles. I am seeing a plastic surgeon tomorrow for a date to repair the hernia and to do a tummy tuck/pannilectomy. He will tighten my abdominal muscles.
I have not had fever with this, but I am having Constipation.
Last year I had a small bowel obstruction and ventral hernia. I was very sick-- pain, throwing up and severe constipation. That was an emergency. Listen to your body and call your surgeon if something seems wrong.
Hope you continue to heal.

Rode my bike 6 mikes today! Last week I started riding a little bit around my development. I hadn't ridden in 33 years! It was so much fun to ride along the ocean and feel like I was flying!!!

Rode my bike 6 mikes today! Last week I started riding a little bit around my development. I hadn't ridden in 33 years! It was so much fun to ride along the ocean and feel like I was flying!!!

Oh and the margarita? Had a hall of one last night. Before I ate any food!

Great topic! I hear this too. I had surgery 2/28/13 and started at 291. This morning-168. I am 5'6 and want to lose another 10-20 lbs. I am in a size 12 or 14--- huge change from 24-26!
I have not told my parents I had surgery. They are 87 ( I'm 57) and very judge mental and I see them only a few times a year. However, my mother after congratulating me on FINALLY losing weight, said you have a lot of wrinkles! Really!!!!! I have upped my moisturizer, but dear lord.
My friends are supportive and tell me daily I look great. But the best thing was a friend who said to me, "you were always professional and dressed well. Now you're just beautiful!"
Oh, and I am having that awful skin removed and an abdominal lift. The doc says there is about 10 lbs of skin, fat that will go there. It's more than just cosmetic as I have rashes and several hernias so all will be repaired in one surgery.

Its offical im under 300 hw520 sw 417 cw290 surgery 8/28/13 9 months post op

I am so psyched! Went to The Lord and Taylor outlet and bought a Michael Kors blazer in a size 10 and an Oleg Cassini dress in a 12! I was in a tight 24 last year. I am still losing-- slowly-- but if I never lose another pound I am soooo happy !

Hi! Last Saturday, at 4 weeks post surgery, I went out to Celebrate a dear friend's birthday at really great restaurant that I loved pre-surgery. I looked at all the appetizer and Soup options and none of them were what I wanted. (And since I eat so little, I only eat what I want that is high in protein). So, I asked the waiter if there was any way I could just get a couple of scallops-- I told him that I had recently had abdominal surgery and was restricted on what I could eat. Of course, he replied--I can get you an "add-on" of scallops. It was delicious-- three beautiful scallops with a sauce on the side. I ate two and gave one to a friend. The cost: $6. I had no little containers to take home and leave in the car or the fridge, I felt like I was a real part of the group and called no attention to myself. I even had a little taste of dessert--just a spoonful.
Thinking that maybe this was a fluke and that I couldn't do this anywhere else, I checked with an expert: my son who is a chef at a resort and who has worked in a number of high-end restaurants in the north east. He said that add-ons are routinely done, and that anyone can ask for one. Generally they things such as shrimp, or scallops, or clams or a lobster tail, but that one could ask for an add-on of anything on the menu that could be available in smaller portions.
Yahoo! I am excited that I can go out and be able to eat what I need to eat and not have to carry around food. When we go out, it is often before a show or a movie, and to me the idea of carrying leftovers to a show is not so fun.

I am so psyched! Went to The Lord and Taylor outlet and bought a Michael Kors blazer in a size 10 and an Oleg Cassini dress in a 12! I was in a tight 24 last year. I am still losing-- slowly-- but if I never lose another pound I am soooo happy !

Hi! Last Saturday, at 4 weeks post surgery, I went out to Celebrate a dear friend's birthday at really great restaurant that I loved pre-surgery. I looked at all the appetizer and Soup options and none of them were what I wanted. (And since I eat so little, I only eat what I want that is high in protein). So, I asked the waiter if there was any way I could just get a couple of scallops-- I told him that I had recently had abdominal surgery and was restricted on what I could eat. Of course, he replied--I can get you an "add-on" of scallops. It was delicious-- three beautiful scallops with a sauce on the side. I ate two and gave one to a friend. The cost: $6. I had no little containers to take home and leave in the car or the fridge, I felt like I was a real part of the group and called no attention to myself. I even had a little taste of dessert--just a spoonful.
Thinking that maybe this was a fluke and that I couldn't do this anywhere else, I checked with an expert: my son who is a chef at a resort and who has worked in a number of high-end restaurants in the north east. He said that add-ons are routinely done, and that anyone can ask for one. Generally they things such as shrimp, or scallops, or clams or a lobster tail, but that one could ask for an add-on of anything on the menu that could be available in smaller portions.
Yahoo! I am excited that I can go out and be able to eat what I need to eat and not have to carry around food. When we go out, it is often before a show or a movie, and to me the idea of carrying leftovers to a show is not so fun.

Hi! Last Saturday, at 4 weeks post surgery, I went out to Celebrate a dear friend's birthday at really great restaurant that I loved pre-surgery. I looked at all the appetizer and Soup options and none of them were what I wanted. (And since I eat so little, I only eat what I want that is high in protein). So, I asked the waiter if there was any way I could just get a couple of scallops-- I told him that I had recently had abdominal surgery and was restricted on what I could eat. Of course, he replied--I can get you an "add-on" of scallops. It was delicious-- three beautiful scallops with a sauce on the side. I ate two and gave one to a friend. The cost: $6. I had no little containers to take home and leave in the car or the fridge, I felt like I was a real part of the group and called no attention to myself. I even had a little taste of dessert--just a spoonful.
Thinking that maybe this was a fluke and that I couldn't do this anywhere else, I checked with an expert: my son who is a chef at a resort and who has worked in a number of high-end restaurants in the north east. He said that add-ons are routinely done, and that anyone can ask for one. Generally they things such as shrimp, or scallops, or clams or a lobster tail, but that one could ask for an add-on of anything on the menu that could be available in smaller portions.
Yahoo! I am excited that I can go out and be able to eat what I need to eat and not have to carry around food. When we go out, it is often before a show or a movie, and to me the idea of carrying leftovers to a show is not so fun.

I was 56 when I had surgery February 28, 2013. I have lost 115 lbs--20 to go to my goal of 150. I also was approved on the first request to the insurance and I think it is both-- good insurance and a healthier me! Good luck!!!

It sounds like you are doing fine. I think the lettuce is good for your digestion, too. Just remember to chew, chew, chew.
My doc says the stretching of the stomach is minimal--the area they now make the pouch from isn't very stretchy. He told me that once all the swelling is gone and the pouch totally healed, I will be able to eat about 2/3 cup of food. And, that is where I am.
Keep your Water intake up too, because if you are not drinking enough Water it is easy to think you are hungry. Sounds to me like you are doing great!

I think that 400 calories is really low. If your doctor said 800 calories, then I would go with your doctor. I had surgery Feb. 28, 2013, so I am a little over a year post surgery and can eat between 1/2 cup and 2/3 cup of food. salad is a little trickier because that is essentially Water once it is chewed well. I really don't remember the exact week when I ate salad--thinking it was more like week 12, but I do remember wanting to eat salad from day one!
Just go slowly and only eat exactly the amounts that your doctor says. Maybe you should talk to the doctor about the nutritionist's recommendations? Just a thought...S

SW 291
SD 2/28/13
CW 179
112 lbs on my 57 year old body gone!

I wonder if you are eating enough food. I increased to about 1200 calories and I did lose three lbs. This is my normal day6:30 coffee with half and half
7:30 chobani 100 (no sugar) Greek yogurt with 1 tablespoon sliced almonds
9:30 slice of 45 calorie bread toasted with 1 tablespoon no sugar Peanut Butter
12:30 salad and 3 oz of chicken or beef or tuna. I use a bit of olive oil on my salad.
2:30 reduced fat cheese stick and a few slices of Apple or some berries
6 3-4 oz meat of some kind. Salad or some veggies. Sometimes a bite of potato. Sometimes a piece of bread.
9 another chobani yogurt.
I average 1200 calories, 60 grams carbs and 80-90 grams protein. Sometimes I eat an extra cheese.
I have 10 cups if water too.

Finally! I was stalled for 6 weeks.
SW 291
SD 2/28/13
Last 6 weeks183
CW 181.5.

Try Chobani 100. No sugar but stevia and Monkfruit to sweeten. It's really good

I had the funniest experience. My husband and I went to a holiday party Saturday that we have gone to for five years. We always go with the same couple and have a nice time. This time, I walked in with my friend as our husbands parked the car. I noticed the host--who is a friend of my husband's more than my friend--acted a little strange when I greeted her and kept looking at me strangely. I am used to that. Imagine my surprise today when my friend called and said that our host called her, very concerned. She asked when my husband had taken up with a new woman, who ironically had the same first name. When my friend assured her that there was no wife, just a slimmer one, she was stunned! I am still laughing!

I had the funniest experience. My husband and I went to a holiday party Saturday that we have gone to for five years. We always go with the same couple and have a nice time. This time, I walked in with my friend as our husbands parked the car. I noticed the host--who is a friend of my husband's more than my friend--acted a little strange when I greeted her and kept looking at me strangely. I am used to that. Imagine my surprise today when my friend called and said that our host called her, very concerned. She asked when my husband had taken up with a new woman, who ironically had the same first name. When my friend assured her that there was no wife, just a slimmer one, she was stunned! I am still laughing!

I had the funniest experience. My husband and I went to a holiday party Saturday that we have gone to for five years. We always go with the same couple and have a nice time. This time, I walked in with my friend as our husbands parked the car. I noticed the host--who is a friend of my husband's more than my friend--acted a little strange when I greeted her and kept looking at me strangely. I am used to that. Imagine my surprise today when my friend called and said that our host called her, very concerned. She asked when my husband had taken up with a new woman, who ironically had the same first name. When my friend assured her that there was no wife, just a slimmer one, she was stunned! I am still laughing!

I had the funniest experience. My husband and I went to a holiday party Saturday that we have gone to for five years. We always go with the same couple and have a nice time. This time, I walked in with my friend as our husbands parked the car. I noticed the host--who is a friend of my husband's more than my friend--acted a little strange when I greeted her and kept looking at me strangely. I am used to that. Imagine my surprise today when my friend called and said that our host called her, very concerned. She asked when my husband had taken up with a new woman, who ironically had the same first name. When my friend assured her that there was no wife, just a slimmer one, she was stunned! I am still laughing!

Sassy you sound (well I read it as if it were you talking) SASSY!!! Great job!! I love feeling my husband touch me and tell me how beautiful I am, even with the saggy skin! I feel amazing too! Very blessed to have had this opportunity!!