lacie1221

Was it bright red? I bet it was from the Crystal Light. Generally if you are bleeding in your stomach/intestines it will be darker.

Oh, I hope there's instant relief when it comes out! Mine has been so freaking sore yesterday and today.

Mine is coming out tomorrow, day 8 after surgery. I'll report back on pain!

Why bother? Why not just go to the store and buy 1000 Kraft Singles? Dumb.

Do you mind if I ask what your BMI is? There's a big difference between pregnancy with a BMI in the 40s and a BMI above 50. My starting weight with all three of my kids was 260 - at 5'5", that's a BMI of 43.3, and I also had no co-morbidities. I had perfectly healthy pregnancies and perfectly healthy kids with all 3. With my first son, I was borderline GD, but I monitored my blood glucose levels for about a month and they were fine, even without making major changes to my diet. They were all born at healthy weights - 8-4, 8-3, and 9-2. My husband and I were 8-14 and 9-10 when born, so that was about where they'd have been anyway regardless of any GD issues. I did have 2 miscarriages and some fertility issues between 1 and 2, but after testing I found out that I have a blood clotting disorder called MTHFR that was probably the culprit. I got pregnant pretty quickly and easily with 1 and 3. After all that blah blah blah, I say to go for babies now, surgery later. If your doctor is telling you that your fertile time may be running out, listen to him. Surgery will still be there in a few years - your fertility may not.

I bought a small 20 oz. blender bottle so it wouldn't seem so ridiculously out of proportion!

Height: 5' 5.5" Starting Weight: 285 Day of surgery: 274 Current Weight: 264 Goal: 150 by my surgiversary next July!

I'm not even sure if I could tolerate Isopure at this point. I'm really sensitive to tastes and the power of suggestion, and there are too many people here who call it Isopuke. Blech.

My surgeon said the same thing - just worry about staying hydrated the first week. I'm having problems just with that, I don't know what I would do if I had to get protein in as well.

I am SO with you. I'm dreaming of Carnation Instant Breakfast and yogurt and pudding and split pea soup and.... Come on Wednesday!

I couldn't handle being on clears for longer than a week. I'm 4 days out and STARVING. I probably haven't eaten more than 300 calories since the night before my surgery. I can't tolerate any of the clear protein drinks, and can only tolerate a little chicken broth. Other than that I've just been eating popsicles and drinking Crystal Light and Gatorade.

I can shower with my drain too! One benefit to having ridiculously saggy boobs - I was able to tuck the bulb up under my boob while I washed. LOL

3 days post-op here as well - things are going OK so far. Lots of gas, and my incisions are itching like crazy! Other than gas, though, the pain isn't bad at all. I'm having a hard time getting all my liquids in, not to mention protein. My surgeon said not to concern myself with the protein so much, though - liquids are more important.

Today was Day 4 and it was by far the hardest so far. I kept seeing food EVERYWHERE. Ugh. My diet is 5 Carnation Instant Breakfast No Sugar Added shakes, unlimited Clear liquids, and 200 calories of fruits/veg. So far I've "cheated" twice with lean meat but my surgeon said that lean meat occasionally is OK. I think I read somewhere that days 3-4 are the worst, and then it gets better - I hope that's true! Only 6 days to go!