zephyr

Awesome...Congratulations!

I'm a year out and I still don't feel real hunger. I just have set eating times.

It took me a year to lose 75#'s I am disabled and can't walk so I don't burn calories very fast. I averaged only about 14 lbs every 3 months. However I lost 75 #'s in a year! I didn't break any speed records. But I lost. You will lose too. Don't lose heart.

I felt great 10 weeks post-surgery. I'm sure you'll be fine. Happy travels.

They told me as long as I take my Vitamin d I'm ok.

Are you taking calcium citrate because it will constipate you.., I had to quit taking it.

Praying

Opps forgot to suggest meals...sexy shrimp scampi is a good one and can be found on the internet. the campbells website has good chicken and Soup recipes. Chili is good. Pasta e fagoli with ground beef is good. I added the with ground beef because many pasta e fagoli recipes are vegetarian.

By my 7th week I was basically eating everything. My pouch has tolerated food very well. I know what you mean about variety. I didn't have a restricted solid food phase. Every doctor/program is different. Right or wrong I'm basically eating normal just a lot less.

I didn't have any trouble with hot and spicy foods. It probably varies person to person. All you can do is try. Good luck!

I don't see why not.

2 weeks pre-op for my blood sugar medication.

btw my bleed out was very rare not life threatening just annoying, dont want to scare you.

chapstick...though my hospital supplied it. I went in on Thursday and was out on Sunday, though I should have been out Saturday. They kept me an extra day because I bled out twice and had to have 2 pints of blood.

my Dr doesn't do a pureed stage. He said just chew.

it's burned up as energy.

Meat, eggs, low-fat cheese. Broccolli, cauliflower, basically any non-starchy vegetables,stay away from potatoes, pasta, and rice.

Lovenox is for the prevention of blood clots. I don't believe it has anything to do with BMI. Because I can't walk I was supposed to take the shots for a month after surgery. However, because I had 2 bleed outs in the hospital and required 2 pints of blood, they decided not to put me on Lovenox since it is a blood thinner.

My psychiatrist only wanted to know if my mood was stable. I wish u good luck with your psych eval. Then you can join me on the losers side.

what meds r u on? I take abilify and paxil and i just had the surgery.

you look awesome! I'm 10 days out. I hope I do that well.

I haven't tried those yet...but everything I've tried tastes normal.

is it normal to not have your tastebuds change? my surgery went really well. I have no nausea or vomiting. i sometimes wonder if i really had the surgery cause everything seems to be going so well for me. lol. I did have two bleed outs from my main port and had to have transfusions but other than that im doing fantastic. Mine is a real success story. but i do wonder about my tastebuds not changing.

I'm doing my liquid diet now and it isn't difficult at all...just boring. My surgery is Aug. 31. and the time is going so slowly.