Pinky Green

kimbernada, I think you misread her post. She's worried because so far she can eat anything except bananas.

I'm 12 days out and I would be thrilled. I don't want to not be able to eat something. I want to not be able to eat very much of it. I don't think I really ever had a problem eating all the wrong things (although sometimes I did). My problem is that before I could stuff myself with the biggest Mexican food dinner they had and eat it all. And I would make Weight Watchers friendly dinners and eat one serving but then find that I wasn't satisfied and eat 2 or 3 more servings. I also haven't had any problem eating anything yet (although I'm still on liquids). I have had tomato basil soup, butternut squash soup, black bean soup and carrot ginger soup so far. Tonight I'm going to try having some cream of chicken. I go back to the doctor on Wednesday and hope to be put on soft foods. I'm gonna have me some eggs, fat free refried black beans and avocado. I can't eat corn tortillas yet but in a few weeks I' have one or two. I want to eat like a normal, skinny person and hopefully my sleeve will help me do that.

Well, I don't know about 15 lbs a year - if I had gained 15 lbs a year I would have been 700 lbs by now - but I do know that the diet soda never kept me from gaining weight - what I was wondering is if maybe it stretched out my stomach so that I needed more to fill it?

I know we are not supposed to drink carbonated drinks since it can add gas and fill up your stomach and might stretch it out (or at least it might stretch out the pouch on a gastric bypass - there seems to be a question about if it is possible to stretch out the sleeve very much). I was wondering if one of the reasons for obesity in the first place might be excessive consumption of carbonated (diet or regular) beverage? I mean the obesity epidemic is a fairly new phenomenon. And I'm not one of those people that got fat drinking my calories - I've drank diet soda since I was about 12 years old, however I had an extreme diet Coke addiction for many years. I was in the habit of downing as much as 3 liters of Diet Coke a day.

By the way, I've heard of Boar's Head but what are people here saying about it?

Not sure whether you are in an area that has Kroger, I believe they carry it.

Well, then maybe say something like this. "I have something to tell you, but I really, really don't want you to mention this to your family." And then tell him. If he asks why tell him you are afraid they will judge you - just like you told us.

I don't see how you could hide it from him. How will you explain going from being able to eat a lot and then getting full eating like a bird?

I was being good, having a small bowl of tomato Soup and I'm home by myself so I'm hanging out in my underwear. And I brought my soup into the living room and sat down on the couch to eat it and spilled it all over my bare right thigh. Burned a spot about 5 inches in diameter on my inner thigh right above my knee. I ran to the bathroom and ran cold Water on it and then went to the refrigerator and got an ice cube tray and put it on my inner thigh. Then I took some of the pain medicine that I'd stopped taking a few days ago. Hoping the pain stops soon. Way worse than the pain from the surgery was.

I bought a robe and I put my right arm through the robe and draped the other side over my shoulder and I felt better than if I had just had a hospital gown.

Oh it was ok. He doesn't realize what I can't eat - he asked if I wanted a bite and I told him no I can't - I told him maybe in about 2 months we would go out and have them. They honestly aren't near as bad a diet disaster than my pre-surgery favorite Tex-Mex meal but I know I can't have them now.

I'm about sick of them also. I don't think that they taste so bad really, it's just that having had them two weeks pre-op diet and also before that I was having a couple a day. And then after surgery the doctor says to get at least 40-60 grams of protein - I've been getting at least 54 from the protein drinks - I'm just sick and tired of them.

My boyfriend just walked in the door with 2 chichiron pupusas with the spicy pickled cabbage and tomato salsa. I can't wait until I can have just a few bits. I told him not today (I'm almost 2 weeks post-surgery) but maybe in a couple of months I can have a few bites. For those of you who don't know what a pupusa is - it's a Salvadorian delite. It's like a thick corn tortilla stuffed with a variety of ingredients - sometimes chichironnes (pork skins), cheese and Beans, sometimes shrimp, or chicken or loroco (some kind of Central American herb) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupusa

I didn't have a presurgery drink or cleanse - just a 2 week liquid diet.

You can get 1% milk at McDonalds and any place that has a bar has tomato juice as does Denny's. If you have been cleared for soft foods yet you can get oatmeal and eggs at Denny's also - be sure and request that your eggs be cooked without extra oil.

Well, I'm 10 days post-op now and feeling great and my cold has pretty much gone and I'm breathing better than I have in a long time now. I've lost 7 pounds since surgery.

Oh, man. I had a bit of a cold going into surgery and every time I get a cold, I get asthma. The only real problem I had in the hospital is that when I woke up in the recovery room they kept telling me that I wasn't breathing and to take deep breaths. It hurt quite a bit to take deep breaths and they decided to give me oxygen. Finally, after 2 or 3 hours I started breathing well enough for them to take me out of the recovery room and put me in my regular room. It was a little scary.

I ate the hell out of sf popsicles all during my clear liquid and full liquid diets (still on full liquids hopefully just until Wednesday). In fact, I think I will have one now.

I am 10 days out and lost 12 pound pre-op and have already lost 7 more pounds since surgery. My doctor approved me for driving as soon as I wasn't taking pain meds and I had surgery on a Wed., went home on Friday and was driving around (off pain meds) by Monday or Tuesday. I have a manual transmission car and I am short and previously, it took quite a bit of effort to get my left foot far down to start the car. Pre-op I was able to move my seat a couple of notches forward and driving was much easier. Post-op, I had to put the seat back again, but about 3 days later I was able to move it forward again. My daughter says she can already tell I've lost weight and my boyfriend who lives with me noticed - if someone who sees you all the time notices - you know that it's noticeable because people who see you all the time see the changes so gradually.

I have until Wednesday and then probably go to pureed food. I'm about sick of liquids - even full liquids.

What is Barrett's?

I once worked at a daycare center and we sometimes fed the kids celery sticks with peanut butter.

I didn't get a headache but I was tire, shaky and even a little dizzy. My 4th day was the worst and then it was easy.

You must be pretty tall. If I weighed 177 I would wear about a size 16. I'm 5'.

I have been so lucky. No nausea and hardly any pain. Was sleeved 9/26 and feel better every day. I've lost 6 lbs so far.