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I would suggest using the app 'My Fitness Pal' it has everything you need to keep up ' track what you eat, you can put exercise in & etc - also you can scan bar codes & etc - it has been a big help since I started this while process... Sent from my iPhone using VST

Won't be going back to work for a month, hopefully by then I will have some sense of normalcy... Good luck to everyone Sent from my iPhone using VST

Sleeved on the 12th & I still am having side pains & swallowing feels heavy & uncomfortable... Once those 2 issues go away I will feel alot better - I must say I have been tired though... Not able to get my Protein in due to the heaviness it feels goin down... Have 1st follow up appt on this Friday... I tend to want to gulp then sip but even when I sip the heaviness feeling is still there... Today I did tomato soup, Protein shake, Popsicles & yogurt... Sent from my iPhone using VST

Medic645 how did your surgery go?? Mine was on the 12th as well... Sent from my iPhone using VST

Newgrandmother I'm glad you are doing better, ik we'll all get the hang of this thing... Once this hiatal hernia repair heals all the way I should have no problem drinking, I am drinking as much Water as I can & get some different Protein Shakes w/ more Protein so I'll be getting that in to... Sent from my iPhone using VST

Thanks & I have to keep remembering I just had the surgery a few days ago & ik this pain won't last... Sent from my iPhone using VST

Hey, Atkins Advantage & I talked to the nurse today & she said that due to the hiatal hernia repair it has to do a lot w/ it hurting as anything goes down & that it will subside, she said usually it takes a few weeks so I pray before I start mushy food it does stop... She said as far of my left side hurting so bad she said it's probably inflamed & to keep taking my pain pills & if the pain doesn't change by Friday on @ my 1 week follow up then she'll change my pain meds... She said moving around will help... I felt better after talking to her... I might have to try a different shake like you suggested Sent from my iPhone using VST

Why are the shakes not goin down easy like Water... It doesn't go down smooth Sent from my iPhone using VST

@newgrandmother & all that replied Ik this shall pass - I have to keep reminding myself that I just had surgery a few days ago & not months ago... I just wanna feel normal & yes I'm sure when solids come I will feel the full tight feeling & know my limit... Thanks for all te encouraging word - I'm gonna be off @ least a month from work so hopefully when I go back I will be in a better place w/ all this... Sent from my iPhone using VST

I'm feeling the same way somewhat, I'm so sick of liquids & ready to eat again to feel normal - I'm not exactly sure what full feels like either... I read so much stuff where it almost feels like I will never eat the things I loved so much before & a lot of those things were healthy... I to had a monent today where I was like did I make a mistake, should I have waited... I don't like this feeling of tightness going down my chest & maybe it's just still has but I hate it... I've had tomato Soup, Water, very lil of my Protein shake, sugar free Popsicle & a lil Yoplait Greek 2x protien yogurt... Ik or @ least I hope it gets better.. Sent from my iPhone using VST

Ik you are excited & I'll be there for you just like you was for me... We will be successful!!! Sent from my iPhone using VST

Lol, what up gal??? I survived mine & can't wait for you to have yours... Loving this site, ik I have been on it everyday since I found it... So many helpful tips & everyone has been so nice... I'm totally here for you & again thanks for coming to see me @ the hospital during my surgery - it really meant a lot... Sent from my iPhone using VST

I just had some Gerber apple sauce & it went down okay but still get that stuck feeling which I'm not likening... It makes me lean forward & then I usually burp & feel ok - I wonder is that still has or what?? Whatever it is I hate it... Sent from my iPhone using VST

Yes it's getting a little better but I had 4 oz of tomato soup in one setting, have drank water & sipped on Atkins Advantage shake... I felt the fullness but didn't over due it... This is all so strange & I'll be glad when we can @ least start mushy foods which will make us feel a lil more normal b/c right now I don't feel normal... Sent from my iPhone using VST

Does anyone know how long that stuck feeling last, it's like every time I drink it feels a lil tight in my chest, I've gotten bout 8oz of Water in today & Atkins Advantage shake that I sipped on thru out the day - over all I feel ok but left side is still very painful - I just want to drink normal, which I thought it was goin ok, maybe I'm force'n it to much... Glad you doin well newgrandmother Sent from my iPhone using VST

Although I can drink, not sure of I'm sip'n to fast, its this weird feeling in my stomach or going down feels hard, guess it takes a few weeks to adjust Sent from my iPhone using VST

Jeepermom, I to slept on my side but had folded up a blanket to put against that side of my stomach... My left side to is still in a lot of pain, it was so bad Thursday that I stayed an extra night in the hosptial... Pain is a lil less but still very sore... Sent from my iPhone using VST