JeffA70

One of my bucket list goals is to run a 5k, and I'm hoping to start the C25K this spring and summer in prep for a fall race. Best of luck to you! Please keep us posted! I HATED running in college, when I was slimmer, but that was 20 years ago and I'm a dedicated man now. Have a goal, and beat that sucker!!

Hugging a pillow there when I sneeze really helps the pain. On my first night in the hospital, I had hiccups, and they were awful. The only way I could stop them was hugging the pillow and holding my breath.

Huh. Thanks!!!!

No tingling, but my hands are always cold now. That what you mean?

I can't wait to throw 'the little monster' out the flipping window. Alas, I fear that I will have to go back to my sleep doc for official permission to stop use, which I presume will only come with yet more appointments, money and other sleep study. I'm at a 9 right now, and don't think I can adjust it myself. I hate every moment with the damn thing.

I use Flintstones chewibles with iron. I don't find them to be that bad.

You might not like the Underwood spreads then. I find them a great switch from the baby food meats. My blog is at: http://onelifetosleeve.wordpress.com My family had chili tonight. I pureed some of it. It was good, and nice to have the same thing they were.

Is it focused right under one of your incisions? I have a pain under my largest one. In fact, it's kind of a hard lump, which the doc said was normal.

I literally just made a blog post about some tips for this stage 30 seconds ago with a video. Try mashed up tuna or salmon with a bit of reduced fat mayo, and for a rare treat, try an Underwood meat spread. Really good!

I have vowed to never again walk into a Casual Male. I think Kohls is a good choice, from what I've seen walking around d one with my wife, although I need tall lengths, so they may be limited. JC Penney has tall sizes, so that probably will be OK for me. I like Lands' End for catalog shopping. NSV... was in Walmart the other day buying something else, and walked by the jeans. I wondered, 'Well, I'm down a bit... Let's see.' And I found a pair that fit well!!!! There was only one pair of 46-32, but I bought them! First time buying pants in a regular department store since like 2004ish!

Oh my god, I came downstairs to write almost the exact same thing!!!! I have five incisions. All of them LOOK fine (one's a little black and blue). But the biggest one, where my doc says that they did some under-the-skin suturing, where they removed my stomach from, etc. is sore. It hurts there when I sneeze, cough, etc. I lifted something this week that was probably too heavy, and it hurt the next day, etc. It's almost a solid ball under my skin, which he told me was normal. It's not unbearable pain. I haven't even been taking Tylenol for it. But it's there, and if possible, hurts MORE than it did last week???

Good luck. That's scary.

I've found the same. I also find that I can pretty easily drink liquids. I have to pause once in a while when feeling full, but I certainly can drink much, much more than 4oz in 15 minutes, which was my original target goal.

I'm so far from eating out at an Indian place that it's crazy, but the recent thread on sushi that gave me hope for the future made me think of another type of food I love, Indian! Any tips or suggestions for good, sleeve-friendly Indian dishes when I get to that point sometime?

Fantastic! Totally savor that victory! Rock it!

JeffA70. Decided that I'm not going to go back to using it until I get to soft/real foods, which will roughly be when I get cleared to exercise as well. Looking forward to it, as I used to like MFP a lot!

I think I meant to write extract.

I am back this week full time and I'm exhausted each night.

You can tolerate the refried beans, salsa, cc, etc. on puree stage? I may have to try that.

Emotional First Aid Kit: A Practical Guide to Life After Bariatric Surgery is very good.

Nonfat/sugar free pudding (there are many flavors available), plus a scoop of protein powder in the mix when you make it... I have some cheesecake flavored ones in the fridge, which I added a scoop of chocolate protein powder to the mix. Gets your protein in and tastes good.