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I'm getting really sick and tired of Protein shakes but I am only 2 weeks post op so I know I'll be on them for a while longer, but I was wondering at what point will I be able to swap out the Protein Shakes for a Protein Bar when I am looking for something quick & easy or on the run to eat?

Sorry Pdx, I posted on the veterans side originally because I figured that they would have the most insight on this topic. Thank you for the suggestions, I'll look into what spanx is and if that might work. I was thinking a corset but I would imagine that it would be very difficult to move around easily in one of those.

Well I am 2 weeks post op and I'm getting in about 50 grams of protein a day.

Why is it that some surgeons can get away with only making a few incisions while other have to make several incisions on the stomach? Shouldn't it be the same common practice along the board?

I was prescribed the same thing and I have to take it for 6 months.

They are really good. I'm able to get my chocolate fix for the day and my calcium and vitamin D all in one. Today I am going to try and microwave the chocolate for 5 to 10 seconds and mix in the PB2.

I had staples as well. My surgeon always uses staples for some reason. My incisions healed over well. I only had three incisions, one on each side of my stomach and one inside my belly button.

Wow, that's great! Congratulations!! Keep up the good work.

One day at a time. It took my a very long time to get my THB (take home baby) so I know that feeling. Along that road I had several losses including the loss of a fallopian tube and almost my life. It was a very difficult road to travel down but in the end my daughter was all worth it. The good news is that a lot of times with weight loss the body re-programs it's self and people who were once not able to get pregnant are able to get pregnant. Just the same, try and wait at least 1 year before TTC. I'm assuming you've been to an RE and were told there weren't any underlining problems preventing you from conceiving except your weight? I would bet in one year from now you will be so happy you had the surgery. Keep your chin up and remember, one day at a time.

---YouTube less of Sarah she started at 460 and is now 230 one year later post VSG Good luck!!! I'm post op day 19 but only have 45-50 to lose to hit my personal goal of 165-170 and stay in that range for life!!!!! I' ve lost 20 since surgery on dec 12 and a total of 43 since I started journey in oct 2013 Wow, she has done amazing! I just found her page on youtube, going to check out some videos now.

For those of you who are much farther out from having had your surgery, what are you using that works well to hold in all the loose skin around the stomach? I can pretty much tell that I will need something to help with a lot of loose skin around my stomach but I'm not sure what would work well to hold everything in. Any suggestions?

This isn't really a recipe but I wasn't sure where else to put this. If you have a sweet tooth for something with chocolate and Peanut Butter then try this: 2 adora chocolate Calcium disks and 1 tbsp. of PB2. Spread the made PB2 over each disk and enjoy! I buy adora calcium for my everyday calcium and vit. D supplement but adding the PB2 is great when I have a craving for peanut butter cups (my favorite chocolate candy). For 2 chocolate disks it's 60 calories and 1 tbsp. of PB2 is 23 calories. For a total of 83 calories.

Each day I am averaging right under 500 calories. I am 13 days post op. So I'm wondering how everyone else is doing and how far out you are from having your surgery? A typical meal for me looks something like this: Breakfast: Protein shake w/ low fat milk. Lunch: 1/2 cup of cottage cheese Dinner: 2 ounces of chicken or fish snack: my chocolate calcium supplement w/ 1 tbsp. of PB2 And I drink plenty of Water during the day. If I don't leave the house I feel perfectly fine. When I have to go out and move more I start to feel sick, like I need to eat something.

I understand that but I need to work on one thing at a time and right now I am working on not turning to food for comfort and trying something else that works. This works and my husband hates it when I spend money so now he knows that if he upsets me he is going to lose money so he has been a lot more careful about upsetting me. So it works! Plus, honestly I am not a spender by nature but in the future I do plan to shop (and not on the internet!) but I will be putting limits on myself, giving myself an allowance that works within our budget.

When my husband would upset me I would turn to food for comfort because in the moment it made me feel better. Now? I don't turn to food. I turn on the internet, grab his credit card and shop and I tell him "If you are going to piss me off you are going to lose money because I am using your money to shop with". He doesn't piss me off as much anymore.

I'm confused now. I was told that my stomach was taken out on the right side, since that is where I was experiencing a lot of pain early on. Now that pain is starting to resolve and the pain on my left side is really bad. So if they took my stomach out on the left side then why was my right side in so much pain early on?

I am 10 days post op and I am a stomach/side sleeper. All night I was tossing and turning because of a pain I was experiencing on my left side under my rib cage. It hurts more when I take a deep breath and I'm just wondering how common this might be and does it eventually go away? I've read elsewhere that it might be scar tissue forming. The pain is directly above one of my incisions. I was already at the hospital yesterday for a CT scan and nothing was found. This was because I had shoulder pain. This pain right under my rib cage is something new.

If you eat something and have no problems with it does that mean your sleeve is tolerating it well and you can continue to eat that type of food? I am one week post op and on my approved foods list for this week (till week 4) is salmon mashed with your fork. However I only chewed it really well instead of using my fork. I felt great after eating, like I could think clearly and I had some energy. I was only able to get down about 2 ounces.

Wait what? I am having pain on my left side too and it wraps around to my back. I thought kidneys at first but this could be a sign of gallbladder problems? What can I do to make it go away? as a side note, the doctor prescribed me medication to prevent gallbladder problems. Will taking that resolve these issues?

I feel like I just went through a bunch of bs that was not needed. I had a ct scan and they found nothing and sent me home. I was still in pain though. I came home and took milk of magnesia (that stuff tastes horrible!) and I was finally able to go to the bathroom and now I feel better. But now I have another problem. For the CT scan they put a dye in my body and they told me on my discharge papers that I was required to drink 4 (8 ounce) glasses within 4 hours to flush the dye out of my body. Well I'm lucky if I was able to get in 1 full 8 ounce glass. So now I don't know what that means or if the dye will just eventually leave my body on it's own just over a longer period of time?

They called back and want me to come in for a CT scan right now. I hope it's just gas. That's what I think too but I know the weekend is coming up and I would rather know for sure.

I made a call to the doctors office and I'm awaiting their call back but in the meantime I figured I would come on here and see if anyone knows what this is. I woke up and I have some pain on my lower left hand side, below my ribs, that wraps around to my back. On that same side I also have slight shoulder pain. Please tell me this is just gas or something? since I haven't had a bowel movement since Monday. I have milk of magnesia but I was told only to take it once a week so my body doesn't become dependent on it. Also, I don't (haven't really) passed any gas. I hope I'm freaking out for nothing. I was sleeved on December 18th.

Really? did you request the card? I never heard of such a thing lol. I wonder if my bariatric office would give me a card?

I never actually got sick. I didn't know there was swelling in my throat as well as my stomach. It feels like it's in my throat so I have to keep swallowing. So does that annoyance eventually go away?

Which are you more likely to do? Here is the scenario: You are several months out from having had your surgery. You the kids and your spouse decide to go out to eat. At the restaurant your husband orders a menu item you would normally order anyways (something you would probably order right then in there). So do you: A. not order a plate and just have a small bit of your husbands meal or B. order a plate of food anyways even though you know darn well you won't ever come close to finishing it? If you picked A. then exactly how do you explain to the waitress that you aren't eating or that you are all set after not ordering anything? I am the type of person who will let my husband and daughter order their meals and have some of my husband's chicken he is eating instead of blow money on another plate that I don't feel is necessary. Today at subway I was there with my husband and daughter and I was trying to order a foot long sub for my husband and daughter to share (obviously right now I can't even think of eating that) and the woman grabbed 2 foot long breads thinking I was ordering a foot long for each of us. I told her no, only one foot long. She asked me twice if I was sure I didn't want another foot long. Ugh!!!