ChristeenieD

I love my spanx! Won't leave home without it

I love my spanx! Won't leave home without it

I love my spanx! Won't leave home without it

I love my spanx! Won't leave home without it

It's so important to get that Protein in my friend! And there's little tricks that you can do that will help you along the way. When you're sipping your Water, they have liquid Protein that I bought through www.bariatricchoice.com and for one ounce of this liquid it is 15 grams of Protein. Just add it to your Water with some crystal lite and sip. Protein is really important for healing reasons, muscle and for satisfaction for your tummy.

I wish you success in your journey! ♥

Hi Mel. Checking in to see how you're doing. Merry Christmas! How's your progress going?

Hi Christine,

I was also sleeved on 12/16. Overall things went really well. I was fortunate in that they found pain meds that worked well from the get-go. I got liquid Tylenol in my IV every 4 hours and a shot of Dilaudid whenever I felt like I needed a little something more.

I was released yesterday and have been taking things easy ever since. I got sent home with some dilaudid pills, Prilosec, and some anti-nausea drug that I haven't needed.

I am on clear liquids and will then move to full liquids then puréed foods and then on to soft foods.

There are a few really good recipe sites out there - I really like "The World According to Eggface" and our own Gamergirl here has a great blog with lots of tasty recipes. Plus, you can search "VSG" on Pinterest and find lots of stuff.

Melissa

Hi Mel. Checking in to see how you're doing. Merry Christmas! How's your progress going?

Hi Christine,

I was also sleeved on 12/16. Overall things went really well. I was fortunate in that they found pain meds that worked well from the get-go. I got liquid Tylenol in my IV every 4 hours and a shot of Dilaudid whenever I felt like I needed a little something more.

I was released yesterday and have been taking things easy ever since. I got sent home with some dilaudid pills, Prilosec, and some anti-nausea drug that I haven't needed.

I am on Clear Liquids and will then move to full liquids then puréed foods and then on to soft foods.

There are a few really good recipe sites out there - I really like "The World According to Eggface" and our own Gamergirl here has a great blog with lots of tasty recipes. Plus, you can search "VSG" on Pinterest and find lots of stuff.

Melissa

Good advice! Thank you:

Hello fellow sleeves! I'm 1 week and a few days post op and I'm down 13 lbs. I just started soft food. Refried Beans, cottage cheese, egg beaters . I can eat about 1/4 cup of refried beans and 1/4 cup of cottage cheese mixed and microwaved so that's about a half a cup of food and I don't finish the whole cup but that's about as much as I can eat. For me, it's like a new adventure every day. I also use MyFitnessPal so I can kind of calculator how many ounces of Protein I'm getting in a day. it's so important to get your Water intake in also. What an awesome journey that we are all on. Any other shares?

You're adorable! I hope you enjoyed all the well deserved attention my dear!

Hello fellow sleeves! I'm 1 week post op and I'm down 13 lbs. I just started soft food. Refried Beans, cottage cheese, egg beaters . I can eat about 1/4 cup of refried beans and 1/4 cup of cottage cheese mixed and microwaved so that's about a half a cup of food and I don't finish the whole cup but that's about as much as I can eat. For me, it's like a new adventure every day. I also use MyFitnessPal so I can kind of calculator how many ounces of Protein I'm getting in a day. it's so important to get your Water intake in also. What an awesome journey that we are all on.

Hello fellow sleeves! I'm 1 week post op and I'm down 13 lbs. I just started soft food. Refried Beans, cottage cheese, egg beaters . I can eat about 1/4 cup of refried beans and 1/4 cup of cottage cheese mixed and microwaved so that's about a half a cup of food and I don't finish the whole cup but that's about as much as I can eat. For me, it's like a new adventure every day. I also use MyFitnessPal so I can kind of calculator how many ounces of Protein I'm getting in a day. it's so important to get your Water intake in also. What an awesome journey that we are all on. Merry Christmas all!

thank you ladies, for the awesome welcome! What a journey we all have adventure on.

Hello all. I'm new here also, my name is Christine! I had my VBS surgery Monday the 16th of December. So I'm 3 days out, and once they got my pain medication stable and found out which one works for me I have been getting stronger every day. I'm enjoying getting into the routine of all this Protein intake and how I can sneak Protein into my Water so that I can get my Water and my protein needs met at the same time. I am looking forward to the next stage when I can introduce pureed foods, but I would like to know where I can go find recipes from experience sleevers who have already been there done that. I'm 39 years old have two teenage boys and newly separated. Would love to have a sleever pal to buddy with.

Welcome, and Congrats

I would love to buddy up with you! Just to see how each of our progress is going. Then we each have someone that we can compare to to make sure that we're on the right track. What do you think?

Hi Christine,

I was also sleeved on 12/16. Overall things went really well. I was fortunate in that they found pain meds that worked well from the get-go. I got liquid Tylenol in my IV every 4 hours and a shot of Dilaudid whenever I felt like I needed a little something more.

I was released yesterday and have been taking things easy ever since. I got sent home with some dilaudid pills, Prilosec, and some anti-nausea drug that I haven't needed.

I am on Clear liquids and will then move to full liquids then puréed foods and then on to soft foods.

There are a few really good recipe sites out there - I really like "The World According to Eggface" and our own Gamergirl here has a great blog with lots of tasty recipes. Plus, you can search "VSG" on Pinterest and find lots of stuff.

Melissa

lifting you up in my thoughts and prayers! please remember that each day gets better and the stronger you become.

Thank you all for your response! Dilaudid was what worked for me too. It was the oxycodone my body didn't like.

Thank you also for the awesome links. Something to keep me busy! Wishing you all well on this amazing journey!

I would try gasx. That has been my saving grace. It will help with the bubbles. Good luck!

Hello all. I'm new here also, my name is Christine! I had my VBS surgery Monday the 16th of December. So I'm 3 days out, and once they got my pain medication stable and found out which one works for me I have been getting stronger every day. I'm enjoying getting into the routine of all this Protein intake and how I can sneak protein into my Water so that I can get my water and my protein needs met at the same time. I am looking forward to the next stage when I can introduce pureed foods, but I would like to know where I can go find recipes from experience sleevers who have already been there done that. I'm 39 years old have two teenage boys and newly separated. Would love to have a sleever pal to buddy with.

QUESTION:

"I'm having surgery soon, what will I need for my hospital stay or for shortly after???"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Okay ladies and gentlemen, this question comes up here so much - I felt it would be a great idea to start up an official thread. My plan is once I think the list is great enough, I'm going to create a checklist for all the folks out there that will be sleeved shortly and have the above question. Then if you are around long enough and as much as I am, and someone has that question you can just lead them to this thread. Fair enough?

Sometimes its just nice to have everything all in the same place, kinda following the Walmart rule of thumb. They are very successful, aren't they?

Anyway, please start with your suggestions and I'll get my MSWord fired up. I'll also start with the first suggestion:

Comfy Pajamas, underclothes and slippers or warm cozy socks...

QUESTION:

"I'm having surgery soon, what will I need for my hospital stay or for shortly after???"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Okay ladies and gentlemen, this question comes up here so much - I felt it would be a great idea to start up an official thread. My plan is once I think the list is great enough, I'm going to create a checklist for all the folks out there that will be sleeved shortly and have the above question. Then if you are around long enough and as much as I am, and someone has that question you can just lead them to this thread. Fair enough?

Sometimes its just nice to have everything all in the same place, kinda following the Walmart rule of thumb. They are very successful, aren't they?

Anyway, please start with your suggestions and I'll get my MSWord fired up. I'll also start with the first suggestion:

Comfy Pajamas, underclothes and slippers or warm cozy socks...

QUESTION:

"I'm having surgery soon, what will I need for my hospital stay or for shortly after???"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Okay ladies and gentlemen, this question comes up here so much - I felt it would be a great idea to start up an official thread. My plan is once I think the list is great enough, I'm going to create a checklist for all the folks out there that will be sleeved shortly and have the above question. Then if you are around long enough and as much as I am, and someone has that question you can just lead them to this thread. Fair enough?

Sometimes its just nice to have everything all in the same place, kinda following the Walmart rule of thumb. They are very successful, aren't they?

Anyway, please start with your suggestions and I'll get my MSWord fired up. I'll also start with the first suggestion:

Comfy Pajamas, underclothes and slippers or warm cozy socks...