Nel

I'm the same! http://pinterest.com/nellabean/ Here's me!

Yep. I'm in bed right now. I finally left the house to walk. I'd been just walking in the house. I feel accomplished, but that's about it. I live in this bed right now. I can't imagine the people that wen't back to work in a week. Nu uh.

Oh, and I haven't returned yet. I scheduled 3 weeks off.

My doctor let me shower the next day. I did a quick clean up that day and showered the one after. You have a catheter and an iv. So, I waited till I had both out before I did. You could always ask to have your iv removed to shower.....they can just pull the iv off while leaving the port thing in. *this is all dependent on if it's laproscopic and if you have the steristrips.

How far out are you?

Hon....it's not even been 3 months....right? I mean...when else have you lost 20 pounds a month? You're doing ridiculously good. Sure you want to lose it in the honeymoon period...but you have less stress and more time for your skin to bounce back if it's nice and steady. To lose a pound it takes 3500 calories burned. Maybe it takes your body a few days to do that. I think you're fine. You can't judge yourself for succeeding Which I think you're doing.

Today I took 1/2 of a chocolate atkins shake 7.5 grams protein 1 unjury chocolate pack 21 grams protein and 5 ice cubes and made a cold shake. 28.5 grams of protein Next time, I'll add some greek yogurt. I'm going to get this protein requirement down and I'm 21 fluid ounces in today already. I'm going to meet both requirements today darn it.

good luck to everyone having surgery tomorrow.

Your new pouch doesn't have the flap at the bottom that holds stuff in. It has a hole....like a funnel. If you drink with your meals, you are going to flush food out of your pouch. Not only will it make you hungry quicker....it can also cause dumping as it hits your intestines too soon.

I think it depends on how much. Baked and fried with cooking spray is best. If you mean deep fried, in moderation. Maybe. It really depends on how your body handles it. I have a best friend that is 6 years out. She eats corn chips and guacamole all the time. She also eats lots of bread and fried shrimp. She's also gained back 50 pounds. So.

ohhh, I need metimucil to throw in!!! I'm getting like no fiber. I had a drink of an HMR shake with sugar. I could tell as soon as it hit my stomach that it wasn't going to work for me. So, I wouldn't risk the malted milk. At all. But that's me. I'd throw PB2 or SF FF pudding mix in before that.

I haven't made it through week 1 yet. Do you have anymore time you can take? I had 3 weeks vaca. So I took it all and since I don't have short term, I went ahead and put in for catastrophic leave. I hope I'm back in 3 weeks, but if not, I'm safe until 12. I might not get paid for all of it, but the family medical leave act protects me.

Thank you. I was feeling very sorry for myself. Good news, with the before surgery diet and now, I'm down 28 lbs. I hadn't managed this much weight loss in the last 3 years on diet pills, so that's something! But yes, food. I have to stay away from the news feed on facebook and try to ignore everyone posting horribly decadent desserts and bacon wrapped bacon covered in fat and dipped in chocolate wrapped around a rack of ribs and deep fried recipes as they bitch about being fat. Ya think? :eyeroll:

Oh, good luck! I wish I'd done mine sooner, even though I'm not to the point I'm happy about it yet. I know I WILL be.

I'm not on all mine yet. Just had surgery on the first and today is my first day starting. I take vit d 50,000 IU D2 once a week and 2 Celebrate Multivitamin in chewable strawberry pineapple per day.

I'm depressed too. I can't get all my fluids in. My pouch is inflamed. I'm gassy. My incisions hurt. Everyone is posting food on facebook. I"m worried I'll get a complication or something and regret this. I'm worried I'll never eat again. I miss food more than I thought. I hadn't realized what a food based society we are. It's a little ridiculous.

I'm struggling to get water and fluids. I just can't seem to get enough in. I"m on percocet. Pill.

I drank a large Blue Moon on tap with extra oranges 12 days before surgery. I wouldn't risk it beyond that.

I had horrible gas that caused so much pain! I also started mine 2 days out!

How soon did everyone have a BM? I still haven't had one. I figure nothing in, nothing out...but he had me on stuff for gas and I had a bit of ....jelly...how gross is that TMI, but now real....stuff?

Yes, it has it's own forum. http://www.rnytalk.com/forum/83-the-clothing-exchange/

I thought I saw an area for this already somewhere? I don't know. Let me look.

I think a lot had to do with my period. I'm only down 4 pounds...but I am down 4 pounds this morning.

My nut sent me home with stuff to eat like grits and refried beans and yogurt...so I don't know. There are so many different ideas of what to do. She also never mentioned protein supplements.

Okay, called my pharmacy. Both my zantac and my percocet can be crushed, cut or dissolved. I'm going to go on my broth and atkins shakes today and tomorrow. I'll continue until my pouch is better.