ChrissyVon

I get sooo annoyed when people eat popcorn around me because it smells so good. I loveeee popcorn. ugh! I will say prayers for all of us,we need them.lol.this is sooo difficult!

i'm at the same stage you are, it really sucks. even if I think of food my mouth waters lol. I've been taking bites of food and spitting it out. sounds gross but it has helped me make it this long (im almost 4 weeks post op and have been on the liquid diet for almost 6 weeks. i'm going crazy. my boyfriend keeps eating yummy food in front of me and saying "mmm" and today he teased me with a sloppy joe sandwich. I wasn't even interested in the sandwich, its not what I want. but the fact that he kept saying "mm" and waived in front of my face really pissed me off...and I wanna choke him every time he says hes hungry! go 6 weeks without food and then fn complain to me about being hungry! lol.ugh. Ive been having so many cravings that are just driving me crazy. im not even craving junk so that's good. im not even interested in it. all my cravings have been healthy. like...im dying for a tuna fish sandwich.( whole wheat toast, lowfat mayo, spinach, and chopped up celery and pickles) or the same thing but with chicken.

I used to be like, addicted to popcorn! I've seen here some people are eating it.i'm definitely going to ask my surgeon about it because popcorn is yummy lol

I've been wondering the same thing, "Is it ever ok to have popcorn?" I love popcorn so much I can't imagine never eating it again.

I went to go look at that group and couldn't find it! It isn't in my groups! ill look again.....ok few minutes later..i typed it in and found it!

Hey Everyone, I am one week post op and definitely need some surgery buddies. This past week was so difficult, I was told by a lot of people that the first week is the hardest but I still had no idea it was going to be that hard..... I think it would be nice to have some friends who have been there to talk to! Please and Thank You <3

was this your first full day home after the surgery???

I'm doing well, definitely feeling better! 1 week post op, things are getting easier!thank you!

Sorry I made it sound so hard, I just don't want to BS anyone like I was. It is difficult, very much so. but those 2 weeks flew by like the weekend! it went by so quick that come my surgery date I felt like everything was being rushed. I was so nervous. 1 week post op and it has gotten a LOT easier!! I feel great and I'm down 25 lbs! The liquid diet may seem crazy, but it is definitely not impossible!

Hey Everyone, I got home from the hospital on Thursday and since then I have been on an emotional roller coaster. I have had so many highs and lows! All I could think of when I went home was " what have I done?" and "is this really worth it?" I had to talk to people to calm myself down. Between the pain and the mental hunger, I was really starting to regret this surgery. To those of you who think it will be an "easy fix," it won't be. My journey through this WLS has been very difficult. I'm going on my 4th week of having no food, and having hundreds of different cravings. And when you see people eating something you are craving, it is NOT easy. You are so tempted to take a bite of food and you can't. Just plain dieting and exercise is easier than this surgery. So why did I get the surgery? I counted calories and went to the gym 5-6 days a week. Did cardio, lifted weights...busted my ass. I lost 10 lbs, gained 5, lost 2 gained 20. It was ridiculous. I couldn't lose the weight on my own. No matter what I tried...L.A weight loss, counting calories, portion control, "low fat" everything, cut out junk food, no soda ever, saw a dietitian every month for 3 years trying to fix my "eating habits" that to them were not even poor. Since I started this program, I lost over 20-25 lbs. I started at 270ish and now I am 246lbs 1 week post op. It works, it's great. I feel better about myself knowing that I am trying- but it is difficult. This week I tried to focus on pain control. I have fibromyalgia and the surgery pain has been very much so heightened since the Cymbalta wore off entirely. I can't take the only medication that seems to work for me because it can't be crushed. It is for anxiety, depression and fibromyalgia pain....So this week was full of just that. Anxiety, Depression and Fibromyalgia pain. Yesterday I felt every staple, every bruise, every muscle spasm times 10. I cried, I suffered and I medicated. Last night I tried to sleep as much as possible because the pain was intense. I woke up feeling better. So far, so good. I was able to drink 4 oz of a diluted protein shake in 40 minutes. Swelling has gone down. All week I have been trying to keep hydrated but it was difficult with swelling. I started liquids on Wednesday, I was only able to handle a sip here and there. Thursday- Friday I sipped on water and water w/ crystal light. At first it took 1/2 of 1oz to make me feel full. now I can drink about 2oz in under 30 minutes and feel full.... Yesterday I was able to drink 4 oz of a protein shake in 1 hour...small sips of course. stopping when I feel full.... Today, 4 oz in 40 minutes. No gas pain, no difficulty! I feel like the hardest part is almost over and things are definitely getting easier. I feel happier and motivated. Little to no pain! Today is a good day! I'm looking forward to week 3 when I can start to have thicker liquids. Yogurt, applesauce. When all you can "eat" is clear liquids...broth that I don't and never did like, water with or without crystal light, popsicles, jello all sugar free of course... That applesauce begins looking like a ham dinner. seriously.

I had to call him up crying when I got home for him to order me tylenol with codeine. Other than that he told me to start the diluted Protein today and to hold off on the Vitamins till my post op vist june 4th. I have to take pepcid 3x daily but thats been difficult. Nothing for my gall bladder though.

OMG I hated those shots. after a couple times you get used to the initial pain of the shot.but the bruises they caused on my lower abdomen make me cringe so im trying my hardest not to look at them.

everybody is different, but for me- I am currently 5 days post op. there was a lot of pain in the beginning because of the drain they put in. so every chance I could get in the hospital I asked for pain killers. I walked in the halls, used my spirometer, did what I was supposed to do...but I slept every chance I could get. I don't know if it hurt worse because of my fibromyalgia or what...but it was not fun. they told me the pain would go away once the drain was taken out...and once it was- the pain decreased drastically. but I still feel pain where the drain was...and then the gas pain. I feel it a lot in my chest, I've been asking my mother if she could burp me like a baby haha. surprisingly though, that helped a lot! I came home from the hospital yesterday, had a mini breakdown. my surgeon only likes to prescribe liquid Tylenol for pain, which is complete BS after surgery. I had to call him up and ask for something stronger. so he gave me Tylenol with codeine. definitely isn't anything like the Dilaudid they give you in the hospital through your I.V. But eventually it works. I started sipping on liquids 2 days ago. yesterday I could only sip 1/2 of an oz every 10-20 minutes or so. there was a lot of tightness. I kept feeling full quickly, it was so weird. and it wasn't like normal stomach full... it was like a tightness in my chest and a feeling like I couldn't get anything else down. today the swelling has gone down, I was able to sip 1 oz of Water with no problem. also, around Breakfast time I was able to eat almost 2 oz of sugar-free jello! it was amazing. I stopped when I started to feel the slightest bit of tightness because i'm so nervous. I would say this time is definitely veryyy nerve wrecking. its scary getting used to having to sipping liquids and "eating." the i.v isn't there so I have been trying to make sure i'm drinking enough, and that is difficult because I haven't felt any signs of hunger or thirst... I've been going by what my tongue feels like. sounds weird but that's the only way I can tell if I need to drink. I have been trying to avoid getting to that point where my tongue is dry, because im sure that is definitely not a good thing.... but..it's just hard...you know? I want to punch every person who says this surgery is taking the easy way out. dieting and exercising is NOTHING compared to this.