desertmom

hallo, Protein powders dont work for me yet. Why can I not cook and liquidize something like salmon to get at least some of my daily Proteins? 3oz have 20grams of protein.6oz is 40g.and liquidized and STRAINED with 7oz of broth it is your food and your protien for the day.less to drink,less time to get it in. Am I nuts to want to do this? xxo

Hi,I live in Dubai and the stuff we can find here is quite limited.Unjury is not available. I was thinking.Why cant I liquidize something like salmon (20g Protein per 3oz) and drink that with some broth as a Soup?It would be easier to get the protein in that way as it is the food as well.Since yeasterday I was worried as I can drink a whole 200 ml cup of very liquid soup in about 20 minuteS which I dont know is it to much or what. My dr's plan says stuff ust now have the consistency of a smooth past without any food pieces in it. I can do protein the natural way if allowed.I am only seeing the dr on saturday...maybe the nutritioniast as well but that is still too long. Anyone out there know if this is doable at all? Thanks

hi, whey Protein which is lactose free and all milk gives me the craziest reaction.I start with a headache like a stress headache radiating from my shoulders to my eyes,then I get unbelievably tired as if I havent slept for weeks and I just feel sick.This really lasts for at least 2-3 hours. My conclution is that any milk related product gives me the &@£$¥€#. (dont know what to call it...lol) Which protein other kind of protein can I use instead of this?Should I try soy protein? Thanks for the help ..again!

Hi,I know it is already tomorrow so you might be feeling a little better again. Yesterday was also 1 week for me and on and off I am full of aches and paina ( different ones all the time) and at times I am super tired. Unlike you I cannot stomach the Protein drinks.You are doing great with that.Try a little more fluids and rest when you feel weak...go for a nap,it might just really change how you feel. It will still take a while to feel like our new old selves...LOL xxo

Hi,thanks for the input.It does feel like it is in my left kidney area and close to my left incision.It started after I had one of my Protein drink induced headaches.I went back to bed today for first time after surgery to have a nap.When I got up I had this pain. Can certainly be normal recovery. xxo

This morning I was feeling great.At 11::00 I started having this pain in my left side that is in the front and in my back. Nothing is helping for this to go away.I have walked,sat,slept drank,stayed dry...nothing is helping. What one earth can this be?

Oooo great weight loss!

Venting is good! For me it is so good to see I am not the only with these feelings. xxo

Hi I think you need to just relax and take your time to get better.I was sleeved on the 13th and I have good hours in every day ( wanted to say good days but maybe all's good for 7 hours and then just like that,I drink some Soup or something and feel as sick as a dog.So good hours is good enough for now) I am trying to not do to much every day.Out for only a few hours at a time.As for the rest I sit in my arm chair with my ottoman and I just take it easy.Am up and down the stairs all day ( to the kitchen,for the kids ect) but other than that I am recovering....AND IT IS OK! Healing will happen,all in good time. xxo

First I just want to say that my silly Ipad does not allw me to comment on the comments...I will sort this out as I really want to be able to thank evdryone for the encouragement! As for today.2 days ago I changed my PPI to Nexium as I know it works for me....and it does!I also got some disflatel ( like gasX) and one Tumm per day,cut into tiny pieces,Every time I get that slighty hot feeling I take a tiny little piece of the tumm and well,it sorts it out.And every time I get that tight feeling after a sip or my back start aching so bad,I take a disflatel and voila,I had a fabulous day! Could even drive my little kid home from gymnastics. I still havent lost more weight but my little and me have decided I will loose 10 pounds overnight,just like that..lol I am not drinking any artificial sweetners as of today.It doesnt help for the acid and it also doesnt make the swallowing easier.So I am using a little honey in my tea and let me tell you,its going down a whole lot easier. I also made a soup with 5 oz sweetpotato and 2 carrots and some stock and it was so good that my I had to wressle my 10 year old when she just wanted to finish it.That was the 5 half cupmeals for the day.The protein thingy is still not working and I will have to work on it. All in all a great day. One thing,I woke up at 4:00 this morningwith the biggest thirst possible.And of course I couldnt just chug down a bottle of water...by the time the thirst was quenched,it was 6:00 am and time to get up.This is a problem and I dont really know what to do.This thirst was right into my tummy and I had to sit and sip and sip and sip.....will have to make a plan with this. NOW THE WEIGHT MUST JUST START DROPPING TO REALLY MAKE ALL THIS WORTH IT. Onto day 7

Hallo I think I am one day ahead of you and I havent lost any weight either.I cannot do Protein because I get so gassy and full of pain,head ache ect. Now I get on the scale every day and well,I smile....WE WILL LOSE WEIGHT.When the others enter there first stall we will lose every day. Good luck. xxo

Ok,give me back my stomach.I can do fat,I know how to do fat....its this sleeve I know nothing about!

Today was a little more difficult for me as far as the drinking was concerned....I WANT TO EAT! There,I've said it! Now,I will let it go! I am constantly worried about calories.Being onw of the only people who still havent lost weight at 5 dys post op I am questioning myself seriously even though I know that is crazy! Drinks for the day: 3 cups of clear beef soup.It has about 50 calories in each cup I think. 1 scoop isopure protein 110 calories A small little bit of sf puding in liquids generously 70 cals Then I had about 100 ml skim milk...dont know how much say 45 cals And as an encore I had a mushroom liquid cup-a-soup for dinner 70 cals Only about 30g of protein though. That is a whole lot...almost 500 for day 5. My goodness. Part of the issue is that I add something to all water as I have a real hard time drinking water.So I am sipping something all the time but it is not just water. What is going to happen to me?Am I going to out eat this sleeve right from the start?How will I do when I get to eat? I am so full of doubt and then I really struggle to understand the instructions for This pureed phase. It says: half cup per meal 6 meals per day 30 minutes per meal Water,broth,fat free milk,fat free gravy ( whatever that might be) PUREED POTATO AND PUTEED VEGETABLES. Two weeks long,food must have consistency of a smooth paste or a thick liquid.add spicey or dairy slowly and in small amounts. I am really stupid and will have to look up which veg will go down well.I will start cooking fresh though as my tumm never liked instant anything,even before. Will also consult a friend that had the surgery the 28th of Feb. About what she ate.Lucky girl is now on stage 3 with soft solid foods. Just hope the next week passes quickly and I can start to drive my car ( dont know when I can) Stitches comes out next Saturday! O well,another day another whatever..LOL

Hi,ok so I had a lapband before,with complications.Taste of things does not matter and I have learned to do what I have to.Since yesterday I have tried to mix the Isopure whey isolate into about 500 ml of Water....it is like water with a drop of milk really. The thing is I do not add any milk and it still gives me a huge amount of gas that just rumbles around in my insides.I get a tightness around my ribcage which I suppose might be gas inside my tummy and I get the phlem in the back of my throat that tells me it is gas.O,and a very fluffy feeling on the back of my tongue that drives me nuts. Ultimately even though I can drink just fine maybe the tummy is not ok enough to tolerate the Protein yet. I will wait another day and try again.Until I suppose at some point it will just be fine. thanks for the info. xxo

hi My dr doesnt worry about Protein for the first month.That doesnt sit right with me at all as I know our bodies need the Proteins.Usually when people up their proteins to the 60g minimum we need,they lose weight faster anyhow. Please tell me on day what did you start taking protein after the surgery? Thanks for all the smart advice that always pours in.It is so difficult to be completely objective about stuff at this point. xxo

One last thing for this day. I follow a what have you eaten today threat on another forum and I must confess when I see the following I think they are lying....I am not saying they are lying,I am saying I think they are lying.I hope,hehe. B: fatfree actimel. L: 1 saltine cracker and 1teaspoon phili D: beef-the size of a grape and quarter of a very small baby potato This is at 3 months out and a sample only...not directed at a person,just an eg. This is when I freak out at how little one can really eat and how on earth I am going to get mymind around that.I never had that kind of restriction with the band.Mostly it was all or nothing,like everything else in my life..lol xxo

Ok,so it is 22:00 now and I realize I am and have been all over the place trying to diagnose and fix the way I feel. 1.I have acid even though I am taking a PPI. 2.My brearhing is difficult most of the time even though it is not like asthma..just breathing with difficulty.I dont lie down or rest during the day and slept sitting up for max 5 hours a night before. 3.I know the tightness around my ribcage and pain in the back can be because of the acid.My left incision is slightly painful tonight. 4. Protein drink does not sit well at all....gas,pain,bloating. 5.the stomach is RUMBLING LIKE NEVER BEFORE especially on the left side where the left incision and drain was. But all this can be normal.It is all the darn lucky people that says I dont even know I had the surgery,I went back to work day 5 that makes me so paranoid...LOL With the band I had 1. The acid 2. The back pain 3. The rumbling tummy 4. The breathing issue. ..but only briefly So I suppose this is just normal healing and a tummy that is angry and tryinq to cope with what I did to it. And I will try to relax and endure this for a few more days....because this will get better very soon.Ok,upwards and onwards Christian soldiers.Tomorrow is another day. xxo Ps.a warm bath helps every time....I have been doing this at least 2 or 3 times every day...it helps for all the symptoms but the acid,which will be gone before I know it..hehehe!

I had it too,your stomach is most likely still swollen.It might change quickly or slowly.Tiny sips.I had to do a visual of how much 1 oz is.And then drink it in 18 minutes...salty warm stuff goes down easier,like broth.Put a little in your mouth then let is kind of trickle around your in your mouth,over your teeth and then swallow.(like you would swallow your saliva)..it is such an insignificant amount it doesnt hurt.Oh,and the only things that goes down even almost ok is a bit of diluted broth and strangely enough some tea with a bit of milk.I also cannot drink Water as it causes a lot of acid. Be patient,try different things.I think I am now telling myself this as I am still struggling just like you.Hope you feel better soon.If not,go to that dr to be checked out.Better safe than sorry. xxo

hi Thanks for posting this.I had my first Protein drink yesterday..only a tiny bit and my goodness the feeling was terrible...feels like a tightness around my ribcage,gas in my insides and pain like gas or something...I thought it was just because it was the first time.Today I really had only 2 sips before it started again.I cannot do this.It is now 40 minutes later and I still feel this.I dont have diaree though. What is this and now how to do the Proteins? xxo

hi, Ok so all of you at least had some weight loss to get to a stall.I last had food on the morning of the 12th and surgery on the 13th came out of hospital almost 10 pounds heavier and am not even back at the pre-op weight yet. Tamou37,how much have you lost until you stalled? (since surgery) dont worry when we are better we will go walk and then we are going to rock this sleeve. xxo

hi,I wrote a very similar post 2 days ago and I wanted to just not have this uncertainty about ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING.I couldnt drink,was so dry my lips were chapped,had pain,thought that it would never change.Then I got up in the middle of the night after day 2 went and sat in a bath of hot Water with my backside and bottom (my stomach is high enough to keep out of the water..lol) and after that for some reason I could drink a whole lot more...just like that.Had a great day yesterday and then today a not so great day but I know it is getting better all the time.I can certainly drink more now than a few of the women that posted on this post.I tried Protein shake today..quarter strength with 150ml (5 oz) of water and boy did it give me gas and did I feel tight in my chest after only a few sips...You live,you learn is now my motto. This does get better.It does.Just sit and relax and sip little bits at a time.Warm stuff did go down better than cold stuff and salty (broth) better than sweet. Good luck and keep posting.It is so amazing to see how everyone experience this different.As for the lady that went to work after 4 days,you must be a lot stronger or a lot younger or a lot braver than me..I admire that and envy you your easy recovery. xxo

So,I actually slept quite well for about 5 hours,which is a lot for me anyway.Woke up feeling not to well.Nothing specific but nevertheless....I have a little bit of pain and tightness in my stomach area all the time. Now,I think I may have been a bit busy yesterday.I went for a walk with my restless friends(who said we would just walk a block and then kept on saying there is a bench just around the corner) and climbed the stairs of my house too many times. The PPI I am taking does not last 24 hours.I am taking it in the morning as that is when they started me on it in hospital but will have to change it to the evening at some point.I wake up in the morning with a very terrible taste in the mouth and breathing as if I have reflux. The drinking was ok.I need protein and I can feel it.But I cannot take anything that is even slightly acidic as it causes acid so even the Isopure premade drinks are out.I am not sure which protein to take.I read about unjury and nectar and wish that I was in the US or UK ,we just do not have the products to make life easier at the moment.Like the sugarfree popcicles.I am even trying to find a non acid forming sugar free drink that I can make ice cubes with but alas...havent found any yet.The sugarfree jello did give me heartburn when I had the band and I am scared to eat that,even though that would be so great to just pretend to be eating. Today I had 2 big cups of tea (my friend make me these big cups that have to be reheated all the time as they cool down way to fast to finish...LOL) 2 cups of chicken broth mixed with a lot of water, a actual popcicle with 12 carbs,high I know but I really needed something else and now I am busy drinking a protein drink with another 8 carbs.The total volume of drinks is about 1200ml (40 ounces I think)but I will try to do more for the day as there is quite a few hours left. We went to the mall to see if I could find a protein drink.I found a protein shot called six star pro nutrition energy shot but unfortunately it had caffeine in it,and quite a bit too.I will drink this somewhere in the future as I actually bought a few of them. So all in all a frustrating day as I really would like some sugarfree popcicles,and some protein drink that would go down well and something different to drink.Looking at the dr's program I am day 5 tomorrow and am allowed to go onto liquids from clear liquids and at the bottom it says "puree vegetables,puree potato and low fat labneh" .This makes me believe I can start having soups tomorrow.For now I will still do soups that do not have solids but like mushroom soup seems to be fine. Now,as far as the weights concerned I have decided to just keep saying I expect a BIG loss at some point.Seeing as I am not allowed to obsess about the scale I started using some ketostix I had in the house and man,no low carb diet have ever given me the amount of ketones in my urine the way I have now....and that is exciting (not obsessing, am I?lol) I expect this week to be a lot better and I expect to feel a lot better.See,the power of positive thinking. xxo

hi.I added 600ml to my fluids and the headache left. Thanks for the input,you really helped me a lot. xxo

In 2004 I had the lapband done and suffered with it for 7 years before I had it removed.I lost weight gained weight,found with therapy what I thought was normal...lost that again and regained it all back. After having the band out in 2011 it took a while to get brave enough to do the sleeve.With the bad experience I had with the band I never really thought I would actually do the sleeve. The thing was that diet and not dieting took up all my mental energy for way too long.I have been thoroughly stuck for the past few years.It was just time to get unstuck and the sleeve seemed to be the only to do it. The surgery was done on the 13th of March and today is the 17th,day 3 after surgery. Today I have been drinking tea with milk,chicken broth,consomme,yakult light and hot water.It all goes down great.The only thing I cannot drink is any kind of juice.It falls hard into my stomache and I realized that it makes acid as my chest tightens and I struggle for a while to get it to open every time I had some.I must confess the yakult (drinking yogurt) did the same just now...maybe I will just give this a pass for another day or two. The only Thing I am not sure about today is the headache that keeps coming back every 6 hours.I am drinking enough,have slept enough not done too much today....just not sure why Im getting this terrible headache. O,one more thing.Every time the dr stops my blood pressure meds before surgery I come out of the hospital at least 5kg's heavier...10 pounds...(the tablet have a very powerful diuretic in it) And this time is no different.My weight is not even back to what it was before surgery so I have to be patient and wait until I can start drinking it again,which seems to be a week after surgery. This sleeve is really going to be a prosess of changing my habits and make me more patient...as I have decided to learn to go with the flow and to not sweat the small stuff so much anymore. Cant wait to see what the next few days bring. xxo

I am doing this blog so that when newly sleeved patients ask me questions some time in the future when I have forgotten all the details,I can use this as a reference. Us humans have the amazing ability to remember things,lets say in a more positive way,rather than the way they actually happened.I have found this a few times this week when asking some questions.Somehow we either make things worse than they were or so much easier/better than they were.The drama queens make them worse and the "can do's" makes everything seem so much easier/better than they were. This will be a true reflexion of what I experienced and experience as time goes by.Another thing that I will try to do is update every now and then....long after the prosess of losing the weight is over...also so that people who is doing research can see how Im doing years into the future...good intentions right?LOL Having surgery is always hard for me.Either the aneasthetics makes me nauseas or the pain meds does.I had pethidine when I came out of surgery and that caused some of the most agonizing moments of theday...the dry heaving was terrible.Moment number one when all I wanted was to undo what I've done to myself...and I couldnt.The rest of that day and night passed like a nightmare..but it passed. The next morning at 11 they took me to the x-ray dept for the fluro leak test.Number two moment I wanted to just go back a few days....and couldnt.It was just one big swallow of fluro (unbelievably bitter) that I had to take..and it fell like a lump of clay going down a few centimetres down my throat and got stuck....they kept on saying swallow,swallow,swallow....and the next moment some of it just came back up.The radiologist then said to wait as it was delayed...whatever that meant.I waited for 15 minutes and had to go back for another x-ray....we repeated that about 3 times till they said,yes,its moving....you can go.So result: delayed but normal,again,who knows what that meant. So now they told me to start sipping....and the nightmare started.I was very nauseous since surgery but the drinking just made it worse.the pain was crazy whenever I tried to swallow anything.And that is the way day 2 passed as well. At this point I started thinking that this is it...as good as its going to get because this dr cut off too much of my stomach or I am one of the unlucky people with some crazy complication and my life was ruined...hehehe!It is really scary when things just dont live up to ones expectations and you dont know if the way things are happening is exceptable for where you are at that moment.And no one seems to be clear about things at all. I was discharged on day 3 thinking my life is over...and battled all day to swallow even a few sips of hot water. And then,in themiddle of the night,after I slept for a few hours,everything changed.All of a sudden I could swallow and drink.The pain disappeared and I could drink.