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Surgery on Aug 13 (yes, Friday the 13th) went well. I was released from the hospital on Sunday morning and return to work on Mon. 8/30. Incisions are all healing super quickly. Feeling tired and sometimes bothered by acid reflux. Have to eat so often it wears me out. Try to make what I eat nutritious since can eat so little at once--about 2 Tbsp. Am bothered by back pain but Aleve works. Here are some things I learned within the last 2 weeks that you may find helpful:
1. Don't go out and buy clothes for the hospital. You will live in a hospital gown and you won't care. Bring some bedroom shoes.
2. Never, ever let them put the iv into your right arm. You'll need that arm to wipe your butt.
3. Don't splurge on a "last supper" the day before surgery. You may get diarrhea.
4. I'm gagging on the protien replacement meals. Get some unflavored so you can mix it in something you like. I can't take anything sweet without feeling sick. But NEVER skip the protien. Your body can only absorb 30g at a time, and too much protien can cause negative health issues. Do 30g at least 2x daily.
5. The Walmart brand Gummie Bear Vitamins are cheap and taste good. Take 2 instead of one.
6. Hang a calendar on the back of the bathroom door to write your weight on. I have lost 12 lb. in 2 weeks. The daily weigh-in frustrates me, so after Sunday, I will weigh once a week on Sundays.
7. Get a hand held calorie counter (electronic) or a food counter book. Keep a food and exercise diary. Your doctor will love you for it.
8. If you go to bed to watch tv before falling asleep, don't eat anything in your bedroom. Caused on of the worst cases of acid reflux I ever had.
8. The first week, never trust a fart. Always go to the bathroom to release it in the toilet or you may ruin your clothes.
9. The second week, you may need a gentle laxative.
10. Surgery pain was so minimal that they took away the morphine the second day because I didn't use it.
11. Keep in mind that your weight loss is going to be rapid at first but it will take time to see a difference in yourself. If you lose 2 lb. a week, that's 104 lb. lost by next August.

Surgery on Aug 13 (yes, Friday the 13th) went well. I was released from the hospital on Sunday morning and return to work on Mon. 8/30. Incisions are all healing super quickly. Feeling tired and sometimes bothered by acid reflux. Have to eat so often it wears me out. Try to make what I eat nutritious since can eat so little at once--about 2 Tbsp. Am bothered by back pain but Aleve works. Here are some things I learned within the last 2 weeks that you may find helpful:
1. Don't go out and buy clothes for the hospital. You will live in a hospital gown and you won't care. Bring some bedroom shoes.
2. Never, ever let them put the iv into your right arm. You'll need that arm to wipe your butt.
3. Don't splurge on a "last supper" the day before surgery. You may get diarrhea.
4. I'm gagging on the protien replacement meals. Get some unflavored so you can mix it in something you like. I can't take anything sweet without feeling sick. But NEVER skip the protien. Your body can only absorb 30g at a time, and too much protien can cause negative health issues. Do 30g at least 2x daily.
5. The Walmart brand Gummie Bear Vitamins are cheap and taste good. Take 2 instead of one.
6. Hang a calendar on the back of the bathroom door to write your weight on. I have lost 12 lb. in 2 weeks. The daily weigh-in frustrates me, so after Sunday, I will weigh once a week on Sundays.
7. Get a hand held calorie counter (electronic) or a food counter book. Keep a food and exercise diary. Your doctor will love you for it.
8. If you go to bed to watch tv before falling asleep, don't eat anything in your bedroom. Caused on of the worst cases of acid reflux I ever had.
8. The first week, never trust a fart. Always go to the bathroom to release it in the toilet or you may ruin your clothes.
9. The second week, you may need a gentle laxative.
10. Surgery pain was so minimal that they took away the morphine the second day because I didn't use it.
11. Keep in mind that your weight loss is going to be rapid at first but it will take time to see a difference in yourself. If you lose 2 lb. a week, that's 104 lb. lost by next August.