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are you able to cook w the sazon/adobo ingredients? do you still have pastellios, tostones and stuff once in a while?

I was like u.. Received an approval quickly with no pre op diet. Feeling scared is normal.. Just keep yourself busy.. Time will flyby and before u know it.U r on your way to getting healthy. Keep us in the loop as to your progress. This site will give u motivation and recommendations on certain aspects of your journey.
Congrats

Burning pain, mixed with hunger - could be excess acid. Take a PPI.
As for eating - I can't see why, after you've replaced some of your fluids and you've relaxed a bit, you can't eat something very smooth like Soup? As long as you stay away from the really lumpy stuff and have it little and often, you should be fine.
Best to avoid regular up=chucking.

Thanks for the tip! I am 4 days out and having trouble with a sipping schedule, definitely.

Hello everyone I had my sleeve done on 2/4/14, After about 3 weeks i noticed i was not getting enough liquids. I felt like it took forever to drink and I was barely getting 6 cups of Fluid in, and doctor recommended 7-8.
I see a therapyst who is helping me deal with all of this. I brought this up and she gave me a great tip, and its working really well. She said:
Take small sips, when you feel thirsty the first time take one small sip
The next time you are thirsty take 2 small sips
Then 3
Then 4 and so on until you feel full.
Make sure they are small sips, and this way you will be able to recognize when you are full, with out pain, and will be able to get more fluid in.
This was so helpful, i had to write to all to let you know. If it helped me I hope it can help others.
Good luck to all, we are all amazing for doing this.
-IzzyBelle

This is the first time posting any pics. I am a couple days shy of 2 mos post op. Down 46lbs.

This is me, 7 months post-op..79lbs lost

I remember being pre-op and my favorite thing to do was look at progress photos and dream
I am 6 months, 10 days post op and I am down 128 pounds total. This isnt a very great pic since I have been sick, but i still took it because anything is better than my before!!

I was on Clear Liquids for one day...until my leak test. Then they put me on full liquids. I'm supposed to be on them for two weeks, and have 6 days left before I get to move to pureed foods. I talked to my nutritionist today, and she told me I could have stuff like grits with butter, or mashed potatoes as long as they were watery enough to go through a straw (but not to use a straw). She also made a suggestion that I found wonderful....tried it tonight. It was a half a cup of refried Beans, with a little cheese, melted, and I used chicken broth to make it smooth enough to fit in a straw. I also put just a little mayo in it and a little salt. It was wonderful. She said I could also add unflavored Protein to it to boost the Protein level. I can't wait until I can have stuff like scrambled eggs, but now I think I can do this.
I haven't had any nausea, and not much pain, but I am a little scared right now to overdo drinking Water or eating anything over a couple of ounces. I usually take a long time to eat, even the full liquids. I've lost about 16 pounds so far, and I am feeling pretty tired at work. I think I should have taken more time off....

I felt the exact same way. I'm a month out and only had to be on Clear Liquids for a week, and IT SUCKED. I begged my surgeon to switch to full liquids a day early. To this day I cannot stomach the smell of chicken broth.
But I promise you, as you advance your diet stages, you'll realize how awesome the journey was. And you'll become best friends with the scale!

It's day 7 for me and it's rough but it will get better. I keep having pains in my stomach but I think it is more gas and indigestion rather than hunger. I have been eating cream of chicken Soup that I have run through my mini-blender and am trying to cram in as much Protein of any kind when I can and that is suppose to curb any hunger. Also what I remember the doctors and reading told me that they cut out the part of the stomach that generates a hunger hormone. You can do it. Good luck.

All pretty normal. I lived on wonton Soup broth fron my fav Chinese restaurant. My hunger never did go away do I lived for each weekly appt with my nut so I could eat. I found the surgery very painful and the first few weeks sucked. But I lost 123lbs in 10 months and am now on maintenance. It was sooo worth it! Feel better and hang in there.

I havent found many CT sleevers on here. A few and they have been wonderful to me. I find that the support groups are few and far between and would love to develop something more!