MIMamaof2

It was 74 degrees in my office today and I was wearing a fleece jacket today. Add me to the always cold club.

Around 4 weeks. I hurt my elbow 1 month (to the day) from my surgery. I couldn't sleep on my stomach with the elbow injury, so I went 8 weeks sleeping on my back. The minute I could sleep on my stomach/side I was back that way!!!

Did you day your Mirena fell out? OMG I have one too......Noooooo

Yep, I pulled a tampon out and along with it came my Mirena! At least my bleeding stopped the next day!!! :-) It hurt like a son of a gun when it came out!! If you're bleeding for weeks on end, make sure your Mirena is in place!!!

I made Easter dinner. There was ham and green Beans (which I can eat both), cheesy potatoes and crecent rolls. Dh's grandma looked at both of us funny. Dh admitted to her that I had surgery and passed off his eating as being on a special diet diet on doctor's orders (he had a revision in December).

My mom made a banana cake. Dh and I shared a tiny piece and didn't even finish it.

ProtiDiet makes a clear liquid Protein "juice". I love the cranberry tea, blue raspberry, and Kiwi Melon.

I'm not allowed carbs yet, so I have some carb free ideas.

Shrimp cocktail (very high in protein)

Refried Beans with taco sauce and covered in cheese--I also add a little taco meat, but you don't have to

Boiled eggs made into egg salad

chili (can make meat free but I noticed that the meat is soft if you crockpot all day)

Cottage cheese with fruit (I love with cour apple, cinnamon and a packet of splenda)

Greek yogurt with Kashi Go Lean Cereal

I bled for 8 weeks post-op. It stopped last week. Of course I had called my surgeon and been told it happens. I also called me OB/GYN and scheduled an appt. The first time I could get in was this week. It stopped as soon as I scheduled an appt with my OB/GYN. It's been gone almost a week. I'm loving NOT bleeding! LOL

During all this bleeding, my Mirena fell OUT! 1 day later the bleeding stopped. I wonder if the combination of the hormones from surgery and hormones from the Mirena were causing the bleeding.

Yes Dr.Gluck is doing my surgery. I am now 6 days away from surgery. Thanks Sarah and Carol for sharing your experiences with Dr.Gluck. I am so excited but can't believe it's almost here. I am dropping weight like crazy on this liquid diet. I've lost 13 lbs. in a week! For a split second I asked myself if I can lose weight like this do I need the surgery? Then reality set in that I would never be able to do this if surgery wasn't making me do this liquid diet. I do have a pretty strenuous job though so I'm wondering how long I will be off of work? I've heard a lot of mixed answers regarding that. Thanks for everything!

Dr Gluck is awesome!!! I had my sleeve done the day before Sarah! :-) My husband has been a patient of Dr. Gluck's for the last 8 1/2 years. Dr Gluck will take you off work 4-6 weeks if you have a strenuous job. I've heard of corrections officers going back in 2-3 weeks IF they can guarantee they won't have inmate contact.

At this point it's more about allowing your stomach to heal than it is what feels okay. I would hate to have you tear something because you are "sneaking" the wrong foods. Please be careful!

My surgeon and NUT allows Decaf. We've been doing Biggby, Tim Hortons or Dunkin Donuts decaf. They all taste great.

If you're struggling that much, I'd call your surgeon! it takes time to heal. Allow your body to do so. If you don't listen to it, healing will be that much harder.

I'm 8 weeks and tuna doesn't set well with me. It never has. What have you tried? For the first few weeks I lived on sandwich meat with cream cheese, cheese sticks and shrimp. They set the best. I'm happy to be past that stage. I ate steak last night. It was GREAT, but I still can't stomach tuna.

My surgeon allows it at 8 weeks. I had a small amount of salad last night. It was delicious!!!

I've tried to curb my moodiness since surgery. It bugs me that my thighs and huge butt are not departing as much as my abdomen and boobs. Also, having an 8 week period (YES, 8 weeks) really sucked!!! I was told it was the release of hormones that caused it. My poor husband has been suffering since my surgery.

I plan to eat ham, green Beans and deviled eggs. :-) I eat sandwich meat ham all the time. I love it!

Are you making your shakes with milk? I was lactose intolerant right after surgery. It took me a week to figure it out. shakes with milk and yogurt made me want to hurl.

I'm supposed to get 70 grams of Protein now. I was at 60 but had low Protein levels. At 2 weeks I didn't have a problem because I was on ALL liquids. It's more of a challenge while eating foods.

I asked quite often why the heck I did this early on. My surgeon puts EVERYONE on an acid reducer for the first 3 months post op. I've never been on acid reflux meds in my life. Did they give you Zofran? That helped early on for me.

Things will get better!

My energy levels were super low. I was receiving long term disability payments and my surgeon recommended 4-6 weeks. I ended up taking 6. By the time I went back to work, I was walking the dog, cleaning the house and feeling pretty normal, without naps.

LOL. I realized a couple weeks ago that I don't remember ANYTHING btween being wheeled down the hall to surgery and then being wheeled into my room. NOTHING.

Yogurt is a slider. You can fit more in quicker than solid foods. Don't worry! You'll see it when you eat something more solid.

My husband prefers crunchy Cereal bar type. He likes ProtiDiet, some from Aldi's and Power Crunch. He didn't like the Quest Bars because they are chewy. I like the chewy bar.

I started eating cocktail shrimp at about 4 weeks. I do eat a lot of Beans and cheese with taco sauce and a little bit of taco meat. It's really satisfying for me. :-)

My portion sizes have been all over the place. Some days I can eat a lot more than others. Today I'm not hungry, so I ended up drinking a Protein shake for lunch. I'm exhausted (kids up all night) and food didn't sound good at all.

I can count how many days in the last 8 weeks I haven't had bleeding. My Mirena CAME OUT today. I think it's becasue of all the bleeding. I'm hoping this curbs my bleeding.

I've lost almost 50 lbs. I was in a tight 24. I'm now in a 22. I have 2 pairs of 22's that are still too tight. My shirts went from a 2XL t-shirt to a XL. It feels like by pant size should be smaller. I loset 60 lbs on WW at one time (9 months) and went from a 24 to a 20. I know eventually I'll wear smaller pants, but for now it's tough realizing that my butt isn't shrinking like I would like.