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Your intestinal track is very long. Even if you aren't eating things currently, you can evacuate things that you had days ago.

@@ShelterDog64 I was super motivated to go home the day after surgery because I hate hospitals, I feel like they are death traps and my friend was going home so I needed to be discharged so she wouldn't have to change her ticket to go home. After my swallow test, I had to drink Water. I got down a 2-3 ounces of water. Then brought me a tray a couple hours later, it had broth, tea/coffee, Jello, Protein shake. I had to be able to drink at least 1/2 of the Protein Shake, and I was pissed about it because the shake had real sugar in it and the macros were complete crap, I would never buy or drink that normally. I had 2 or 3 cubes of jello, about 1/2 the broth because warm things felt better, and a couple sips of the tea or coffee, I can't remember which it was. I had walked the floor the whole entire night, annoying the nurses because I would not sleep (who can sleep in a hospital?) and I was going to the bathroom unassisted from the time they took me to my room. I would have done anything to get out of that hospital, ASAP.

Well no one posting here has died, lol. Surgery is serious, anyone can die. You can also die in your sleep, driving, etc. I decided that even if I died on the table it was better to die fast than to die slow like I was doing.

Margaritas unless you get a low carb specialty mix, have a ton of sugar. If you are going to drink, something like Vodka tonic would be better.

I honestly don't know a single person in real life that smokes weed and gets the munchies, I thought that was just on the movies. It has the opposite effect for the people I know, they are evened out, no interest in eating. I suggest searching the forum, there have been a few threads about marijuana on here and they all usually fall into hell.

@@sweetpea38 Well you have to follow a liquid diet after surgery. Did you do a liquid diet pre-op? Are you taking something for acid? A PPI like Prilosec? Are you physically or mentally hungry? Would you love to eat some broccoli? Or do you want to one specific thing? You shouldn't be physically hungry. Mentally hungry, yeah, its hard with nothing to chew for days on end.

Water. Seriously water. If you can get into mindlessly drinking water when everyone else is stuffing their face, you can really win at this.

Sounds like you're speaking from experience Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App I had the smallest sip of communion wine without thinking at like week 4 or 6 or something and it felt terrible. And that is diluted. I can't even imagine what Vodka would feel like. I dumped one time, not alcohol related and it was the worst feeling in the world for hours. It was like an after-school special.

@@Alfred Day I live alone. My best friend flew from the coast the day before surgery and left 2 days after. Surgery on Wed, home on Thursday, friend left first thing in the morning on Friday. I was alone the whole time after that. I think being single and living alone is a massive advantage in this process. There are tons of posts of people whining about their family, co-workers, and partners. Less drama, less stress, the better. You don't have to worry about anyone else and their feelings. You have complete control over the food in your house, and you don't have other people projecting their feelings onto you. I have it even better because not only do I live alone, I also work alone from home. No nosy fake caring co-workers to deal with. My friend drive me to and from the hospital and picked up my pain meds from the pharmacy. I stopped taking the pain meds after my first night at home because the narcotics were causing more pain than they solved. The biggest mistake I made relating to living alone was stocking up on a bunch of stuff thinking I wouldn't be able to leave the house. Most of that stuff went to waste. I was driving on Saturday after surgery. Enjoy being single, it can be a gift in a situation like this. I missed this was male only, but there aren't many really single people around here so I think my advice still stands. Didn't mean to thread into male land.

Have one, you won't like it. It will feel like swallowing liquid fire. It would also really suck to dump at a wedding, and look like a heroin addict. But hey, #yolo, enjoy.

I used this https://amzn.com/B000GBI6K4 with a lot of various broths and premier Protein. Do yourself a favor and get samples and try a few different things to get somthing you LOVE before surgery, if not you are going to be miserable post op, when that is your whole life for a couple weeks.

Yes and no. First a lot of these articles and studies against artificial sweeteners are sponsored by the sugar companies, so you have to be careful. Artificial sweeteners depending on what type they are can trigger your brain to react just like you are having sugar. Fruit can also do the same thing. I use stevia and I don't have that type of reaction but I only use liquid stevia, a certain brand and from the health food store. Anything that is granular has bulking agents and other things to make it granular and that adds carbs even if they don't accurately add carbs to the carb count. It is best to just limit your consumption of anything that isn't real. I hate crystal light, can't stand the taste, but I don't think a glass or 2 a day is going to hurt you.

@@kimini Leading by example is your best option. If your Dad sees you doing the right thing he might join in, but I feel like talking to him might make him dig his heels in more, you know him and we don't so that might not be the case. Your brother *sigh* is that WLS patient that gives WLS a bad name. One of the reasons I was so against WLS for a long time. I had never met a WLS patient that actually ate healthy, they always ate crap, and still lost weight or were sick all the time, so what was the point.

@@Browneyedgirl41 I took the Vitamins that came for free with my B-12 nose spray (see if you can get that from your Dr and Insurance) Then I switched to just the vitamins I took pre-op and added a sublingual B-12 from Sam's Club. My labs are fine. I can't stand chewables, they are disgusting. I don't like sweets, I hate cherry. Taking chewables was a certain type of hell. If I had it to do all over again, I would have never taken the chewables, I have no issues swallowing pills and I took all my other meds until I didn't need them anymore, and I could have just kept taking the vitamins I took pre-op.

Insurance companies are getting hip to this tactic and a lot of them are going out of their way to make sure it doesn't happen, some even view it as fraud. More than a few people have posted about it lately. And people self pay all the time on here. In Mexico and the US. A few of the most vocal long time members that post here were all self pay, I can name 3 off the top of my head that are vets and self paid. There are more long term successful people that self pay than people that had insurance, and that just speaks to motivation. @@hudjess Honestly for what you spend out of pocket on co-pays and co-insurance, you can just self pay in Mexico for about the same amount, and when you add in that you don't have to waste a lot of time, on visits, you really come out ahead.

It is pointless. It is like trying to make a junkie go clean before they want to. I understand it is your Dad and you have to try, but it is a waste of time. Nothing is going to change his mind except him.

@@Hadenough2 I eat sausage, but I just started within the past 2 or 3 months. I had to find a way to increase my calories and I needed the fat and variety in my diet. I lost most of my weight so far just eating fish and seafood but I added pork in because it is economical and adds variety. I dont really watch my fat intake other than to keep it high enough, and I keep my carbs low. I eat more of a keto diet, which isn't that common among WLS patients. So you have to choose for yourself.

If you don't have broth, get some or make some. Just sweet Protein shakes will drive you nuts. If you have to eat something just lean meat won't kill you. Carbs are not going to help with shrinking your liver. The last day obviously you have to do exactly as told. More protein is going to satisfy your cravings and stop you from being so hungry, 50 grams really is not enough.

Your positive attitude is really an inspiration.

The writing is terrible (like they purposely wrote it as obtuse as possible to try and keep you on the site long enough to click on advertising) but the information once you can pick it out, is sound. I focused on being healthy, eating healthy and living a healthy lifestyle over losing weight the whole time. It has made it easier to feel like this is a way of life and not a diet or a temporary thing. I have made peace with the fact I will have to track my food for the rest of my life, and I am cool with it. I post here to stay connected to my WLS and to try and help other people. IRL I try to avoid talking about weight loss and exercise because most people aren't really into the hard work, and I can't hide rolling my eyes in real life.

BCBSIL doesn't have a 6 month wait. Switch Drs, I wouldn't trust them. They are just trying to suck money out of insurance. Having you run back and forth for 6 months before surgery is more money for them.

@@rolosmom7 Your stomach empties as soon as things enter it, the opening at the bottom of your stomach opens. You can see this on a live swallow test. Dense Protein takes longer to move through your stomach but things that are not dense and are sliders, move right on through. If you push them through with liquids, you can eat as much as you want. Long term a sleeve or bypass won't save you from over eating, only you can do that.

@@fancypants11578 The amount of time you can't have things is really short. People focus on that, but really that is just the first 6 months. I had a filet on Sunday, and lobster, took me a while, and I didn't have any sides but it was delicious. I didn't drink alcohol before surgery and I still don't no desire.

@@proudgrammy I am glad things are working out for you! You deserve it! Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Benefiber made things worse for me instead of better. It was basically impossible to drink enough Water to make it work. (which seems like it has to be a gallon) I still have the bottle I purchased after surgery sitting on the shelf. I should toss it. I used Colace.