Seerae3

I can relate to what you said.
I am tired of my back hurting all the time.
Tired of my knees hurting.
Tired of feeling like **** all the time.
Tired of being so immobile.
Tired of my clothes not fitting.
I am wearing a size 6XL shirt and waist size 54 pants, that is f*cking absurd.
I have surgery in 21 days.

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I had RNY. I could have gone back after a week or so if I had a sedentary job. I work in a hospital so it's lots of walking and standing. I went back after two weeks. I was totally fine. I was getting bored at home.

I just got back from my preop appt. I told the surgeon and he said not to worry- just do my best. So, that's good.

Called BCBS FEP and they said I'm approved!!! Ahhhhh!!!!! Yay!!!!!!
Now.... just waiting for my surgeons office to schedule me

Im taking 2 weeks for sure maybe 3 depending on how I feel. Im an adolescent therapist.

I work in a busy med surg floor and do heavy lifting and they do not allow you to come back light duty. I was off 6 weeks but was scheduled for my vacation week the week I would return do technically 7 weeks off. I felt great by then. I went to Florida for my vacation week and felt really good by then. I told them if they could let me do secretary I could come back sooner but they can't change your pay rate and will not let nurses do secretary unless they also have a team of patients. But by 6 weeks I was better than when I left. I also had my eating and drinking routine pretty well down pat by then.

I had no idea Vitamins came in Patches, that's brilliant!!

Thank you so much all for your thoughts and prayers. So, here's the score...
I feel amazing, I came back to my room 3 or 4 hours ago and I feel fantastic. Oxygen's gently wafting up my nose and my legs are alternately popping and inflating in an oddly relaxing rhythm.
I don't feel any pain worth mentioning, at the most I think you could say I'm 'aware' of where the incisions were made. I'm sat upright and about to take my first walk - I really can't wait to get on my feet.
Given everything I've read I'm surprised how easy constant little sips of Water are - I've probably (I can't see the record from here) got through 400ml so far).
Best of all given the almost imperceptibly rising level of anxiety that's accompanied me these last weeks I just feel a tremendous sense of relaxation and wellbeing - I feel like ordering a club sandwich and a massage from room service... ooooops!

I'm hoping to take 2 weeks off. I'm a hospice nurse.

Ice chips? I'm finding them helpful

Congratulations! You are doing so much better at meeting your Fluid and Protein goals than I was at that point.
I had that hunger too, and still do. I am almost 7 weeks out, and on the full texture diet, so I can eat small amounts of actual foods but I still I get so head hungry sometimes. But it's nothing compared to what it was at the beginning, when all I could eat was liquid or near-liquid! That was really hard to get through. It's like, without chewing or having any meals to mark time, it makes the head hunger worse. So I think what you are going through is pretty normal.
Anyhow-- hang in there!! I am still struggling at times, but with each week it does get better. It reminds me of what people said when I had my son-- the first two weeks are brutal, then every two weeks it gets just a little bit better. That has proved pretty true so far, for me anyhow.

Let's say you wake up tomorrow, and the scale says your goal weight.
What do you do? What is your plan?
I'll give you a hint. If you want to continue looking the way you do, you'll have to continue doing what you did to get there.
You keep on doing what you are doing, without end.
If your weight starts dropping lower than you want, carefully ease up on exercise and/or eat a few more calories.
That's it!

I still won't drink anything carbonated. I think it is a personal choice that each of us have to decide yes or no. I am almost 4 years out and have not had 1 drink that has carbonation. Yesterday we went to our get together with family. They had Barbqued hamburgers and all the fixings with chips and dip and of course ice cold beer!! Before muy RNY if I drank (very rarely) my choice was COORS LIGHT!! Nogt had anything but I did have some wine. That is a different story. So as I a eating my hot dog (without anything on it) and my little tablespoon of potato salad, I said that I was extremely thristy. My SIL said why aren't you drinking. Which I said because I still try to follow all of my guidelines from my surgery!! She couldn't beleive that I still follow what I was told to keep myself at my goal weight of 125#'s. I also know that it hurts my pouch if I drink to soon. For me I try to stay on the safe side when we are out because I don't want to get sick around everyone. But I can share a few things that I use for drinking. I love love Diet Peach Snapple tea, the little packages flavored water packs work great for me. If you are missing soda they carry ROOT BEER (SF of course) Orange grape to state a few of them. These taste just lie pop without the carbonation. Great stuff. I guess what I was trying to say is only you can make the decsion if you will drink pop or not. Good Luck

I'm on softs for a few more weeks. meat has been my main Protein source. Small piece of cod pan seared. Moist brisket blitzed in mini food processor. Canned chicken made it to chicken salad. Canadian bacon from deli sliced thin. Pulled pork blitzed in mini food processor. My grocery store butcher sells premade slider patties. I can buy 1-2 and it's cheap.
Im about 7 weeks out and can only eat about 2 oz of meat.
I freeze meat into 2 oz packets.

I started eating steak the week I was out of soft foods. No problems here! At first I was only able to eat a bite of ribeye, but now at 2.5 months out, I can eat up to 5 ounces if it's the only thing I eat.
I'd recommend fish for starting out. They tend to be good sources of Protein. If you steam it or don't overcook it, it'll also be moist and tender. Grilled or steamed salmon is my favorite!

If you like Asian food, look up hainanese chicken. It's poached chicken (I usually just use chicken thighs in the rice cooker) with ginger, garlic, broth, soy sauce, some seasonings, and rice. I leave the rice for my boyfriend, but the chicken comes out super soft and tasty!

Just watch how you're preparing your foods. Breaded/fried foods will give you unnecessary carbs and fat as well as barbecue sauce which is generally full of sugar.

YES! I plan on going thru PatchMD. Haven't seen another brand. My aunt, an RN, had surgery 4 years ago. She uses the Patches and her labwork comes back within the right ranges ever since she started using them. Before she would gag and vomit up her Vitamins or end up skipping a day or two because it's just so hard to WANT to take them. I'm definitely on board!

Thank you ladies! I enjoyed reading your immediate post-op entries, thank you for being so honest and sharing your journey. I wish you both the very best and all the success in the world!!

Glad to hear that you are doing well! I am doing well also. My surgery went well and I feel good. I must say though the gas pain was bad for me and it lasted for hours! It was not a pleasant time for me. I did however walk a lap around the hallway just hours after surgery. I am happy all is going well for me.

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Oh your so beautiful.
I'm so excited for you. Your going to do great.

I was blessed on the lack of gas pain this time. I had that really bad after my gallbladder surgery..
That was the worst thing ever. Ugh... but everything's thumbs up right now. I'm suppose to do a test today to check for leaks. Sounds fun lol... how many days were you told you might stay in the hospital? I was told about 3. I was hoping just to I'm ready to go home already.

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Just checking on you and seeing how you’re doing?
Two weeks today!
Can you believe it?
Hows your program?
I just started on full liquids so its nice to finally get off the clear stuff. Blah – nasty stuff!

Mine is Tuesday, Aug 1 also. I started mine on Thursday. Had an awful headache all day. Not use to a lot of sweats and although they don't taste bad, 3 Premier Protein shakes a day was too much, broth was good. I used home-canned turkey-vegetable broth. You can flavor up plain broth with spices. Since I am only required to do liquid only on Monday,chicken breast just to eat I received my genepro 2 I ordered and tried with my broth. For me, it worked just as claimed (maybe a slight tinge of smell) but it did dissolve completely in broth when prepared as directed first. Made the liquid diet easy now. I've done fine with not eating. Knowing this is just temporary and I will eat again is not a problem. I cook for my family and no temptation. Just have to remember NOT to taste out of habit. I did have an hour last night when I suddenly became extremely nervous and questioning if I was doing the right thing, but I got on here and read and calmed myself. I'm excited and scared(a little) but, it this is for my health. Praying for no complications because I am a self-pay with no coverage for complications.

My mother stopped by my house for some last minute planning before my surgery on Friday. As she was leaving, I started to cry and she was lovely and hugged me and said all the right things. It was very sweet as those kinds of moments don't happen often anymore. However, what I realized I was crying about was not fear about the surgery or the future, but shame. Shame that I'm about to turn 54 and I am so overweight and so unable to maintain a healthy weight that I'm having surgery. Shame that I don't have the will power or the magic key that I KNOW doesn't exist. Shame because my parents always pushed me to lose weight and keep it off and I could never do the second part, and now I have somehow failed them. Shame that I'm doing something I swore I'd never do, and shame because I feel like I'm being punished for having failed all those other weight loss attempts (hundreds of them, literally)
And yes, know that none of this is rational, I know the reality of my situation, but I was surprised to find that deep sense of shame still existed.
Thank you all for being part of a place I can just go and vent.

I had jumped through all the hoops almost 2 years ago got all the way done and had a surgery date, then chickened out. So now I start again, waiting to see what parts I have to re-do and what parts if any they'll let me keep from last time. I have kaiser permanente.
Good luck!

I'm back! Almost two years ago I went through the entire 6 month+process of jumping through all the hoops for insurance, weight-loss and actually getting a surgery date, only to chicken out 2 weeks before surgery and call the whole thing off. Now nearly two years later , 20 lbs heavier than when I started the first time, having developed Diabetes II and just generally hating life, I'm starting over in the process again. My PC submitted a new referral to the bariatric clinic and the new journey begins. I am ready this time.

Woah, that's fucked up. Your MIL said that??? Damn, I'm not even sure what I would reply with. IMO that's a reason to cut her out of everything. Ice the b***h out. I'm kind of not even kidding. I would have been so hurt and angry in that moment. And your HR person?? You should go to the person over their head and tell them what they said. Again, I'm not kidding. One of the many things I run at my small office is HR. That was inappropriate and a reason to tell their superior. If only to help the next person who has to go to them with something so personal and sensitive. That is grounds for a formal warning.

I guess the bottom line here is that I feel like people are willing to speak to you in a manner that is not only hurtful but inconsiderate and rude. And these are two people who should be speaking to you in the antithesis of that. Maybe you need to access some of those repressed feelings and words that feed into our obesity (It's what I've been doing for 10 months. As i tell people, I don't have the luxury of eating away my pain and feelings anymore so b*****s better be ready. lol!). Stand up for yourself and tell them, at the VERY LEAST, if they don't have something kind and supportive to say, than say nothing.

And what does your hubby think? Ugh, maybe I'm just in an emotional spot today but this would have upset me greatly.