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I only told my husband, my mom, my dad, and a few friends. It's my business and I feel there's that negative stereotype of "taking the easy way out." Nothing about this has been or is easy! They don't know the feeling of the next day not taking in enough fluids and feeling fuzzy and dehydrated or going on a nice lake cruise and unable to eat the buffet because you can only eat so much food. Having to go to the gym and see a personal trainer so I don't get the super saggies and to help accomplish my goal. I keep it to myself. This is my business. I don't need judgments, course my in-laws prob think I have an eating disorder when I have to eat in front of them and can only eat like 1 cup of food lol

I cannot eat scrambled eggs or one of my faves- shrimp! My stomach begins to hurt so badly that I literally have to make myself vomit it up or it will hurt for hours. I just figure it's life now. I can eat beef but it has to be medium rare. I love my beef that way anyways but when a restaurant overcooked it I thought I'd try, yeah no. No good.

Breyers SF ice cream made me poop myself, no lie. My nutritionists says it was likely due to sugar alcohols in it. So never again.

Things happen but it worked out, yay!

I wear leggings constantly from Walmart, good price for me. They look good as my weight goes down. Then I rent clothes from an online site so I can change the sizes as I change and get fresh looks. I wear leggings constantly from Walmart, good price for me. They look good as my weight goes down. Then I rent clothes from an online site so I can change the sizes as I change and get fresh looks.

My gym sells it or I tried mine at GNC. My mom was like "They're terrible" and I didn't mind them.

Back to work I go Monday, I've been off for a month basically due to pain and exhaustion, wouldn't be able to be a nurse while on narcotic pain killers at work I don't want to go back. I wish I could say I spent my time nursing the exhaustion and semi-enjoying time to myself but nope... my dad had a stroke so I've been dealing with that. So I have more stress and exhaustion. Plus I catch myself eating too fast due to just being stressed and close to burned out over life in general, so in pain from that. Plus I randomly vomit (aka dry heave and vomit up saliva and water) at random times, even at 3am once I woke up just heaving. I'm not ready to go back but I have to. This stinks.

I'm almost exactly 2 months from the date of my surgery and I joined a gym this week. My exercise consisted of walking for 30 min during my lunch time but it's been so cold recently and rainy so I was like, "I'm not happy." I felt like I was stalling and upset with myself. So I joined a gym and started Water aerobics and hired a personal trainer. I feel so positive now. I joined a gym last year before starting my journey but I had terrible back and calve pain so I couldn't do much of anything. Now I feel like I have energy. My trainer worked my butt yesterday (more like my thighs, oh they are sore) but each exercise he wanted me to do I just was positive and said, "OK let's do this!" He says I have the most positive attitude of ppl he's trained. I invested this much, to me this is well worth it. I feel great! I realize I need a routine and for someone to lead me which is what classes and my trainer does. I'm just so happy!! And the gym cost is nothing because it's an investment in me! My focus is on being fit and my ultimate goal (not weight loss related goals) is to be able to run a half marathon with my mom in November.

Agreed with everyone. I lost in my feet first, I can wear regular shoes now, even those tiny heels ppl buy although I can't walk in heels, I tried them on for the hell of it. I've lost some in my face, but my butt and my thighs are losing. I feel my tailbone on the seat, and my thighs have saggy skin on the inner parts. We all lose different. I still have a stomach but it may just be taking it's sweet time. My boobs did get smaller though, ugh.

I felt that way at that stage too. Liquids, easy. Pureeds, easy. Soft foods, now I'm on regular as tolerated, you get full. My dad takes me out to eat cause I take care of him on weekends cause he had a stroke recently and needs help shopping. We go out to eat and I literally eat like 5 bites of regular food and I can't anymore. I'm a cheap date. It'll change. Liquids and liquidy foods just go through the pouch relatively easy without issues, other stuff stays in there for a little while. That's why I have no problem getting my Water in, because I can drink semi-large amounts and be fine.

Don't focus on numbers. I know it's not easy but I feel a lot of us after surgery focus on that too much. Go with what your medical team has decided and at next check-in let them advise what to do next.

Mine started falling out like a week after surgery. I'll wash my hair and get chunks of hair in my hands, like when I was pregnant. I take 10,000 of biotin daily but doesn't help. I may just use rogaine, no lie. It's thinning and I have a light scalp so you can tell.

I've almost 2 months post-op, I drink it daily usually (morning snack) and never had dumping. And my nutritionist says it's fine to use.

I bought the variety pack from Amazon of New Whey.... first one I Tried was fruit punch. The taste made me nauseous for hours, no lie. But I spent the money so going to finish them lol

If I know where I'm going to eat I google the nutritional menu to find what I can have. If not, I pick something at the restaurant I know I can tolerate (such as grilled chicken). My husband loves when I go out to eat cause he's guaranteed leftovers of food virtually untouched. I can't eat leftovers, for some reason they irritate my pouch.

I had something similar, which has backed off and I'm almost 2 months out now. I would randomly "vomit" aka dry heave and vomit up saliva and my liquids. Dr said my esophagus is likely irritated. I haven't had any "episodes" for a week now, so he may be just right. He said if it continues he'd do an EGD but seems like it went away.

Egg beaters, hard-boiled eggs, weight control oatmeal, kashi cereals. Turkey sausage if you want Protein and taste of a typical breakfast. I did/and still do post-op, use my Protein shakes as my AM snack.

I had mine in January, I remember the feelings the days before the surgery! Good luck with everything, I know you can do this!!! I work literally blocks from where Steve Harvey, and have been part of his audience. He's a funny guy but he has those inspirational moments too. Love him and that video. Leap away girl! I had mine in January, I remember the feelings the days before the surgery! Good luck with everything, I know you can do this!!! I work literally blocks from where Steve Harvey, and have been part of his audience. He's a funny guy but he has those inspirational moments too. Love him and that video. Leap away boy!! I had mine in January, I remember the feelings the days before the surgery! Good luck with everything, I know you can do this!!! I work literally blocks from where Steve Harvey, and have been part of his audience. He's a funny guy but he has those inspirational moments too. Love him and that video. Leap away boy!!

Things have been okay at work, it's hard to be back. I feel like my job is lackluster now. It's like my mind is thinking I'm turning into a new me so I need new stuff like a new job, don't ask. I've been on a shoe buying binge since my feet shrank since surgery so now I fit in regular, stylish shoes, no more wide width! Bad when I have an Aldo outlet store in my city. My dad's much better. Being discharged Saturday morning and than heart surgery 3 weeks from then. I'll have to take more FMLA for that, but he's worth it. I'm his only person. Saturday night a birthday party at a banquet hall.... somehow need to pretend I'm drinking or something lol. Plain Water and I'll say it's vodka!

Yep I experienced that too, normal yet painful. I also had a painful left arm as well.

I've had the vomiting with slime (long stringy mucus) but mine's random, like middle of the night, or middle of the day. Never matters, and usually has nothing to do with food. My doctor says it sounds like my esophagus is irritated for some reason and should go away, otherwise repeated EGD in a few weeks. I take Zofran and it goes away.

I was told no more than 8 ounces of liquid in a 30 minute time frame for the beginning. I never had issues with that and got it in.

My post-op sips weren't tiny sips but like a mouthful. That's because the nurse at the hospital had me swallow a huge magnesium pill and to get it down I needed a mouthful of water. No leaks occurred, I survived. I find my sips are still the same, 5 weeks out. My taste buds are fine, actually improved with taste. One night I chewed (just chewed, literally) a bite of pizza and the spices were overwhelming. Things just taste better to me, but at the same time it doesn't make me want to eat a lot of an item. Also, I now cannot stand the smell of a hotdog. My husband and daughter will eat them and I just get grossed out lol. Everyone is different. For vitamins, I have dissolvables and take biotin as well due to hair loss. Like I said, everyone kind of figures out what works for them.

I take a stool softener as needed, was told to take if I haven't had a bowel movement in 48hours. I barely take it, I find with getting my required water intake I've been doing well in that regards. I had pain for weeks, still have a bit now and I'm like 5 weeks out. I take a Norco if needed, or if I need to drive I take a Tylenol gel tab. Try distraction if you can. It will eventually get better, pain is expected but with healing WILL go away.

Every time I eat scrambled eggs I get pains on both sides of my chest, even with super good chewing. It'll go from my pouch and bounce to other side of chest. First time I did this I panicked and thought I was dying. I laid down and let it pass, than drank water. Told my dr and he said it probably irritated my pouch and made it "raw" because for the rest of the day even just water hurt it. Same thing happened when I tried scrambled eggs a week later. Guess I'm over that food lol