pearlygirl

Nope, not me. They told me if you have high bp they sometimes will put one in.

Well, I was given basically the same orders. Today is PO day 8. Last night for dinner I had some really soft and tender chicken breast sauteed with mushrooms, broccoli and carrots in a light brown sauce. Everything was very tender and I chewed up a storm. It was awesome and sat very well with me.

You can use any type of marinade/dressing/oil soy sauce...whatever you like. If you go to the marinade/dressing section in te grocery store you can find many low cal options. Just poor enough in a pan for the amount you're cooking, toss in some veggies and cook on med-low until soft.

You can use any type of marinade/dressing/oil soy sauce...whatever you like. If you go to the marinade/dressing section in te grocery store you can find many low cal options. Just poor enough in a pan for the amount you're cooking, toss in some veggies and cook on med-low until soft.

I don't have any good advice for you but just wanted to say that your post made me teary. You are an AMAZING mom and I can't imagine that you'll ever make her feel anything less than spectacular!! You got some good advice as far as keeping about your health and maybe not even mentioning the weight.

I didn't have any fizzy stuff. They basically just xray you while you drink barium. Lay on your left side, lay on your back etc. I guess a good way to say it is that you roll around on their table drinking barium while they xray you, haha!!

Baked fish is very soft and low cal/high protein.

He listed poultry, fish including shellfish, all mushies, soft cooked vegetables, soft fruits - no seeds, nuts, pasta, bread or rice yet. I can have toast or other "dry breads".

Quite honestly, I would say that other than some liquids ie - protein drinks, broth, sf jello etc you won't really need anything. I didn't use anything at all other my liquids

I had my one week follow up today and it went well. He asked if I was hungry and I said "Yeah, getting there" and he said "Okay, eat". Hmmm. That was easy I guess. He gave me a list with soft and tender meats(not beef), seafood, soft cooked veggies etc. Tonight I had very soft chicken breast sauteed in a brown sauce with mushroom, broccoli and carrots. I ate leass than 1/2 cup but it was DELICIOUS!!! The chicken was super tender and pretty much fell apart in my mouth. That was about 3 1/2 hours ago and I'm still feeling great.

I'm not eating meats yet but my nutritionist told me that meats don't go so well the 2nd time around because they get so dry. She recommended only making very small portions for that reason. Tyson makes a bag of frozen chicken breast strips(think fajita style) and you can pull out a few strips and heat, haven't tried them yet but she said they're great. Three oz has 100 calories, 1g fat and 17g of protein!!

Your surgeon sounds similar to mine. I haven't progressed as far though...just because I'm nervous. I did have some vegetable soup with very soft veggies, yogurt and oatmeal made quite thin. I have instructions to progress but have ben afraid to as of yet. My surgery was 7 days ago and I have a foloow up appointment today at 4pm, I was going to ask him about it again today.

I'm Jamie, BSN from Omaha, Nebraska. I'm 31 and have an 18 month old daughter. I worked in a post surgical unit for about 5 years and then worked in hospice. I did that for about 3 years. I haven't worked since my daughter was born but I plan on going back 2 days a week(8's not 12's) toward the end of summer. GO NURSES!

In my opinion it's all a matter of what you need to do within reason. I have an 18 month old daughter and 2 days after surgery I was picking her up and carrying her because I had to. Now, when I say within reason...obviously my 20lb daughter and your 140lb husband should not be compared but two weeks sounds reasonable. I'm a week out and still pretty sore in the port area and can definitely tell when I've been nending/lifting/stretching too much.

Do you take a good vitamin with iron?? If not, I would start taking one and hopefully your counts will be normal in no time!

I've got one that may even beat that....we were talking about which band to use/outcome of surgery etc and my surgeon said "We could really do just about anything since you have so little to lose." Hahahahahahahaha......I was 275.2lbs that day, so LITTLE to lose. I think I laughed all the way home!

I take a regular vitamin because mine is RX due to another condition I have. I started taking them again on post op day #2 and have had no problems. It isn't a huge one though.

I never had a doubt and fought tooth and nail every step of the way until band-day. However, as I was sitting in the preop room, all I could think was 'What am I doing?' For that entire hour I doubted myself, kept thinking 'What if it doesn't work?', I think it was mostly nerves. Now though, only 6 days later I am already thankful and so happy that I followed through. My weight is already dropping, I feel renewed. Good luck to you in your decision.

I'm down 7 lbs in 6 days since the band.

I'm glad your port is doing fine...great job on the weightloss!! What have you been eating up until this point, full liquids? My doc is a bit liberal. I'm only 5 days out and am on full liquids...is that what you did too?

I too still am a little uncomfy with the big deep breaths in. It is quite normal though. I am an RN and worked in a post surgical unit for a few years awhile back. That is the reason they have RT come in and do the breathing exercises with you after surgery. People don't want to breath deeply because it's uncomfortable which can lead to pneumonia etc. Keep puffing away, it'll ease soon.

I'm only 5 days out but not hungry at all. I am on full liquids and things like yogurt or cream soup sit with me for a long time(think brick sitting in your stomach). I realize I am still healing but so far so good. I actually have to remember to eat so that I can get a decent amount of water/protein in.

:thumbup::thumbup:Woo-Hoo!!!!!!!!!! That's awesome! Congrats on making it so far, everything else will fly right by!

I posted a day or so ago because I thought my doc was a little to liberal. He doesn't want me to drink my protein either and after two days had me back on full liquids. Now he wants me to add "chunks with lots of liquids" whatever that means. I had some vegetable soup with REALLY, REALLY soft veggies. I put it in the processor so that it wasn't entirely smooth but still drinkable and no chewing needed. Today I had tomato basil soup with 2 saltine crackers crushed into it. It soaked for a long time and broke apart so you couldn't really tell where the pieces of cracker were but overall it was a bit thicker. I'm still afrad he's going to make my bust my stitches out but I'm sure he knows what he's doing. I'm going easier than I can under his orders...just being careful I guess.

Mine is about 2-3 inches up from my belly button and about 4-5 inches to my left. I haven't even had it a week but I do like where it is. During this delicate heling process it hasn't been in the way of clothes or bending etc.