Autumn Riley Arnold

Very good! I think I might be over doing it on the strength training. I want to do my upper body every other day and on the days I'm not doing it, build up the muscles on my legs, but I REALLY want to stay on top of my triceps. So I work them out every day.

In a typical day, what do you do for exercise? I walk for about two miles and do strength training so that when I lose weight fast, the loose skin won't be *as* bad. What do you do?

Name the foods that now taste differently to you since you had the surgery. So far, for me, since I'm only 9 days out, there's this Water that I get from Aldi that has a very sugary taste. Also, milk tastes a little *off* now. How about you?

Yeah, it is some of the worst pain out there! At one point it felt like my rib was broken! Sounds like you're doing great!! Shouldn't be too much longer, maybe one of two more days if you keep up the walking! xo

Dude, really? It could be so much worse! I've been on the clear liquid diet for 2 weeks and a day! Nothing but water, Gatorade, Broth, popsicles and Jello. TWO WEEKS, man!! lol

Found the edit button lol

Sounds like it's gas. That's the only pain I really had and it was bad. You need to walk, walk, walk! I walked for 2 miles yesterday and now it must be completely gone because for the first time since surgery I have zero pain! =)

6 day post op and yesterday and today I feel soooo tired! I'm getting enough sleep, I'm averaging 84 grams of protein, 4 bottles of water, taking ALL the vitamins and minerals I was told to take and I can barely keep my eyes open! What's up with that?

Thanks!!

Sounds like a good idea, Djmohr

But I think they do put chlorine in the water at hospitals to get your hands cleaner. Clean hands of nurses and doctors are important. But you'd think they'd give you bottled water there and not from the tap.

Oh, wow! yeah, see, it can be SO much worse. Does the water you drink at home taste any better?

I quit all four things at once for surgery. Not a good idea but I had to to get the operation. Smoking Pain pills Alcohol food. I need to see a psychiatrist because w out those things im very emotional.

Just had my surgery on Wednesday and just this afternoon, water now tastes sugary!!! It could be worse. It could taste salty, but its weird that my taste buds really have changed.

Yep, that was my surgery day too! Surgery buddies! =D

Oh, sweet! Nice to know that I've helped someone! Yeah, if I could go back in time, I would have been more excited and waaaay less nervous. I was actually crying when they were all bustling around me putting in IVs, putting blankets on me, hair net, etc! Yeah, if I could go back, I would just be smiling from ear to ear! lol!

Right? I didn't even care about them before! Oh, there might have been one or two, like a Golden Corral or Red Lobster one (btw, I would never eat at Golden Corral, very unhygienic there), but it seems like NOW, ALL the commercials are making me drool. There was a commercial that wasn't even ABOUT food, I think it was about football, but someone was eating nachos and I was like, UGHHHHHH! lol

Oh, that is GREAT to know!! Thanks for your awesome post! Very encouraging!

I guess I should now be over on the POST gb forum, but I wanted to post this here so that people about to get the surgery know what it might be like. I was sooo nervous and sooo emotional! I had no IDEA how much of a hold, food has over me! Since I use it to cope, I've been crying a lot lately. I really need to get some psychiatric help so that I can find a healthy outlet for my emotions instead of using food. Other than that, my surgery went amazing! I was in there for 3 and a half hours. It was done laparoscopically and it took so long because I have a LOT of scar tissue in that area from previous surgeries. I woke up in hardly any pain and never really HAD any pain at all, except for the gas. The gas is what hurt the most. So on the second day, I was up and walking the halls, doing about 4 trips around the two nursing stations and other rooms in the center in an hour. I was released yesterday and love being home! Things are just like they used to be, except I can't pick up and hold my cat, he's too heavy. I can't vacuum and do most of the chores I used to do but I can wash the dishes and keep the kitchen looking nice. Also, I have to be up and walking every hour too! I only walk for about 5 minutes because I'm not used to exercise and it hurts my legs and back really bad. But I will build that up to 10 minutes in no time. So all in all, it went great! Hardly any pain and no more hunger! Oh, although! When I see some commercials (and I cannot BELIEVE how many commercials there are for food!) it makes me REALLY desire them! Even though I'm not hungry, I STILL want them. And that's what scares me and what I need counseling for. I'm still on the clear liquid diet for another 4 days and then go to full liquids which I can't wait for! Too much sweet stuff (drinks, popsicles and jello) on the clear liquid diet. lol So I hope this has helped and was good to read for some of you! Good luck!

Yeah, I just went to a website and it said as long as it's the unflavored protein powder, it's fine! =) I'm happy because it really fills me up!

And Criztian: Do you guys have to do the clear liquid diet before your surgeries?

I'm getting conflicting answers about this from different people so I'm going to call my Dr.'s office (I hope they're open today) and see if it's ok. Thanks for the help guys!

That sucks to know. Oh, well. No more protein shakes then

So true, Charmming!!

I'm just making sure, it IS ok to have unflavored protein powder mixed into my clear liquids, right?