APanda911
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Ok so I went out to dinner, and it went pretty well! We sat at the bar (no drinks for me boo) and ordered a crab cake app, it was heavenly - super soft, I was able to eat a few bites and my husband chowed down the rest (I think he's loving that I've had this surgery: more food for him lol!)
When we sat down at our table I ordered grouper cheeks in miso broth with bok choy and soba noodles. I was actually pretty full from the crab cake but felt kind of dumb for not ordering anything, so I figured it will be a great lunch tomorrow lol. Picked at it a little bit, it went down fine especially with the broth making it extra moist (didn't try the bok choy, seemed like it might be too fibrous) - anyways the waiter boxed up 99% of my meal and when we got the bill, they had taken my meal off!! The manager goes, "the waiter could tell you didn't like it" hahahaha! I argued and told them it was just fine but they insisted on taking it off the bill! My husband of course was like "THIS IS GREAT!!!!!!!" I am still laughing about it. So, now we have another extra bonus, sleever buddies! You never know when you might get a free meal at a restaurant lol.
I weighed tonight and I am at 271 lbs. Total weight lost in 15 days post op: 15 lbs! :-)
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Going out on date night with husband tomorrow and I'm extremely nervous to eat at a restaurant! Booked a seafood place which seems to be the most sleeve friendly option...just nervous about the whole experience, I guess!
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My taste buds are back to normal, it took like 10-12 days. I am still not really hungry but when I do eat things they taste like they always did. Today I had a turkey and cheese roll up for lunch, (1 slice of organic turkey breast rolled up with 1 slice alpine lace low fat Swiss) and it tasted good so I had the same thing for dinner! I think we're all just sick of Protein shakes...I have found the Premier Protein to be the best tasting out there, in my opinion!
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The pizza was not as amazing as you might think! I promise lol. Ate a piece the size of a pinky nail and i was over it. I consider myself lucky that my surgeon's recommendations are less strict than others, but honestly I'm mostly eating Protein shakes and nibbling on a cheestick. Nothing too exciting. I will say it is easy to see what is tolerable and what isn't. All I have to do is take a teeny bite and if it feels like a rock going down, I immediately stop. If I don't feel anything I know I'm good to go. Haven't had any nausea/vomiting/stomach pain etc. and I've tried a bunch of random soft foods.
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Omg I was just writing on here about "head hunger"...mine is INTENSE!!!! We ordered pizza (my fav food) for our fireworks party last night and I was DROOLING about it for hours. I had a tiny bite, chewed well etc...and I was like ehhh. Lol after all of that!! So weird.
Glad you found us! This is the nicest group of people with the best advice and helpful experiences. We are all learning from each other here, so you never know who you are going to helpHello! Had vsg on 6/22 - it's been a great experience so far, I'm glad to have been invited over to this board with other June sleevers!
I am not posting my personal info on here because I work in the public eye in my hometown of Cleveland, and am trying to keep things under wraps. The only people who know I had surgery are my husband and my mother!
I love to hear and read everybody's experiences - I've definitely taken all of the "before" pics and can't wait for the "after" ones. :-)
I'm currently down 13 lbs. from surgery and tolerating soft foods well - I'm on the "Phase 3" diet. It seems like my surgeon allowed me to move quicker through the liquid phase of the diets than what is reflected in other people's experiences on here, I wonder why that is? Has anybody else been allowed to incorporate food into their diet yet (i.e. flaky fish, cheeses, mashed potatoes etc?)
MY STATS:
HW: 295
SW: 286
CW: 273
Welcome! Keep sharing.
I'm not allowed to add those things to my diet yet. Have my appt with the NUT and the surgeon this coming week. Fingers crossed. I'm having bouts of crying and am happy although just a little moody and my stomach hurts form over doing it the other day. I still don't want anything to eat or drink but my brain wants filet mignon and chili dogs
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Hello! Had vsg on 6/22 - it's been a great experience so far, I'm glad to have been invited over to this board with other June sleevers!
I am not posting my personal info on here because I work in the public eye in my hometown of Cleveland, and am trying to keep things under wraps. The only people who know I had surgery are my husband and my mother!
I love to hear and read everybody's experiences - I've definitely taken all of the "before" pics and can't wait for the "after" ones. :-)
I'm currently down 13 lbs. from surgery and tolerating soft foods well - I'm on the "Phase 3" diet. It seems like my surgeon allowed me to move quicker through the liquid phase of the diets than what is reflected in other people's experiences on here, I wonder why that is? Has anybody else been allowed to incorporate food into their diet yet (i.e. flaky fish, cheeses, mashed potatoes etc?)
MY STATS:
HW: 295
SW: 286
CW: 273
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Thanks so much!! I was hoping there was a group somewhere with late June people!! :-)
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Hello everybody,
Never posted on this forum before, but like I'm sure many others are, I'm a long-time lurker
Decided to have bariatric surgery in December 2015, after having switched PCPs and going through a full physical with my new doctor.
I'm 5'4", 32, have 3 young kids, and at the beginning of this journey (and actually also my preop weight) was 285lbs.
Essentially my new doc told me I'm 100% healthy. Great blood work, excellent blood pressure, no problems at all. I expressed to him that I was concerned about being so overweight, and having been this overweight for more than 5 yrs without any success keeping it off. He suggested I look into bariatric surgery. I told him I was not comfortable with the idea of rerouting my digestive system, and then he brought up vsg. He showed me some research and numbers that proved, in long term studies, vsg patients are as successful in keeping the weight off as gastric bypass patients. I was intrigued and began my own research into vsg.
In December I decided to have vsg at the Cleveland Clinic with Dr. Matthew Kroh. After going through the countless pre approval appointments and meetings in order to get insurance to cover the surgery, I was finally approved and given my June 22nd surgery date.
Honestly my main concern before having the surgery was not the procedure in itself, but what would my life be like afterwards?! How would my recovery go?? Would I be able to take care of my kids, since my husband could only take a week off of work to help out. I was stressed about it.
The 2 week pre op diet was not too bad, I cheated a little bit and had a bite here and there of things, and then went completely liquid 5 days prior with no cheating. I lost 10 lbs before my surgery day. (Prior to that I went on a total eating bender during the month of May, skyrocketed up to 295lbs, since I had convinced myself that I would never be able to eat again - ha!)
Day of surgery (Wed) I was nervous. Mostly about anaesthesia and the normal surgery worries. Everything went smoothly and my surgery took a little over 2 hrs.
When I woke up in pacu, I was suuuuuper nauseated and throwing up. But I was also super foggy and medicated and it was all just a blur of throwing up and being given ivs and anti nausea medicine, going in and out of sleep etc.
By the time they got me to my room in the bariatric recovery unit that afternoon, I was less foggy but still nauseated and with a pounding headache. My nurses said they thought it was from the anaesthesia. I pretty much slept all day, got up to walk the hall in the evening when my husband came to visit, and then crawled right back into my hospital bed and slept again. When moving around it felt like I had really sore abs, not much else. I had a lapro procedure and the incisions were covered with surgical glue. No drain. The large incision where they remove the stomach was the most tender. Really nothing bad at all though.
The next day (Thurs) I was allowed to drink Water and it went down fine. My horrible headache was still there but not much nausea. I also ate a sugar free popsicle, which was a little relief to my headache for some reason.
Because my head was hurting so bad I was just taking the wimpy way out and asking for pain meds just so I would be knocked out and wouldn't have to deal with it lol. They were giving me percocet every 4 hrs since the liquid oxy that is initially prescribed was making me nauseated and gagging. It cut the headache but never really made it go away entirely. They also gave me immitrex for headache but that didn't work either. I walked the halls a couple times but mostly just laid in bed and tried to sleep. The nurses would check on me with how much Water I had drank, and I was able to drink a couple oz. every hour, so I met the requirements. It really wasn't hard like I expected - I thought I would have to take these TINY TINY sips, but I was able to take a medium sized satisfying sip without a problem.
On Friday, the 3rd day, I was able to go home. They told me I could start a full liquid diet (phase 2.) I wore an abdominal binder, which is GREAT, I highly recommend you ask for one before you leave hospital. My husband drove me home, we stopped at cvs for prescriptions, and then I crawled in bed again. It was a rough night, still dealing with ridiculously awful headache and nausea, taking percocet so feeling foggy etc. At about 5am I asked my husband to grab me a premier Protein shake from the fridge and I sat up in bed and drank about half of it: HEADACHE GONE!!! #hallelujah!
Once my head stopped pounding, I was able to stop taking the pain meds so frequently, and by Sunday I was completely off of them.
Honestly my experience has been a dream. I went in on Monday for a post op checkup and I drove myself, I seriously forgot I had had surgery only 5 days prior. I was told by my docs that if I tolerate phase 2 perfectly fine, I can slowly start integrating real foods in like flaky fish, soft cheese etc etc. I tried mashed potatoes: nope, felt like a rock going down. Little pieces of cheese, thumbs up! Salmon, went down great. Just have to chew chew chew and remember to take small bites of everything.
It is AMAZING how little I need to eat to feel full. I mean like 3 bites? Maybe? It's unbelievable really! I was always somebody who could put down a large pizza, no problem. I couldn't finish a slice of cheese yesterday
Anyways this has been an amazing experience so far, and like so many other ppl, I only wish I'd done it sooner. I went for a long walk this morning and can't wait for longer walks, and maybe even long runs!
So far I'm down 12 lbs from my original surgery weight of 286, and just 12 lbs makes a difference in how my clothes fit. Now I'm just impatient for the rest to come off!!
Will update on progress. Good luck to you all!
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When I saw the miso broth I was so excited, I knew it would be perfect for the sleeve - so good! And lol I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who has a grateful husband eating all the extra foodSent from my SM-G920V using the BariatricPal App