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I'm not asking for sympathy, but you clearly misread the above. I got pregnant 7 months after my surgery... maybe before you post a response basically calling someone a liar, you should know what you're talking about...

https://www.specialk.com/en_US/products/portabella-kale-quinoa-quiche.html
I tried this, this week, and I was ok with it. (only ate about a 1/4 at a time)

Wanted to follow up and say thank you to everyone who responded with advice, experience, info!
I did go to the doctor next morning, got labs done. Was dehydrated but not yet to a dangerous point. Iron was low.
Potassium ok.
But I did make some changes starting the night I posted. Got myself G2 gatorade, that I am now drinking - watered down- to replace just Water. And am taking more time to focus on drinking my fluids, staying up later if need to, to get in that 64 oz.
Also added bananas into my diet. Doctor said to continue that. And we are working on adding a chewable Iron supplement to add to the bariatric Vitamins I am taking 3 times a day.
As of today leg cramps are gone, and my energy has returned to what it was a week ago. I will not let my hydration slip. Realize how important that is for recovery.
I am so thankful for this board. Thank you for encouragement to go to the doctor too. When in doubt...

Every loses at a different pace. As long as you are sticking to your plan, you have nothing to fear. You are ahead of me at the two month mark. I was only at about 23 pounds down in my first two months and I still managed to lose all my weight and have been maintaining under goal for almost a year.

Yes I did but I have had severe complications. I also simply got exhausted and didn't try hard enough to get the fluids in. I drink Water from 7 am until midnight everyday now plus broth twice a day and ice pops in between.
The pain in my legs went away once I was hydrated. I also now add salt to my broth and drink watered down electrolyte and mineral drinks (sort of like gatorade in the States).
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The tiredness can be from the extreme low calorie diet you are on. That should improve when you start getting more calories.
The rest of your symptoms sound like dehydration. Call your doctor's office in the morning and see if they want you to go in for fluids.
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You need to increase your Fluid intake. You may be becoming a little dehydrated.u
If symptoms continue, call your surgeon's office for advice.
Keep up the great work, stalls are normal.

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I had similar symptoms and was dehydrated. That can be serious so you really should be contacting your doctor or go to the emergency room.
As for weight loss, you are supposed to be healing now, the real weightloss starts later. Stay off the scales. People experience stalls occasionally too.
I would call someone or go to hospital today just to make sure that you aren't dehydrated.
I didn't know that I was when I was.
Just my opinion, I am not medically trained.
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i am one week post op the large incision has been pain full but all else is great got on a city bus with my kid finally after 3 yrs i have walked more than i have in years im really happy so far with the out come ohh and to mention i lost 20 pounds ???????? feeling good.
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Only 3 1/2 months out but thought I'd share too!

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Try it!!!
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Had surgery july 11! Down 11 pounds
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Hi there.
Had my surgery on 7/13. It was painful, but I was up and feeling better that evening. Unfortunately, Aunt Flo came to pay a visit during the surgery.
The hardest for me is still getting in all my fluids and Protein. I've been off pain meds since I left the hospital, and am back at work today for the first time.

I was sleeved on 7/6/16. Feeling pretty great, down 20 pounds!

keep up the good work team july! I've moved on to purees/soft foods and so far I tried ricotta and cottage cheeses. Went down nice, but I felt so full after 2 oz of the cottage cheese. It's nuts!

I vote this response to be the best and most appropriate response to this thread...Good job @@Dub

OMG. I wasn't going to reply to this because people around here get their underwear in a bunch if you say "wow, that wasn't the best choice" about anything.
No one here said anything about drinking being evil. One person rightly said that y'all are really fresh post-ops, you need to be careful. That's nowhere near saying that drinking is evil or people shouldn't enjoy their lives.
As a nurse, there is no way I would advocate anyone drinking "some wine and a few Crown & Cokes" less than 2 months post-op with a GASTRIC surgery. That's a lot of alcohol for someone who HASN'T had their stomach cut on.
I'm going on record right now as saying that wasn't a great choice. If that makes me a bitch, so be it.

I felt part of what made mine worse was I tried walking too far a few hours after surgery in the hall. If I were to say something to myself it would be to do just shorter walks in the room first day. Leave hallway till next morning. Nausea hit on my way back down hall full force.
I am day four and feel so much better. Day 3 was much better too. So really two days. But my nurses Doctor were amazing. They had me on zofran even before nausea began as precaution for all gastric patients and gave me stronger medicine when that was not enough.
I think it comes down to how your body reacts to anesthesia. Just don't know. Saying a prayer you will be fine. But know it passes quickly if you do experience it.

I was thinking of bringing a personal CD player with a book on CD to listen to.

5 minutes 'till check-in. What am I doing here???.

Don't, forget toothpaste, toothbrush and hairbrush.

Thank you! I finally had my first spell of nausea. But that's so small compared to how great everything else has been! They pushed up my protein intake to 60-80g so I'm working on hitting that. Other than that everything else has been awesome. I'm kind of ready to go back to work but my surgeon wants at least most of my pain to be gone . So hopefully I get to go back Wednesday . I have been walking up to a mile everyday for the past 3 days. I'm down 17.4 pounds since surgery . HW:375 DOS:356 CW:339.2 . So excited for my first beach trip in December .
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Best of luck with the surgery!
I had bad acid reflux before my surgery; turns out in addition to having my lap band removed and converted to sleeve, he also repaired a hiatal hernia which I've found is a big contributor to acid reflux. Since my surgery I can tell my reflux has gone down, but I'm still on Prilosec once each morning to control stomach acid.
Best advice; talk to your surgeon, he/she may be able to make some recommendations or alleviate your concerns.

Prayers and good thoughts being sent!