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Thank you, Babs! That was such an awesome layman's explanation, I even understood it!!!! Muah! Muah! DuodenalSwitchMan
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Same! I won't step on scale until first dr followup next Thurs. I can tell my plump belly is still swollen and full of fluids, which is the body's protect for these four weeks of healing.Patience, Dorothy, the Wizard will peal back the protective facade soon enough!
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Congrats on your bravery and gift life you ha e given yourself.
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Same! I won't step on scale until first dr followup next Thurs. I can tell my plump belly is still swollen and full of fluids, which is the body's protect for these four weeks of healing.Patience, Dorothy, the Wizard will peal back the protective facade soon enough!
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It will be! Think of yourself just like a baby coming out of your mama's womb. You would never hand that baby a steak or all these chemicals in this fake food. We want to get into real
food, albeit blended up in a ninja, as soon as possible. Making old fashion cream of wheat or maltomeal with I sweated almond milk (to make your own, 1 cup almonds, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 4 cups Water in a Quisinart for 3-4 min, strain) old fashion egg custard (hasty pudding-from YANKEE Doodle) with real vanilla bean or lime or lemon juice. You can add a Protein scoop, stevia or just extra egg white for a Protein boost. Real food -hidden nutrients. Also, since we eat so little, invest in organic now.
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How exciting! Yes, you are thinner/healthier but beautiful then and now.
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From what I've read surgery swelling and pain can last 30 days. That being said, I am at day 4 and I get pain from three things. 1. taking that 4th sip without wait 15 mins between sips. 2. pressing on several of my incisions and 3. No helping myself get out of bed correctly or twisting.
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From what I've read surgery swelling and pain can last 30 days. That being said, I am at day 4 and I get pain from three things. 1. taking that 4th sip without wait 15 mins between sips. 2. pressing on several of my incisions and 3. No helping myself get out of bed correctly or twisting.
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How exciting! Yes, you are thinner/healthier but beautiful then and now.
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Toj Tears of Joy for you! May everyone find a way to be as grateful and happy for themselves today and then find a moment to do the same for a veteran. The View had a soldier on who they gave a home to. Big toj for that.
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I just had my duodenal switch done 94 miles away. I had a friend drive and I am paying the hotel bill for three nights. Anthem BC is supposed to pay for mileage and hotel for anything over 50 miles. I am not sure if they will pay for the two hotel days for my driver, while I am in the hospital, though. I had to come a day early, since I wasn't going to be trying to drive all bowel prep, through Los Angeles, in rush hour.
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I had a RNY gastric bypass surgery 3 years ago. It took me 6 months before I reached my happy state when all the problems seemed to melt away. This article may be of help to you. It describes my experience with weight loss surgery. It can be quite overwhelming during the beginning. http://www.breadandbutterscience.com/Surgery.pdf

The Duodenal Switch is the most aggressive of all the weight loss surgeries, so I reckon it'll have the toughest recovery physically...but I imagine you knew that, going in. What you're enduring mentally, though, pretty much everyone goes through in some form or another, I think. My first couple of weeks, I was pretty obsessed with food. I was watching food Network a lot. I don't know why I was torturing myself but it was like my brain was raging against the fact that I had taken away its comfort, entertainment...whatever. It was almost like it was trying to punish me, reminding me of what I'd given up. Eventually I started to think of it that way; that my psyche had become so accustomed to using food in ways other than simply providing fuel, that it was rebelling against the change.
But you know what? It passed. The obsessing about food passed, and each strange new wrinkle that I have to deal with mentally or emotionally has passed, given time and exposure. I just realized over the past couple of days that I no longer feel weird about my portions. I used to be dealing with the feeling that it wasn't enough, every time I put my little portion on a plate. Now it feels normal to me.
You are going to go through ups and downs mentally, but be aware of them. Think about why you're feeling the way you are and ask yourself if it's rational. You know why you had the surgery, you know what you wanted to achieve through it. You knew what you were giving up, and the reasons for it. This is where the rubber hits the road...you've had the surgery, and now it's time to change. And I think most of us know that you're feeling the resistance to change that your "old brain" is putting up, because we've all felt it in some form or another. And the unfortunate thing is, we'll all probably be dealing with that for the rest of our lives...working to counteract those impulses. But you took a big step to get it under control...and that is what you've done. You have taken measures that will allow you to get it under control.
The physical stuff will improve as you heal, a little better every day. The mental stuff will take time and conscious effort to change. But it'll come together, you just have to be patient and diligent. Just do what you can. As for the "doctoring" your Protein shakes, I'm afraid of what that means...but I am hoping it doesn't mean adding stuff you shouldn't be having, because you'll only be causing yourself problems if you do that. If all you can do is drink Protein Shakes and you need to skip meals, then do that - as long as you are getting your Protein every day, and you are getting your Water, you will be fine. Over time, you'll get meals in too...just don't sweat it. One foot in front of the other.
And stay off the scale for a few weeks. People obsess about the scale. It is your enemy, avoid it. I am only weighing once a month, personally.