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On 05/28/2018 at 09:47, MyLife2.0 said:

Hi I'm 5 days post op and I can't tolerate the Vitamins either, which makes me nervous since they're the only nutrition I'm getting outside of shakes... Does anyone know if liquid vitamins are available?

I’m 18 days post VSG and I still can’t handle the Vitamin chewies. My NUT gave me the go ahead to take 3-4 flintstones Vitamins a day. I’m not getting the Calcium, but the other stuff is ok. There’s something about the texture of the chewies that I just can’t handle yet. And to me they are really sweet too. I’m on soft food phase, but I only have one of those a day. I stick to fluids for the rest. I can’t push myself or I end up getting sick. I think there are liquid vitamins by Torani but the reviews seem split 50-50. I’m just giving it more time.

Hi Frustr8!!! I somehow haven’t seen you around much lately. Anyway, my highest weight was 311! I did a full year of NUT visits per my insurance requirements and got down to 265. 13 day Optifast diet and on surgery day I was 255. 16 days after surgery I’m sitting pretty at 230.
I’m glad you started this thread! I was feeling like the super fat girl since it looked like most people were starting at 200 something. 😂

Oh. And I’m back to being able to take regular drinks again after having to go to the ER for dehydration. I’m not sure if it’s the carafate or the protonix or just healing up after going back on Clear Liquids. I just finished my shake in about 10 minutes and feel fine.

On 05/27/2018 at 09:30, Yo-yo girl said:

It’s interesting that you say you can’t have more than 2-4tbs. What exactly do you feel? I haven’t felt full at all. I stop eating when I feel tightness or just a feeling I can’t explain, like it doesn’t feel right to have more but I’ve never felt like.. whew I’m stuffed, can’t get another sip in. That scares me because I might over do it or I might just consume much less than my pouch can hold, making my Water requirements even a long drag and Protein than it should be. I haven’t had any problems with nausea or vomiting, even when I crush my pills and add it to my soppy cup with Protein it goes down nicely no aftertaste. Tomorrow is day 7 for me and I can actually move to purée stage. I wonder if I can have avocado tuna and cheese or is that for a different stage and we require food that is more runny in consistency. I need to stop by my apt and get my paper work explaining all this, I’ve stayed over my mother’s house since surgery and I don’t want to leave

You have lost a ton of weight. I wasn’t required to lose anything during my 6 months and all I really did was eat all the food I loved, I even gained 9lbs during the process for sure I thought during the preop diet I was going to lose a good 8-10lbs but I cheated too much and ate protein.


Yo-Yo Girl from New York City

I’m not sure how to describe the feeling. It’s definitely not the old “boy I’m stuffed!” feeling like before surgery. It’s more like I realize that I’m just full. Like, if I eat one more bite, things are going to get ugly. There’s no tightness or chest pain. I used to get that too. It’s just a feeling of stop now. You’re done.
The hardest thing BY FAR for me is not drinking during or 30 minutes after a meal. The 30 minutes before I have no issue with. But not being able to have a small sip during or after is torture. And I never feel full from drinking btw.
I couldn’t try tuna or eggs or anything until the soft food stage. And when I first tried them it did not go over well. So I’ve backed up to one shake a day, 64 oz of Fluid a day, 12 oz of broth a day and then either potatoes or refried Beans at night. Tried to push myself too far too fast and got sick from it. I ONLY try new things when I’m home because I never know how it’s going to pan out.
I wasn’t required to lose the weight, but I was put on Victoza and I can tell you that definitely helped with dropping a lot of those lbs!
My biggest craving right now is a diet ginger ale!!! I wasn’t a huge soda drinker to begin with, but it’s hot here and whenever I see a soda, I just want to grab it! Lol. I know a lot of people are like, never drink soda again! Never use a straw again! Yada yada yada. But most of the girl’s in my surgeons office have had WLS done by him and they’re using straws and having an occasional soda or beer. I’m more of the moderation girl myself. I got the sleeve because i knew I’d have a little more leeway with that stuff.
How far out from your surgery are you? I got confused since they kept moving your date around.

My surgeon is very experienced in the single incision VSG but even he hesitates to do it. I’ll tell you this honestly, he did 4 incisions for me and they are TINY. I’m talking mm not inches. 15 days out and they’re basically completely healed. No regrets. I returned to work today and actually showed them to the people there and they were amazed. They couldn’t even spot 2 of them! Also, I carry my weight in my tummy, so I know I’m going to need a tuck as soon as I stabilize my weight. With how small they are, they won’t be noticed and with the plastics, I’m not worried at all.
Also, arnica cream works wonders!

On 05/26/2018 at 16:41, TxAlpha06 said:

I drink G2 and Regular Gatorade.....down 33 since pre-op three week diet and I'm a almost two weeks post op. Had my check up and my doctor's was like " good....this works for you so you're fine"....

I picked up some Mio, sf koolaid, Vitamin Water and regular Gatorade. I know it’s not the best choice, but I get REALLY dehydrated. And since I haven’t been able to keep down more than 300 calories a day since day 5 (I’m 15 days out) a little hunger spike would be good for me. I’ve already lost 26 lbs in 15 days and 81 lbs since I started my NUT visits. Don’t get me wrong, I love the weight loss, but I don’t want to end up starving myself. Thanks for letting me know it’s working well for you. Made me feel much better. Good job on the weight loss too! That’s awesome!

On 05/26/2018 at 23:08, Myaiku_Kuraitani said:

I just went into settings through the app and where it says "Signature" I added everything right there, then saved it.

Hw-273
Sw-226
CW-124
GW-130
Size- 2, Small in sweats. Small in shirts. depends on how it's cut or made.
Bra Size- 34C

Surgery Date- April 26th, 2017
RNY
"Only those who try will become" FFX

I’ve tried that and it won’t work for me. I even tried on the laptop and nope. :( It just keeps trying to validate my session. Oh well. Still working out the kinks with the update I suppose.

On 05/26/2018 at 22:16, Yo-yo girl said:

Lol I totally understand.. I’m hoping once we can move to purée stage and eat more savory flavorful stuff that actually feels heavy in our stomach and gives us satiety unlike these sips of liquids- we’ll feel much better and even mentally we’ll feel more satisfied. I ignore every thought for food that isn’t what I can have. Try to focus on reaching your Water and Protein intake. I’m really grateful for this chance and I’m so in love with my pouch and how it restricts me. Instead direct the frustration into things you like and can have in due time. For me, I can’t wait to be able to have avocado and cheese, think of the foods you can have and soon you’ll be able to incorporate it into your plan. Hope this helps.


Yo-Yo Girl from New York City

I just moved into the soft food phase and it’s a struggle! I work at getting in 2-4 tablespoons! I’m not even close to hitting my Protein (things went south on day 6 and I’m still trying to get through THAT ordeal!) but I did get my 64 oz of Fluid today. Surgery 5/10/18 and down 26 lbs since then. That makes 81 lbs total since I started the NUT visits! I’m almost at my first GW of 228! 2 lbs to go!
I did figure out that I can’t take trazadone anymore. Instant vomiting. Today was my first day back at work. I messed up and ate my 1/4 cup of applesauce too quickly and had a little throw up episode. That’s going to be hard. Eating slowly in a fast paced environment.
I’m just glad I’m not severely dehydrated anymore as of this week! Yay! My incisions have almost completely healed and I have no pain.
I still get the sliming episodes here and there, but that too is getting better.
Basically I think I’m just going to take a little longer to heal and progress than others. Which I’m fine with.
I’m glad everyone is doing so well!

Thinking of you! You were one of the first to welcome me here. Please keep us updated. I’m so so very sorry.

Hey girl. I'm OK. Still having a hard time keeping down food and Protein, but getting all my Fluid in. The protonix and Carafate have worked wonders. How are you doing?

I didn’t go home with any pain meds and I was only in the hospital for 24 hours. Personally I didn’t need them. I used Tylenol for a couple days, but I’ve been fine since.

This is what I’m constantly afraid of. I’m so sorry you’re having to go through this!

I’m 15 days out and still get tired easily. My friends who have had other surgeries tell me this is normal.

On 05/26/2018 at 17:23, Myaiku_Kuraitani said:

My surgeon actually tells me to drink G2. I flat out told them I drink regular Gatorade from time to time. Not fond of Powerade Zero or G2.

However, I do love Vitamin Water. I drink that more than Gatorade but switched back to drinking flavored water after two months of drinking Kombucha. Good stuff right there, good stuff.

Hw-273
Sw-226
CW-124
GW-130
Size- 2, Small in sweats. Small in shirts. depends on how it's cut or made.
Bra Size- 34C

Surgery Date- April 26th, 2017
RNY
"Only those who try will become" FFX

I’ve got to ask how you added your stats at the bottom. I’ve tried adding it to the signature section, but it never takes. Same with putting a picture in there.

Or not. WTH?

FYI: just figured out how to add stats lol

Thank you so much for all the suggestions! I haven’t been keeping down food well, and I did test dehydrated so I’m looking for something to replace the electrolytes. I’m not concerned about the calories at this point since I’ve lost 26 lbs in 15 days (since surgery). I was doing pedialyte, but it’s not super great and getting kind of costly. I do like sugar free kool aid so I’ll definitely get some of that. I’ve never tried the Mio. I’ll look into that as well.

Just wondering if anyone is drinking this? I only like one flavor of the Powerade zero and it’s getting kind of old.

I like Baritastic because it tracks all of this. You can input reminders for your meds and Vitamins and it gives you a ping when you need to take them. You just go in, set your goals (like 64oz of Water a day) and log as you go. It will also keep track of your weight, inches lost, ect and it’s free. It syncs with your Fitbit if you have one too. And you can just scan a bar code to add a food or drink, which is so easy for me. There are others out there, but this one ended up being my favorite.

I’m not sure why you’re looking for a fight, but this isn’t twitter. You do you. Other people recommended it too. Save your drama for your mama. I gave my opinion, you don’t like it, and I don’t care. Bother someone else because I’m done with you.

On 05/24/2018 at 14:47, SleeveinIL said:

I'm sorry, but what do you mean by slime? Now if you said leaked a little (from having kids and being obese) I would totally know what you meant. LOL

😂. No it’s not leaking. It’s when you eat or drink something and your throat and mouth fill up with mucous like slime and you kind of burp it up. Or for me, I just bend over and out it comes. It’s usually about a cup of slime each time. It looks just like if you threw up a big bunch of snot. Sorry this is gross, but the whole thing is gross honestly. In the same category are the foamies. I haven’t had them, but from what I understand, it’s like something gets stuck and you actually produce foam that you have to spit out.

I’m only just starting the mushy food part! I’m dreading the whole regular food stage! I did look it up on the boards but it seemed like I could only find years old posts. The new format is serious messing with me lol. I’m thinking it might be because it was ricotta cheese. I’ve read that people become very lactose sensitive sometimes after WLS. I’m about to go try some unsweetened applesauce and tomorrow I’ll try cream of wheat. See how that does for me.
I did email my nurse coordinator about this as well. All I know is it’s super nasty!

I could have (and I think I did) written this word for word! The first week I was SOOOO HUNGRY! Not head hunger either, but stomach rumbling physical hunger! Turns out my stomach was producing WAY too much stomach acid. Once I got on protonix, it went away. I just started the soft food diet today, and let me tell you it was a real struggle to eat 2 tablespoons of vegetarian retried beans! And I’m not hungry anymore. Now I have to push myself to eat because I know I need to.
Trust me, it’s working. I freaked out to, to the point where at my 5 day follow up I was asking the surgeon “what size bougie did you use???” 😂 Poor man was like 32 French. And I make stomachs smaller than most surgeons do.
You’ll start feeling that not hungry bit when you get out of liquids I promise. Just keep trucking and it’ll all work out.
Good luck!

I’m jealous! It took me 18 months to finally get approval from my ins company! I certainly don’t regret it, but it would have been nice to have a much smoother journey like yours!
Good luck! I’m happy for you!

I’ll be honest, I’m 2 weeks post VSG and sometimes I do regret it. It’s a HUGE change. And the only real thing I regret is not being able to chug Water 😂. But when I’m down about it, I just talk to someone (my friends, family members, my psych) and they remind me that it’s better to struggle for a little bit to be healthier and live longer. That ALWAYS stops my pity party! Sometimes in the early days I guess it’s easier to get sad than think about the good reasons you did this. Everyone in my support group has had a little case of buyers remorse, but not very often. I’ve had 2 days of angry and sad out of 2 weeks.
But I really wouldn’t change my decision for the world. Like the above poster said, most of the time it’s the regret that I didn’t do this sooner!
You’ll be fine and you’ll do great! And I think almost everyone gets the cold feet/nerves before. You’re totally normal lol