KCgirl061

I'm 10 months out and I still drink Miralax in my tea every morning and will make sure I'm getting plenty of fiber in my diet. I'll throw benefiber in my yogurt and premier shakes when I drink them. Congratulations on your poo!

Hernia repairs are common surgeries. And like someone else said, you might want to leave gallbladder open in case that one does become medically necessary.

I think I had Chana Saag. Paneer Saag is one of my favorite dishes but I could mush the chickpeas easier than paneer. Took protein powder with me to add to it.

Very cool!

Keep your hands busy: Paint your nails, get a coloring book, learn to knit, put together a puzzle, reorganize a closet. Drink drink drink. Get rid of the snack food. Throw it out, you don't need it.

Make sure you are sipping! Take one at a time. Your sip should be so small that it could rest under your tongue (in that pocket) and you could talk. Sip, hold, breathe all air out and swallow. The pressure pain comes from swallowing air and early out is very uncomfortable. One sip too many and youll get a tight pinch and a lot of pressure. Before the pinch youll feel the pressure and that's how youll know to stop and slow down. It's a lot of work to be in tune with your new anatomy and change old habits but its very much worth it!

This is a great one and one I looked forward to as well. My only issue now goes back to the lack of padding on my behind and my tailbone sitting on the hard porcelain of the bathtub makes it hard to relax!

They are giving out Royals baseball tickets at the blood drive. Very tempting, but probably not worth potential dehydration and anemia. Just curious.

A lot of people would suggest packing your own socks or house slippers for walking the halls. I don't like the idea of this, I work in the operating room and know that surgeons and PAs and such walk right out the OR up to the nursing floors dragging blood particles with them. Gross. I suggest you wear the socks they give you and throw them away. My suggestion mirrors GradyCat's above. Plus maybe your own pillow.

Are we allowed to donate blood? Has anyone ever been given the go ahead? Prior to donating they encourage you to eat a high iron food items and be well hydrated, both of which can be issues for bariatrics. Just curious if anyone had asked their doctors about this.

10mg of Melatonin does the trick for me.

So true.

https://www.bariatricpal.com/magazine/710-keto-and-bariatric-surgery/

You have to eat A LOT of fat to be on a true Keto diet and get into ketosis. It's doable but I prefer to focus on a high protein/ low sugar diet, I think its more sustainable long term.

The reason that incision will hurt more than the others is because its the port site used for a liver retractor - during the surgery more torque is put on it to lift the liver away from the stomach while they work on creating your bypass. The other ports don't stress the surrounding tissue. Hope that helps ease your mind!

Early out if you truly overfill your sleeve you aren't doing to stretch it, you're going to cause a leak, which is ultimately much more dangerous. Stick to the portions directed by your surgeon and the pace you should be eating.

Nurse here too! Hard to have the energy without my daily coffee. I drink mine on the weak side so it isn't too acidic. I don't worry too much about the diuretic effect of coffee, which I think is the primary reason why surgeons don't want you taking it, they want all your water to count. So just make sure you're getting plenty of water in too.

LOL you're awesome!

Can't find the Revenge List.... where did you put it?!??

How much are you drinking? Do you stick to one drink or do you have many? I'm thinking a lot of drinks have high sugar contents and you might be responding to the high sugar load if you have multiple drinks.

Great work! Keep it up!

ouch. Not fun. Sorry its hitting you so bad. ?