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I had to go in the other day and I showed them. Dr. Said it's a reaction from the glue

I have the same diet sheet ughhh how did you get past week one?! My pre op diet I was eating a ton of Jello and shakes and popsicles. After surgery I'm really not tolerating anything but Water without cramping up.. it's all too sweet for me now

I know in my discharge papers, it says go to the hospital if your incisions are bright red... jut go in and get it checked on

I can see them wanting you to transition to getting most of your Protein from food sources, but to be honest I wasn't able to do that for the first few months. Doc wanted us to only do 3 meals a day and no Snacks. There simply was no way I could eat enough protein from lean meats to hit 60g/day. I had to do my 3 meals and supplement with a Protein Shake to get enough in.

There really is nothing wrong with continuing to use Protein Drinks long term. As I wanted to work more greens into my diet that meant I wouldn't be able to eat as much meat. For that trade-off I'd have a protein shake so that I could get more variety into my diet and still hit my daily goals.

I really need to start doing this. I have to have some sort of Creamer or flavor added to my coffee so this would be a better substitute.

If you like to drink a cup of coffee or Decaf in the morning, pick up some caramel flavor Premiere Protien shakes.
I use half a shake in my coffee ever morning and it tastes like a caramel latte. Really good. 80 calories for 15 grams of protien...ya can't beat it!

For the first week I used the medicine measuring cups they gave me at the hospital. They gave me a stack to come home with. I used those to measure every drink and broth I consumed every 15 minutes. It was tedious yes, but it helped me recover quickly, and kept my large sipping tendencies at bay.

Went through the same thing. First few weeks (and even months) were rough at times. Any prolonged sitting absolutely killed me. It's a common thing to happen for whatever weird reason. I've weighed less in my life and didn't have that problem, but for whatever reason that time after surgery was painful. I broke down and got one of those tailbone relief cushions (coccyx pad). It didn't solve it but provided some relief.
At some point the pain started to get better and finally went away. It is a literal pain in the ass...lol

Similar experience, since losing the weight.My butt hurts when I sit on anything not padded. Example, the seat of a NYC train. When I take the train I now stand because it hurts too much to sit down for the entire ride. I guess that's one of the prices we pay for the rapid weight loss. Hey, I'll take it and after all it's better for me to stand than to sit.

I am 8 years post op Gastric Bypass and still maintaining my 170 pound weight loss! You can succeed, it’s a life change. The first pic is me 5 days before my surgery and the second pic is during a commercial I was in for my doctors office in April 2010. I lost a lot of weight, very fast! The first 6 months most of it was gone!

I'm 8 months post-op. I'm 109lbs. down.
HW: 334
SW: 324
CW: 215
GW: 180

Hi sleevers!! So this is my progress pic so far! On the left we have me at 5'8 314 pounds. This pic was taken 2 days before my surgery on August 18,2017 and in the right this photo was taken the other day and i am down 67 pounds! My weight now is 247! Trying to hit 200 by my bday (end of April) but I am so glad I put myself on this journey! I'm starting my YT (under victoria shadoan) blogs for fitness and healthy eating this weekend so please subscribe for recipes and on my Instagram! I do mini cooking tutorials in my stories every evening 😁😁❤️ @torriqurll001 ✨

Wow

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If it were me, I'd err on the side of caution and have the doc or nurse take a look sooner. If nothing else, will put your mind at ease. You could also email that photo to their office and ask if you need to be seen....that might be a good compromise.

I didn't experience the sever itching but I was really swollen. I applied ice packs to my stomach 2x a day. That helped with the swellen tremendously. I started while I was in the hospital. No one recommended it, but Ice helps swelling so it was a no brainier for me.

I had the lapband in 2014, regretted every single day of it. I was miserable and sick for 2.5 years.

I took that out in 2016, and I'm now 3 days out of my new gastric sleeve and am so excited! I feel great 72 hours out and am looking forward to my new life (:

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You won't even remember the pain in 2 weeks...

what you are going through is normal for many in the early post op period. it is the hormone dump from rapid fat loss and the adjustment to the healing (I remember thinking "OMG am i going to be burping my way through every meal forever?" Now I read posts like yours and go "oh yeah, i forgot about that part". you will feel totally normal in 3-6 months (for me it was 2 months, but i'm a quick healer)...I'm 15 months now, in and if it weren't for:
being amazed every time i look at a picture of myself wondering why i don't get winded anymore, ever wondering how far i need to push myself on the treadmill to get my heart rate into the cardio zone wondering how the hell these size 2 pants fit me, because that makes no sense at all ...i would not remember I had surgery.

Omg that sounds sooo good right now! I really hope I will be able to eat that in a month! About how much are you able to eat at a time? I had my first popsicle tonight and not sure if it was that or my Tylenol wore off but I'm so nauseas and hurting.

Thank you everyone it's very scary and I don't think anything could have prepared me for this. I'm following drs orders so hopefully in another couple weeks I'll feel better about this!

I'm going on my 3rd day after gastric bypass. Hopefully get to leave later today. My question is.. during the first week post op diet.. all liquid.. can you feel your stomach get full? I'm nervous to find out how much food I will be able to eat and what will happen if I don't catch myself and end up throwing up. So far in hospital I've had just Water and watered down cranberry juice and Decaf coffee but I didn't notice a difference in my stomach as to if I was getting full

I’m having mine on the 23rd and am so excited to be on this journey!

You should be fine don’t stress. Email dietician. Good luck and i’am sure you will do fine.

Me too! Good luck on your surgery!!

I'm good.. my surgery isn't for another two days. The only complain right now is a Migraine but that's from caffeine withdrawal.. I have a question.. when you wake up from surgery are you in terrible pain immediately