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Hey @macadamia , How's your recovery going bud? Hope it going smooth and havn't experienced any issues.

Great transformation. Congrats on your success and Happy Surgiversary. I hope to be somewhat as successful. Thank You for your inspiration!!!!

I wish you the best on getting through this. My question is why would you hold off getting in touch with your surgeon? At least to inform them you are going to ER for IV because you are concerned you may be dehydrated. Don't you think if you described your situation they might know from experience what could possibly be going on with you? The ER is a great idea but I think informing your surgical team is a must.

All these meals look amazing. I eat the most generic boring things at this point it's not even worth taking and posting pics of it. I mainly eat eggs or chicken breast.

How do you know you have stabilized and your not in a long stall?

The only significant pain I experienced was within a few hours post surgery. I was woken up by the nurse administering my pain meds but I just wanted to sleep. She told me if I could sleep I did not need any meds, to which I said fine and went back to sleep. I woke up some time later with PAIN and NEEDED the meds. Other than that the "pain" was mostly just discomfort and only noticeable when getting up from a seated or lying position.

Welcome, You'll love it here. Great topics, questions and loads of great people. Best to you on your journey!!!

Sorry to hear about all the crap things going on for you right now. Great to know your in good spirits though. Congrats on the grand baby and hope your healing goes the best it can.

I 2nd @GreenTealael 's sentiment. It's either really bad scheduling or he's got so many "flukes" there is no way around scheduling them all together. I would definitely consult a 2nd surgeon, maybe even a 3rd. Sorry I can't give you any input on the revision but the bigger concern is this surgeons response to your question about the complainers. Best of luck to you!! Sorry @GreenTealael I wound up getting my curser stuck in the box of your name and can't type anything after it when that happens. So you get 3 shouts.@GreenTealael

Does he require some sort of diet at all? If not then don't worry about it. Eat what you want.

It's a super smooth procedure. Your nerves will smooth out as you get into the process. The best to you on getting through it and Happy Healing!!

Congrats on your successful surgery. Hope you have an easy healing period.

Call and talk to the office manager. If you can't get in contact with them make a visit and ask to speak to the office manager. There's no reason they can't give you a call and say they are handling your case as a courtesy.

How about some body weight exercises or resistance bands. I'm struggling really BAD myself to get motivated to work out.

That's gotta be frustrating. Better to be as healthy as possible prior to going under the knife though. Best to you, and hopefully the time goes by quickly for you.

Wish I had some helpful suggestions but unfortunately I do not. I do however wish you a speedy recovery and that this passes quickly. Good Luck to you Sir!!

I used to get a similar feeling when I ate or even drank water. Almost all the time in the first few weeks. I chalked it up to fullness and learned to slow down or eat less. I don't get it any longer and sometimes eat fast or too much. Fullness and some uncomfortableness but not the same as earlier on. If your surgeon says your good to go and after being in the ER there was no problems found don't worry about it. Just know it will pass and become a distant memory.

Congrats and hope you have a pain free recovery!!!

Great transformation man. Congrats to you on your success. What a huge inspiration!!!! Thanks for posting!!!!!

Congrats on getting your date. Some advice.... Look over your program and see what's not allowed. Slowly start cutting those things out like you are doing with your bubbly water. Research foods and recipes for the different stages so when the time comes you have ideas or know what you want to try. Much more but I'm drawing a blank right now. Don't worry though, I'm certain you'll get many and more suggestions from everyone here. One more though from me. Read this forum, you WILL learn so much from all the posts and question and answers. I have learned way more here than was told by my surgery team. Whenever something new was brought up I already knew about it and very rarely had any questions. Good luck to you!!

Good luck to you!!!

And thank you for the recipe link. It has been saved to my library of recipes I need to try out.

Have you talked to your surgeon about the issue you are having with your legs? Is there a common time when it happens or just random? My legs fall asleep when I sit in certain positions but moving positions helps. Again it's something that I experienced prior to surgery. I have back issues that has resulted in me having sciatica so I always have pain in my legs. It started with my right leg then my left decided it was missing out on the fun so now the front of my thighs are always numb to the touch but very painful under the surface of the skin. Very odd sensation. Oh, and there are days when I get shooting pain down my leg (varies from leg to leg) if I happen to move in a position it doesn't like while sitting or laying in bed.

My hips have been sore as well. I did have the problem pre surgery but now it seems more pronounced. Some days are worse than others and the pain goes from my sides down into my groin area

I can only speak for Protein2O because it's the only one I've tried, but it's pretty good. Not really that sweet. It adds to your fluid intake for the day plus the added bonus of the protein. $7 for a four pack, give it a try. You never know. During mushy stage I started mixing them with yogurt. Tastes really good.