GalNOLA

One week post op and still on Clear Liquids. Yesterday I sucked the seasoning off of 5 hot wing flavored pretzel pieces. It was amazing. LOL

One week post op and still on Clear Liquids. Yesterday I sucked the seasoning off of 5 hot wing flavored pretzel pieces. It was amazing. LOL

I'm glad I read this--I stumbled upon the group because I was feeling the blues yesterday (my surgery was Tuesday). Just reading others stories made me feel better since its nice not to be alone on this journey. Feel free to reach out to me directly in a down turn since I could be in the same spot!

I'm glad I read this--I stumbled upon the group because I was feeling the blues yesterday (my surgery was Tuesday). Just reading others stories made me feel better since its nice not to be alone on this journey. Feel free to reach out to me directly in a down turn since I could be in the same spot!

Wishing you the best! Please know you have people supporting you and here for you. I would rather pain over nausea any day so I feel for you. I had the sleeve surgery on Tuesday and I feel like each day there is more progress to my new normal. Hang in there!

Figuring out the new post-surgery normal takes some detective work and trial and error. I learned something new about myself over the past two days about the cause of the nausea I was experiencing. I never believed that the nausea was actually my body screaming for food because I don't get the classic hunger pangs and I know that I am well-hydrated as I carefully track the amount of liquid I drink. So, I upped my caloric intake to 1200 and started eating more frequently, like every two hours. Miraculously, the nausea has dissipated quite a bit. I am also making certain to get in 2-3 servings of fresh fruit and that has helped as well. Over the past two days, when I weighed myself in the morning I was down a pound each day. I should also add that I think something in the Mio flavor drops must've really been causing some irritation because I started feeling a little bit better after tossing them in the trash and just drinking good, old fashioned H2O.
I did not get very good input from my program's R.D. I found I had to do a lot of work on my own to see what food ideas are good and what are not so good. Also, contrary to conventional wisdom about less sugar being better, I found that adding a daily Kind Protein Bar in helped me feel a whole better. By the nutrition label, it would be considered decent quality at 12g of Protein and 8g of sugar. It just goes to show that each person's body is very different in its wants and needs. Despite adding the Kind Protein Bar, I have not seen an increase in blood glucose on the meter. Plus I discovered that my stomach has no problem with nuts at all and the bars digested smoothly. That said, I don't really want to eat more than one a day.

I’m so sorry to hear about your pain! Mine definitely subsided since yesterday and you are a day behind me so fingers crossed you will be better tomorrow. I’m just have some minor incision tenderness. My doc gave me liquid pain meds so it helped greatly when I was still in pain at home. I try to roll to the side when sitting up in bed to help not strain the incision areas but I made that up and no one said that would help. :-) let me know how you feel tomorrow. Good luck!

I have only had my small bp tablet so far and it was fine. Am wondering how larger Calcium will go. Will give myself a week before i start back on it. Can u break up your tablet before taking?

Very happy to meet you GaINOLA, I should have my surgery June-July, I'll need you to be a good influence on me because you're now a VETERAN😝

Just was approved! Can't wait!
Any May sleevers want to support each other??
:))