Little Kansas Kitty

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Congrats on nursing school. I think you'll be totally fine and ready for school IF you take it easy from here forward. Let your body rest, rest as much as possible and ask for help. I paid my kids extra allowance to help out with additional chores. The last thing you want to do is pull or strain a muscle as that could set you back an additional 3 weeks or so. Happy healing!

This sucks. I'm sorry, girl. It's the biggest annoyance of all of this recovery. I had the burning sensation once and it freaked me out but it did pass. I feel like days that I'm more active at home and work, the next day the left side pain comes back even stronger. It too is not directly on the incision but under or around it. Sometimes it's hard to pin point. I read somewhere that it can take 4-5 weeks before you're back to yourself. I'm just trying to take it easy most days and taking my Tylenol religiously every 6 hours.

You're just a little farther out than me. I was constipated for 12 days after surgery and my first BM was painful but celebratory! I've been taking one stool softener every day since a couple days before surgery. This week my diet changed to puree's and so I'm adding small amounts of applesauce and/or bananas or some baby food veggies to each meal and it's made a world of a difference. FIBER in these foods is making me go at least every day or two. Weight is dropping again now too.

OMG - I love sofrito or sazón! It's such a popular spice in spanish recipes. That seems to be so odd to me. I'm glad you're doing better. Do you think the chicken could have been prepared in extra fat/butter?

My doctor said 10 lbs after surgery. Then, at my 2 week follow up they said I could increase to 25 lbs. and just continue to add more as I feel better. I'm 3 1/2 weeks post-op and don't feel ready for any weight lifting due to my left side incision pains and a pulled lower left back muscle. I think taking it easy for some time after surgery is best for healing. I'm hoping by 6 weeks I'll be back to all normal activities but I agree with @Matt Z and think it could be closer to 2 months. Our bodies just went through major surgery.

@macadamia - so true about the office temptations! We have Donut Thursday every week at our office. That was a really kind and encouraging note above. I do love this community too! Yep, regarding the surgery getting cancelled. When she told she cheated and had a cheeseburger, her Dr. put her I think on another month of liquids and rescheduled surgery. It scared the bejeezus out of me.

made me giggle too!

You are going to be amazed at how well you're going to do after surgery. Your pouch will be so small and you'll be forced to eat right. My kids have lots of treats and dinners I can't have but that's ok. I just make my own. I've been doing that for years. The only thing that kept me from cheating on my pre-op diet was someone's post on here that said they cheated and their surgery was cancelled. You can do it, girl. Fill yourself up with water. It helps tremendously! My kids will grow up and move on one day and then it will be just me. You've got to do what is best for you.

@trixie82 - yay for kicking that stall! I have a feeling this will not be our one and only but next time we'll be more prepared.

Haha! Yay for food in whatever forms they come. I had cottage cheese for the first time this morning and they were delicious too! The baby food peaches not so much. Too sweet!

Thank you for that. I think I do need to slow down more. It was pretty easy to eat since it was so soft. I did feel better when I got home and had a protein shake. The fullness lasted probably a little under 2 hours. I plan on having it for dinner tomorrow though. It was delicious.

Ok, 45 minutes later and I'm feeling "too full". Like I just had an enormous meal. I think I better have less next time. This full feeling is a wee bit uncomfortable. It still was tasty though!

I just had the most satisfying meal since my surgery! Refried Beans. YUMMY! No seasoning added just straight out of the can warmed up in the microwave. Quick ?: My post-op diet paperwork said I could have a 1/2 cup of Refried Beans. I'm 3 weeks post-op. Isn't a 1/2 a cup 4 ounces? And, isn't our pouch only 2 ounces!!? Maybe it's considered a "slider" food? I finished about 3/4 of the 1/2 a cup and feel really satisfied and full. Adding this to my favorite meal list so far. I almost felt like I was having a taco. Haha!

@ALFxRNY - The one under my breast is practically gone and healing the best too! Here's to happy healing for all of us! Have you started any scar treatment yet? I was thinking I better hurry and pick up some mederma.

Yuck on the 2 week stall and the bug. Guess we'll begin to get used to them as our bodies try to redistribute and catch up. We have similar stats! I want to lose 100. 25 down and 75 to go. I feel like this is a good first milestone.

@ALFxRNY - You're lucky you got that belly button incision. I've heard those are super unnoticeable and disappear. I have the huge left side incision that is pretty bothersome but is getting better day by day. By next summer's heat, we'll all be complaining how cold we are.

@Matt Z - 67 lbs. is amazing and truly, it's the overall and how you feel that matters. AWESOME JOB!

Yep, I kept reading the same thing. Sorry you had to go through the struggle with the band but glad you're on an awesome track with RNY. Still can't get over your huge weight loss in under 4 months. Very inspiring.

I'm with @Missouri-Lee's Summit and as a self pay patient could pick out whichever surgery I wanted. I chose RNY Gastric Bypass because it was the "gold standard" and seemed to be the most effective in terms of high percentage of weight loss and stats of maintaining. As a binge eater, I wanted as much restriction as possible. Also, I liked the idea of a possible "reversal" and not completely removing my stomach in the event of any severe complications down the road. I have no regrets.

Congrats on your upcoming surgery! I purchased my initial haul at a ton of different places as I wanted to make sure I got the best price and so I took advantage of several site's "first order promotions" https://www.vitacost.com/ https://www.barimelts.com/ https://www.bariatricchoice.com https://www.amazon.com/

WOW! You and @Hal711 are killing it! Weight is flying off. I've read that after a stall another big loss is coming.

This is truly my very favorite thing about losing weight. Getting ready in the morning! Suddenly there are many more options. Yay for dresses to work in the summer! Before surgery I was seriously rotating out of 3 pants week after week and just praying the thighs wouldn't rub holes into them. LOL

Do you have some anti-nausea meds you can take? CONGRATS on the 25 lbs.! So awesome. I'm really forcing myself to eat. I feel like I'm eating and drinking all day long because it takes so long to finish a meal and then after an hour passes I have to quickly catch up on fluids. Then I drink for about an hour and begin eating again.

You go girl! That is a ton of weight lost already. WAHOO! Love that folks are noticing. I wore some smaller clothes today and my coworker was like "Oh, did you go shopping?" I was like "no, just some older clothes". LOL - - no one has noticed the loss yet, but give me 15 more pounds and I'll have way more old clothes options.