Oceanlove

My surgery was Wednesday at 8:30am and did not leave till Saturday afternoon.

RNY Surgery 6/20th. Left hospital 24th. Gained weight from all the fluids. Hospital entry 284 exit from hospital 305 today 270 my only complaint I have is in the last day and half I been dealing with a constant nausea feeling.

Stool softener daily and try milk of magnesia

Ty all for the support. Post op is my life now. One day at a time.

Yeah the bending is a difficult thing take your time on that. I’m 16 days post bypass and just now able to bend slowly with out pain. Give yourself time. Each person deals and heals differently.

Your going to be great. Let us know how you are when you can.

Congrats your on the other side!!!! Hope you’re doing well.

For example what are you eating

So obviously we all love food or we wouldn’t have been here. So in a effort to help find ways to not be bored during this long phase for most of us. Thought it would be nice to share some soft food phase recipes.

Yay!!! And we all will be waiting with bated breath for said announcement and all will rejoice with you.

Oh now I will have to try to find those. They look good.

I’m a side sleeper and almost two weeks this Wednesday still can’t sleep on my side yet. Stomach I imagine it’s going to be awhile

Oh my, note to self avoid dumping at all costs. Yikes, that sounds horrifying.

I just can’t get into hummus. I have tried so many different ones. Any other dip ideas?

Nope they don’t make them. I used the chewable and they didn’t work on the gas post op but they are amazing for the gas building up in my stomach after eating anything

I would highly recommend chicken salad as a start. I know I’m allowed purée chicken salad in the soft food phase I’m in now. But it will help towards moving into the next so maybe it will help you out

Omg it’s been driving me nuts!! Itch, itch, and itch grrrrr I itch around then try to lightly pat.

The surgery was originally scheduled for 13th. Then I called and told the surgeon office everything that happened with me cheating. He rescheduled to the 20th. Yes that surgery happened. Everything has been going as expected. I’m happy to say no head hunger or cravings yet. I’m not ever hungry or over full. I’m sitting currently in a happy medium. ———- now as I go back and read some of the comments on this old thread. I’m surprised at some of the things people said. For example “a self binger who can’t control yourself “. That one surprised me the most. I have never been a binge eater, I’m fat because I eat to much and don’t move enough and for a host of other reasons. At no point do I go binge on massive amounts of food. Yes my portions were big arnt yours before the surgery? The pre op diet is brutal trying to do it on a normal size stomach and with all the head hunger and real hunger going on. So the fact I cheated was not surprising. The fact I had a hard couple days getting back on track not surprisingly. But I did get back on track I did end up losing 28lbs before surgery day. And I did make it to the other side and surprise I’m still doing good on my post op diet. I’m sticking to it like glue. So just because people have a hard awful time on the full liquid diet don’t mean they can’t do good post op or make it.

Hang in there it will get easier. The best thing I can suggest is eat your meal with others around you. So when they are eating you are to. Much easier. If they have fettuccine Alfredo then you fix something like fettuccine cauliflower pasta. It does get easier.

Omg I was the same we had to go buy a recliner the first night back from the hospital it’s no joke you can’t sleep in bed. Unless you have a incline bed base. I tried pike the pillows and bought more nope nothing worked. Now I live in the recliner in a giant pillow nest it’s a super wide and comfy one.

You had surgery 6/10th. That’s not even a month. Your already working out 2hours every day and going back to work?!!! That seems imo way too soon. Especially for the gym routine such as that one. I would highly recommend you talk to your surgeon and Dr office about this. Especially swimming with fresh incision. It’s normal and healthy to still be tired and need down time especially as hard as your pushing.

Yes on left side pain but mine was the 20th. It’s the biggest incision from what my surgeon said. Not really on head hunger. The only time I recognized I might have had head hunger was when I had not drank or ate anything for awhile took one bite of yogurt and was all set.

I am going to do tespo as well just waiting for a sale

I think I just might do that walk after each meal. Not sure I can do the ten minutes yet still in a lot of pain but for five I can do

Hope they are seeing you first thing today