sleevegirl88

Wishing i could do refried Beans better still hard

5 minutes ago, James Marusek said:

I remember a few months after surgery using ketchup. It was like tasting hot sauce. Luckily the taste buds seem to adjust back over time.

i noticed that too i got sugar free ketchup and it tasted kinda spicy

@Matt Z Maybe down the road i can try them again, although makes me wonder if i should try other foods i hated pre surgery (i.e cottage cheese) and see if i like them now

@Frustr8 hmmmm possibly..maybe try a bite or two and wait a few minuets and see?

So before surgery i HATED anything grape flavored with a passion and fruit punch was my go to. So i bought a multi flavor pack of gatorade zero and figured id give hubby the grape now that im post op. Took one swig of thr fruit punch and spit it out...tried the grape and it was heaven!! So funny how you dont realize how much your taste buds change! Who elses taste buds changed?

On pureed myself and that ricotta bake is life tome right now,. And agreed i finally tried tuna and mayo and it was so so delicious!

On 7/21/2018 at 11:31 AM, Lisa K. said:

My surgeon and NUT said to wait until my stomach has healed and then I can add in small amounts of coffee. I never thought I could stand life without coffee but I didn't miss it like I thought I would. I was spending a fortune at Starbucks preop and it is nice breaking that habit!

Same! I thought I would be miserable but one i busted past the withdrawl, I feel oddly okay without it! Plus my pocketbook loves me for letting go of my starbucks habit lol

15 minutes ago, Frustr8 said:

Wonderful Honey- you found WHAT would work for you. Now rock it and on to a wonderful life! Proud of You

Thank you so, so much! That means a lot!

1 minute ago, Frustr8 said:

So which surgery dis you finally choose?

I went with VSG! I’m so happy with my decision! No heartburn what so ever and down 23lbs since surgery and 33 from my highest.

Im hoping so! Will be glad to be back to my old self and actually have a desire to do things

3 minutes ago, Swimmer said:

Very normal. I didn't have much energy post surgery for a few weeks either, though no real pain. I think I was kind of sad and it felt like I was breaking up with food, and I kind of was but slowly this got better. The more I got outside to walk or swim the better I felt and the less I focused on food. You've got this, it gets better. Cheers!

Thanks!!!

@Matt Z I finally got myself up to about 80-100 oz a day and im pretty sure you're right on the toxins thing. Trying to still flush out all bad carbs, sugar etc.

Who else has/had no energy doing their liquid pre-op diet? I feel so sluggish and tired. Makes me want to just burrow under my covers and sleep forever. Luckily only 5 more days to go till surgery. Staying true to the diet but just super tired.

19 hours ago, Georgetown said:

Yes you do deserve this! You can do it!

Thanks!!!

On 10/17/2018 at 11:45 AM, Bmanns01 said:

Same....some of the criticism was brutal so I just stopped telling people. My husband and kids (thankfully) are supportive but they don't really understand how difficult this journey has been. Outside of them, my family has been a nightmare! One family member even told me I was going to die! That was where I had to stop. I don't want to fight this battle alone but I have to do what is best and I have too many people relying on me now and in the future to keep carrying this extra weight around.

My dad and husband have been super supportive but my mom has been worried telling me I could die and this surgery isnt safe and I need to just lose the weight as well. My Monster in law (mother in law) has always harped about my weight and when I told her the surgery I get backhanded compliments like, "well at least now you can wear smaller clothes and look great but youre pretty now." *rolls eyes* (and yeas she says them outside earshot to my husband). My boss knows bc i needed the time from work and were a super small office and then one of my friends knows bc shes having the same surgery as me in Jan. and i made the mistake to tell one coworker (i knew her from school before i started working there) and she said "are you sure you can do it? i mean youre always eating" (which im not at work bc no food is allowed at our desks and i dont see her outside work so how would she know) but mostly im just tired... im tired of the negativity and having pains in my ankles all the time bc of my weight , and starting to develop an array of other health issues due to my obesity. I know this inst a fix but in the end i deserve the right to any tools necessary to HELP better my body ....

22 hours ago, Frustr8 said:

And are you dancing your Happy Dance? I know I would be!

I AMMMMMM!!!!!

I understand completely! I'm having my surgery 10/30 and have kept most of it to myself since i've had people tell me "oh you have no motivation now well then you wont after surgery so its pointless" "or why dont you just diet and lose the weight". so sad to hear people judge my decisions so quick that are supposed to be my friends and be supportive but at the end of the day i have to keep telling myself, im doing this for my body and my mind and not for them

You look really amazing! Keep it up and stay strong!

*******UPDATE*********

glad i got a hold of someone b/c some lady in scheduling put me down for the wrong surgery but all is fixed now.

*******UPDATE*********

glad i got a hold of someone b/c some lady in scheduling put me down for the wrong surgery but all is fixed now.

So ive been under the assumption that im having the sleeve surgery done. However when i logged into my patient portal I saw under my upcoming appointments and procedures this:

So ive been under the assumption that im having the sleeve surgery done. However when i logged into my patient portal I saw under my upcoming appointments and procedures this:

@KimTriesRNY so true 100%, thank you!

@Foxbins thanks ill defn pick up soon as a precautionary

@Sosewsue61 thats how mine is before only when i eat super spicy or super greasy foods, i just normally choose not to eat those foods otherwise no problems what so ever

@TX4everLinds yea i saw that about the carb coma..one girl in this VSG/RNY group im in (she had RNY) out of nowhere a few years post op she said she took a bite of cake at a baby shower and started to feel bad so she left and ended up passing out and wrecking her car in a ditch.. she said she and the car was fine and luckily no one else was involved but she said it scared her bc it could have been way more serious and she just wanted to warn people to be careful bc dumping at any point is very serious

@CrankyMagpie thanks for the links, im going to check those out!

@GreenTealael thanks girl! ill keep yall posted on what i decide

@JohannaLea true, ive seen that a lot and i wonder why some people go back to old habits idk if its bc it is a habit or that they thought this was a cure not a tool like it should be and though "hey ill lose all this weight and still eat what i want" i recognize this is a tool and have seen a therapist to work on my over eating issues and get help to see why im doing these things. i see the tool as help but not a solution, you have to change how you eat and look at food as a lifelong commitment

9 hours ago, fandangle said:

omg only 17hrs to go. pre op vist in 13hrs then over to the hospital to see the doc for the surgery 4 hrs later. starting to feel the nerves now. dont know if Ill sleep tonight.😲

good luck! let us know how it goes