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greensmoothie

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    I can relate. I ate so horribly before surgery because I felt like I was never going to be able to eat those foods again. My doctor warned me of this but it didn’t stop me. Now that I am about 3 months post VSG I can eat whatever I want (in small portions).


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    My doctor allowed me to take the shots in my arm instead of my stomach. After having abdominal surgery I couldn’t mentally handle taking daily injections in the same region.

    I have a phobia about needles so my husband gave me the shots. I found the shots to be uncomfortable and my arm was sore afterwards. I don’t think I had any bruising.

    I focused on how important the shots were to avoid pulmonary embolisms to get me through it.


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    I am about 6 weeks post sleeve surgery. It was really hard to tolerate anything other than Jello and broth at first. I never hit the Protein and Water daily goals. I struggled to keep a lot of foods I tried down (TMI - I vomited a lot). I spoke with my doctor about it and he said to focus on water goals and reduced the water goal to 40 ounces per day. When I had an aversion to water he said I could hit my liquid goals with Gatorade, crystal light and the like.

    So long story short ... I stayed on liquids a little longer despite being able to go to soft foods. Despite these food plans that say you can eat X on a certain date, you know your body and what you are ready to eat. I think it’s good to take it slow. If something doesn’t work then try it again later on down the road.

    Like I said in the beginning of this post, I am six weeks out. Today I can eat and drink almost anything now without any issue. As your stomach heals it gets better.


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    So my cycles are pretty heavy which causes an Iron-deficiency for me. So I’m already going to be on my cycle when I go in for surgery. “SUCKS *SS” I was told by my surgeon that I may get my cycle again. Which means twice in one month. Oh HELL NO! Was anyone else told this?? Or if you had surgery did this happen to you. I would like to know how common it is. [emoji24]☹️[emoji36]



    This happened to me, sort of. Because of my birth control, I normally skip/don’t have a period. After surgery I got an untimely period.


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    I had the sleeve on July 10th. Eating puréed foods now. Slowly losing. Swallowing fine. Looking forward to losing a lot more in the months ahead. Been relatively good process since surgery but I’m having trouble stomaching the chewable vitamins. Working on something else.


    Same here with regard to the chewable vitamins. I have been liquefying my Vitamins by crushing them and adding a little Water.

    I bought the Unjury chewable vitamins and I can’t tolerate how sweet they are.... it’s like a sweet tart candy which would normally be great. However, post sleeve my tastebuds can’t handle it.


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