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1 1/2 cups of 1% milk (or less depending on things) (12 grams of protein)

1 tbsp coco powder (1 gram protein)

2 tbsp PB2 powder (5 grams protein)

1 scoop Kaizen powder (35 grams of protein)

10 ounces of frozen ice cubes made of Decaf coffee

Very filling and satisfies the chocolate Reese’s cravings

So it’s only been a little while out with my surgery. My date was on March 11th and I don’t think I’ve been getting enough Water.< br />
At work I used to take breaks to fill up my water bottle and get in at least 2 kms of walking a day. Now that I’m not at work, I’ve been lazy and I’ve noticed that I haven’t been drinking enough water.

My skin feels itchy and rash like to day, so I decided to try a mud mask.

That tended to try my skin out even more.

If anyone has been having this issue what have you found to be helpful for you?

Hey Barb I have the same issue with waking up with a dry mouth. I leave Water by my bed but I think I just need to increase my intake. It could also be some of the medication but I’m not sure.

If you are going to do it talk to a dietician. The reason people do it is to shrink the liver to make the surgery easier. My liquid diet was supposed to be for 3 weeks but they moved my surgery date up so it was only 2 weeks.

If you look at the section where it says magazine it will go into more details why flintstone is a bad choice...

Flintstone are not what you want to take. Take a chewable multi Vitamin such as Jamison I take 2 in the morning. This was after surgery, and I take 3 chewable Calcium that are made by Jamison as well. calcium citrate is better because it’s easier to be absorbed.

My worry is now that I might have ulcers because one of these ones was for acid reflux but I haven’t been having any. Anyone have any suggestions? The pharmacist things I should start it up again. It’s called lansoprazole? Any advice would be helpful if you stopped this medication.

I was so happy about my surgery I told a lot of people such as staff, people from my chorus... extended family

Yeah I was ok accept for visiting the washroom three times at 6 am 🤣😂

Kaizen comes in 2 flavours vanilla and chocolate and the coco powder makes it taste much better

1 1/2 cups of 1% milk (or less depending on things) (12 grams of protein)

1 tbsp coco powder (1 gram protein)

2 tbsp PB2 powder (5 grams protein)

1 scoop Kaizen powder (35 grams of protein)

10 ounces of frozen ice cubes made of Decaf coffee

Very filling and satisfies the chocolate Reese’s cravings

1 1/2 cups of 1% milk (or less depending on things) (12 grams of protein)

1 tbsp coco powder (1 gram protein)

2 tbsp PB2 powder (5 grams protein)

1 scoop Kaizen powder (35 grams of protein)

10 ounces of frozen ice cubes made of Decaf coffee

Very filling and satisfies the chocolate Reese’s cravings

Post op now I had my roux en y March 11th

Found out about this app... my surgery was March 11th

Found out about this app... my surgery was March 11th

The team introduced me to who was in the room. The anesthesiologist was named Marco and I replied POLO! Lol (I don’t think they like that much)

I remember first waking up after my surgery and being in quite a daze. I told the drs “ I had a great nap!”

Later on in the recovery room one of the nurses repositioned my bed because my stats were low. I was still a bit woozy and found out that I’d been on fentanyl! My reaction got the reply from a nurse not to worry .... “it’s not the kind you hear in the news”.

Up in the room I got escorted with the bed up to the ninth floor which had a better view than my hotel! I was so glad that I asked for a private room. There was someone in the hall that was constantly asking for a nurse and screaming/singing away.

A few people came in to get me adjusted and hooked up to machines including one on my neck. That was scary. I could hardly move without setting one off.

Anyways later on the pain was unbearable. In my chest it felt like I could hardly breathe and my heart rate was a bit “tacky” aka tachycardia. After taking more pain meds it subsided. The bed was still quite upright.

My husband arrived to help me and helped me have some Jello (since the IV was in my dominant hand) after 1/2 I couldn’t eat any more. I was in and out of sleep and he said that he was going to leave. (It was only about 6).

The day nurse came in to check on me when I called about the machines going off. The pump basically only needed to be reset because of my movement. She told me that if that happened, as in if it starts beeping just hit the reset button.

A night a very young nurse came to check on me. She was doing the rounds and was a floater. She changed my bag and my IV again was going off. I tried to reset it. Nothing happened. Then I read what the thing said:
AIR IN THE LINE.

That’s really dangerous. If an air bubble gets in, it can cause all sorts of things including stroke. I knew this because of my medical background when working with people with disabilities.

She changed the line but it was still saying the same thing. The whole IV needed to be changed. Then I saw one of the air bubbles. It was relatively small and we were able to clear it.

The second one was dangerously close to getting into my veins by my hand. It was about a 1/2 inch long. All the flicking in the world wasn’t helping. She went to go get help.

I was worried that it was going to continue to travel but thank god a more experienced nurse came in to flush my IV. She explained that the first thing that she needed to do was this part (as in the part close to my hand).

The next day I was able to ambulate, pass gas, and use the washroom for the third time. (No 2) lol

They discharged me the next day and I only needed 3 oxys all together to get rid of the pain (which I think was from all the CO2) I took 2 that day and one to help me fall asleep the next night.

Other than that my food choice of a fruit bottom yogurt and stool softener the next day or so caused a terrible DS that night. I really thought that I’d flooded the bed from a terrible period!

Needless to say this mattress is getting thrown out! Went right through the topper 😳

So other than that... I’ve the case of the smelly farts from the Protein Powder and my choice of making a homemade cream of broccoli Soup that I didn’t strain. (I read afterwards how I could do something to my sutures this way) 😣

So far I’ve been able to tolerate a lot and have recovered quickly.

I lost 23 lbs before my surgery on a 2 week liquid diet to help shrink my liver. Now it’s only been 5 days and I’m down 5 more or so.

That’s my story so far... symptom wise.
Hope it wasn’t too graphic or gross lol...

I’m surprised you’re still on clear. After 2 days I was on liquid including having Protein Powder, yogurt, cottage cheese, unsweetened apple sauce, cream based Soups (puréed and strained)...

A lot more variety but I guess the sleeve has more mending time.