leahdavis33

Hepatic focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH). It is basically a growth/nodule in the liver that shouldn't affect anything or be cancerous, and can stay the same for years. But if there is rapid growth of the nodule, they will do surgery to remove it. Recovery time is 6 weeks,and you have to do a healthy liver diet to reduce stress on the liver before and after surgery. High in protein,low in carbs and sugar, low glycemic index. If you don't feel well,blame it on the liver enzymes or that your body doesn't tolerate fatty foods and sugar as well since the surgery. People don't understand all the technical stuff so they hear the explanation and don't ask many questions. I thought about using gallbladder as the excuse, but I heard gall stones are not uncommon when you lose weight rapidly and my luck I'll end up needing my gallbladder removed at some point.

Gsgbutterfly, I would not stay alone for the first few days because it is really painful to get up to go to the bathroom. The less you have to use your abdominal muscles as they heal for the first 2 weeks the better, and maybe will heal faster than the 2 weeks of you can avoid using those muscles. I did better after I purchased an abdominal binder, and I wish I had bought or rented a lift chair recliner for the first couple of weeks since I did not have much help. We are big people, and just sitting up puts more strain on the surgical incisions than the 10 lbs we are allowed to carry the first few weeks. And laying down flat or rolling over is a very bad idea during that time. Ice packs are necessary. Sleeping half sitting up in a recliner is not comfortable but is better than laying in bed. Hope this helps.

I have trouble with the protein shakes as well. I bought the unflavored protein isolate (I like the isopure unflavored whey protein isolate) from Amazon. For 1 scoop, you get 25 g protein. You can add it to anything. Yogurt, soup, smoothie, cottage cheese... I sometimes make my own shake with 1 scoop protein, 8 Oz either skim, coconut, or almond milk, a little vanilla extract, a tsp cocoa, sweetener, and a couple ice cubes... Have to wait a few minutes for the foam to settle it, but the protein powder has no flavor or aftertaste. That is my go to rescue to get the protein in when I'm struggling.

HW: 343, SW: 307, CW: 284. I had RNY on 4/15/19. I feel like I'm losing weight so slowly, but seeing what everyone else is experiencing, am relieved that this is more average than slow. I am glad so many of you are sharing your experience. It really helps out things in perspective.

I had RNY on 4/15/19, I'm down 59# from my starting weight, and 23# since surgery.