cyndiloowho

Hi! I am 4 days post-op, which you may have figured out from the thread title. I just wanted to tell some of you who are considering WLS what it feels like at 4 days out. The surgery went great, which was a relief. I had never had surgery of any kind before, so I was nervous. I had a morphine PCA which I didn't use nearly as much as I thought I would. My surgery was Thursday May 15 and I stopped taking the Lortab Elixer and Phenergan on Saturday. (I hated the way they made me so tired and loopy!) I cheated during the pre-op diet. It is something I am not proud of and I will tell you that, thus far, it is my only regret. I read everything I could find on pre-op diet cheating, trying to justify it to myself. If I would have just followed the diet I could have avoided so much grief and stress! I am now on a full liquid diet for two weeks, until my follow-up appt with my surgeon. This morning I thought about cheating until I read the thread, "Would it kill me?" or something similar. I knew why cheating post-op was bad, but was trying to justify it. That thread works. Read it. I keep beating myself up about, "why couldn't I just do this on my own?" but the truth is I have tried. I'm sure you have, too. Sorry if this is very stream-of-consiousness and rambling. I started seeing a therapist about two months ago. My brother died in January and it has all been just too much! Again, I'm sure many of you can relate. Whether it is a death in the family or abuse in our past or other things we turned to food for comfort. It was so handy! (and socially acceptable!) I guess what I wanted to tell you is that no, the lap band is not a miracle, it is just a tool that we actually have to USE to make it work. Please remind me of that in a month or so when I have no restriction and I am in bandster hell, okay? I'm glad I did it, but I still second-guess this decision multiple times a day. I just don't think that NOW is a good time to figure out if the choice was right or not. I think that in the end, I will be glad I did it. Oh, and here is my blog. I'm off to add it to my sig: Cyndiloowhobanded’s Weblog

I'm surprised and dismayed that some are being so harsh about this. I understand that all diets/doctors are different, but ice cream IS on my list of full liquid diet items. I agree with some of the other pp's. Move on, it's not the end of the world. I, too am on my period (just started this morning, surgery was on Thursday May 15th) and if ice cream didn't make me nauseous I'd be having some!