RainbowBrite57

Way to go!!!!!! ???

This may be extremely commonplace, but did anyone have an incision that was closed & stitched to your abdominal wall so that your stomach looks indented in that spot? Besides general soreness in my stomach, that incision is the only place that hurts & boy, does it hurt! The surgeon said that incision was the one used to cut out the stomach, remove it, & work the staple gun. But I’m not sure why they had to stitch it to my abdominal wall. Once it feels better, I’ll be feeling great.

And they sent me flowers..... ha! ?I’m 99.999% sure the director paid for them but the card says “from the staff”. Really nice on her part & pretty to smell/look at!

Good grief, that’s a long time! You’ve been way more patient than I ever could’ve been. Do you plan to give the surgeon’s office a call Monday? I sure as heck would! I hope you get answers & surgery date soon!

Thanks for the advice everyone! I am on the way home from the hospital right now. ?

Great question! I’ll be watching the comments! ?

Yay! Happy surgery eve!!!! I’m so ready! How about you?

Hi! Those are 1 oz cups of bone broth, protein water, jello, & applesauce w/ enough room for a splash of water to thin it out to mix my crushed pills in to. Good luck!!!! ?

Surgery is Wednesday so I spent today cleaning & prepping. I’m exhausted but still super excited! Good night! ?

Hi all! I have all my paperwork for what to drink/eat for my clear liquid & full liquid phases. What I don’t have is an idea on how much to drink/eat during full liquids. I know I can have thinned Greek yogurt, thinned applesauce, thinned & strained soups, etc. But, hypothetically, could I sip on soup or eat yogurt all day long as long as I got my protein in? (I wouldn’t actually do that) In the purée phase & beyond I’m told how many ounces of each category to have in a meal. I just need an idea on how much to consume during my full liquid phase. Any advice is much appreciated!

Thank you for the suggestions, everyone! I’m meant to respond earlier but surgery is 3 days away & I’m cleaning my house like a mad woman! ?

Thinking of you today! ?

Because protein drinks will be consumed slowly after surgery, I’d like to find out what y’all used to keep your protein drinks cold while you sipped, sipped, & sipped some more. They taste so much better cold!

I'm so excited for you! I'm a week away & I swear the days are crawling. But I have sooo much to do before then so I'm ok with that, ha! You are going to do AWESOME! I'm hear for you if you ever need to talk!

It was a great class! Unfortunately, we were seated so far apart that it was hard to talk to each other. ? But we do have local support groups that meet so that'll help. Of course, the meetings are on hold until the beginning of the year.

I’m sitting in a room with my fellow patients waiting for class to begin! I never thought I’d be so excited for a class!!! ? Surgery is in 8 days!

I’m excited for you! You’re going to do great!

From everything I've read, yes it is. Gatorade Zero, Powerade Zero, anything like that should be just fine.

September is getting close, y'all! Some of us on our pre-op diet already & for the rest of you guys it won't be long! I'm glad I joined this thread because we are going to need each other for support in these coming months. I wish every one of you a wonderful journey as we strive to re-gain our health & lives back! ?

Thank you! ? I’ll never understand how people can be so negative to others. I’m just glad I’m not as miserable as they are!

Fantastic idea, thank you!

Congratulations!!! You’re going to rock your new life!

This site has really proved invaluable for support & I'm so happy I joined. I'm so excited for you- Monday is almost here! My surgery is September 9th. I'm looking forward to seeing your journey!

I'm confused on making protein shakes. I thought it was pretty darn simple- liquid, powder, blend. But I'm getting a ton of foam & all flavors taste disgusting all airy like that. I made a drink with water, flavored water powder, & unflavored protein for lunch. I couldn't handle the taste right away but now I'm seeing that the foam reduces the longer in sits in the fridge so I'll be trying it again soon. Can y'all please tell me the different methods you use so I can get some ideas? Thank you!

I've got a funny update for y'all. Yesterday the supervisor in charge of scheduling put out the schedule for the first week I'm off for surgery. Anytime someone is out for a full week (vacation, sick, whatever), their name is left on the schedule but the days/times are blank since they won't be there. Well, I look at the schedule today & she completely removed my name. Interestingly, another co-worker is off for vacation that entire week but is her name removed? Nope. These petty people have me laughing now! ???