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RichelleGetsFit0309

Gastric Sleeve Patients
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  1.    Arabesque reacted to a post in a topic: Trouble eating/drinking enough?
  2. Perfectly normal and I found out 2-3 weeks after my surgery I was able to drink more. Just keep taking small sips. With my program I didn't have to worry about protein until later on so I mainly had water, jello, broth. Hang in there it will get better!
  3.    RichelleGetsFit0309 reacted to a post in a topic: Trouble eating/drinking enough?
  4.    RichelleGetsFit0309 reacted to a post in a topic: The changes we don't talk about
  5.    RichelleGetsFit0309 reacted to a post in a topic: Timing of multivitamin
  6.    RichelleGetsFit0309 reacted to a post in a topic: Timing of multivitamin
  7. I had robotic gastric sleeve surgery in August. On my doctors site he had a video showing how it’s done. Very interesting.
  8.    RichelleGetsFit0309 reacted to a post in a topic: Happy Thanksgiving
  9.    RichelleGetsFit0309 reacted to a post in a topic: Happy Thanksgiving
  10. Check in: Eating wise I’m doing well. It’s been an adventure discovering new foods. I still have days where the old eating thoughts creep into my head and I just ignore them as much as I can. I also had an asthma flare up and was prescribed prednisone. My pouch wanted to eat any and everything but o had to explain to her we can no longer do that and she seemed to get the hint. How is everyone else doing? Ready for the holidays?
  11.    RichelleGetsFit0309 reacted to a post in a topic: Food Before and After Photos
  12.    RichelleGetsFit0309 reacted to a post in a topic: Food Before and After Photos
  13.    RichelleGetsFit0309 reacted to a post in a topic: Food Before and After Photos
  14.    RichelleGetsFit0309 reacted to a post in a topic: Food Before and After Photos
  15. Take small sips. They gave me medicine cups and I sipped from those. When I went home if I tried to take more than a sip I would be in pain. As the weeks went on it got better. As far as tips and advice just take it one day at a time. No day is the same and give yourself grace during this time. It’s a whole NEW way of living and eating.
  16.    ChubRub reacted to a post in a topic: Favorite Grocery Products
  17.    Lily66 reacted to a post in a topic: Favorite Grocery Products
  18. I had this yesterday and it was good. Thought I share in here.
  19.    Love_thatgirl reacted to a post in a topic: Getting cold feet- VSG Pre-Op
  20.    Zom B reacted to a post in a topic: Anyone for August 2020
  21. For the first time this week I had a FULL bowl movement and no straining. So I think that combo of prunes and stool softener worked.
  22.    Zom B reacted to a post in a topic: Anyone for August 2020
  23. Saw my surgeon and told him about the discomfort. He said it’s most likely due to a stitch that hasn’t popped yet. He also put me back on stool softeners as well. Hopefully this and the prunes will get things going in the right direction. How is everyone doing?
  24.    ChubRub reacted to a post in a topic: Getting rid of old/large clothes - too soon?
  25. Thank you for giving me that final push. I’ve been hanging on to my XXL and now I can get rid of them.
  26. Surgery twins! Congrats on the weight loss. There is a food grocery board in this site and I’ve been getting new food ideas from there since I was getting tired of eating the same thing every day. I’m also going to try prunes and see if that helps. Thanks for the tip.
  27. Not bad. Incision site is still a little tender but I always tend to recover slowly. Tolerating foods well. I’m going to the bathroom but find myself straining. Seeing the doctor on Tuesday and hopefully he will have some suggestions. I went from a XXL to XL. Still feels surreal. How are you?
  28.    GreenTealael reacted to a post in a topic: Favorite Grocery Products
  29.    ChubRub reacted to a post in a topic: Favorite Grocery Products
  30. Hi, I’ve been lurking for a few weeks while I was waiting to start my general diet stage. I had ate this for breakfast this morning and it was really good. Breakfast has been a struggle and this was a nice addition. Thanks for recommending.
  31. Thank you! The dreaded third week stall. I hope you have a smooth transition to soft foods.
  32. Hi, Sorry to hear about the stall. If you put stall in the search engine you will see that this has happened to many members on here and I'm sure there will be plenty of helpful tips. I had a tough recovery as well and just try to take it day by day.
  33. Thank you so much!!! I’m doing the best I can taking it one meal at a time.

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