Jomr3

Thank you so much. I can totally relate ! I know in the end it’ll be worth it for sure.

Hi !!
i had my vsg surgery on December third but I’ve been craving so many thing including pickles. Would it be a bad idea to eat a pickle without the skin ? Also, how do you deal with having people in your house eating all the amazing delicious food meanwhile you’re sitting eating puréed food ?

During the first few weeks I kept reminding myself that I am healing - you literally have stitches holding your stomach together. That visual helped me be 100% on plan for the first 6+ weeks since it isn't just about trying to lose weight - it's about allowing your body to heal from something that's physically pretty traumatic. Good news is the body is an amazing thing!

I have wrote many times but never received any response from anyone. Someone please let me know I'm not invisible. I love reading all your posts and they have helped a lot so keep posting ❤

Phone, charger, and chapstick. You will sleep the whole time, so enjoy it!!! I wore comfy clothes there, changed into hospital gown when I got there, and then wore the same clothes home again the next day!
Best of luck to you!!

It's not time for hard foods yet, so I wouldn't try the pickle. Do you want the crunch or could you just drink some of the juice? It honestly never bothered me when my husband ate food and I couldn't have any. I thought the smell would bother me, but it didn't. I just did what I had to do.

I found myself craving pickles as well. I started drinking pickle juice, which was really satisfying. At first it was out of a bottle of pickles, but I found that you can actually buy bottles of pickle juice. Quite a nice discovery!

I remember feeling that the first few weeks after surgery. You feel a bit of buyers remorse and I know my mind was like I'd give anything if I could eat food.! Lol...I found I had to not have my family eat around me and just would concentrate on myself. Sugar free popsicles really helped me as it was good to crunch and chew on something.
When you can see the scale start to move really helps motivate you. I'm 5 weeks out and it does get a lot easier. I'm starting to eat more normal but it pouch is small so I can only eat about a half a cup. So I concentrate on getting my protein in, I don't eat breads, and very low carb. But I enjoy eating fish, chicken, meatballs, homemade cheeseburger with no bun etc. It gets easier it really does. Hang in there!