ShoppGirl

I grew up with a mom that was a neurotic clean freak that did not allow me in the kitchen as a teenager because I made too much of a mess then I married a southern guy who liked meat and potatoes so I learned to cook that way. Now I am finally learning what I like and learning how to make it (so I got a little late start in the cooking department). I can follow a recipe though.

Yea I like to do it homemade. I was just joking. I don’t cook fancy very often but every now and then I get an urge and like to have a good recipe on hand. I have just been craving Chili for like a week. I think it’s my body knowing I need the protein (weird how it craves what we need if we listen).

I agree with arabesque. I remember asking a similar question to you and being embarrassed to even type it. Now I talk about my bowel habits as comfortably as talking about the weather. Lol. I added benefiber (the generic powder at Walmart) and also with dr permission I cut that down a little and instead added two servings of vegetables each day when I was on soft foods. Now I go every other day and if I don’t I take milk of magnesia and that works in like 30 minutes for me (have only needed that one time). As I can get more fiber by diet alone I will cut back the supplemental fiber even further.

1. Did you feel the same way? For the most part I feel the same but I am only 30 pounds down so far (6 weeks post op) 2. Are you glad you did it? I am very glad I did it. Wish I had done it sooner 3. Do you have any regrets? Absolutely not. I tried everything and could not do this on my own. Drastic measures are needed at times. 4. What’s one thing you wish someone had told you before you had surgery? I think I was told everything beforehand. I don’t think I realized how much my life would revolve around my surgery and the fact that I had surgery for a short time (getting in fluids and protein, constipation and fiber, etc) but it was all worth it. I am 6 weeks out now and cleared for regular food (within reason) and I am hopeful and excited for the future.

Wow. That’s amazing.

If you are talking about the steri strip you should be okay. I’m surprised they stayed on for two weeks.I did not have any glue though?

I was not instructed to do so either. I am curious why though.

I am wondering if my breakthrough bleeding was less surgery related and more coincidence time wise. It started right after surgery but it has now been six weeks since surgery and I have had it every single day. Should I call dr? Does breakthrough bleeding mean anything if prolonged and continuous?? I cannot possibly be pregnant if that’s the only concern. I know I could Google this but I tend to drive myself crazy when I go that route since every symptom googled is a sign of some cancer or deadly disease. Lol

When I quit it helped me to carry the pack (with the lighter taped across the top to remind me) in my purse with me. It helped me to know that I was in control and I had cigarettes and could have one any second that I wanted to but I chose not to. To this day I still have that unopened pack of stale ass cigarettes in my top drawer to remind me that I never want to start again. Before that I tried to quit and just knowing that if I really started jonesing that I had to go to the store and buy them still would make me panic and want them more. It’s a mind game but it worked for me. Ooh and I used dum dum Lolly pops to occupy my hand and mouth.

That looks good too. Guess I will be having a chili cook off over the weekend. Lol. Thanks.

Ooh wow. That’s fancy chili...lol. That’s what I call anything with more than five ingredients. I will attempt to make it though. Sounds great. I just made a Mexican cauliflower rice bowl recipe with black beans and cauliflower rice that is pretty good.

I had that issue when I was thinner too. I was told I wasn’t getting the right style bra and they helped me find one that it doesn’t do that.

Ooh I absolutely saved my bras and I am also so glad that I did.

I am five weeks post op and starting to dread the possibility of excess skin. Just wondering if any veterans out there can comment on excess skin in early forties?

Part of what I hear is exactly that but also it is said in small groups of others who are also vaccinated it is not necessary. Yet the vaccine is not 100% and they say that the variants may breakthrough the vaccine so idk. I asked because I really don’t know. I will wear in public just in case I could be a carrier but I don’t think That’s how it works. In private, however, with other vaccinated people I am tempted to relax a little, yet also afraid at the same time.

What about after the vaccine, do you feel it’s safe to go in public without a mask?

I would like to know the answers to these questions as well. I have appt tomorrow and hoping he clears me for normal diet.

How about starting to be able to see certain areas instead of trying to blindly shave there. Much easier!!

Good luck!! 👍

I am almost 6 weeks out now and I have experienced a little of this. My team said to expect it. I notice I am just more sensitive than usual at times. It seems to be happening less frequently now though.

Do you have a therapist that specializes in eating disorders. A lot of people on here with eating disorders do and they seem to help them a great deal. You really shouldn’t be experiencing actual hunger since the hunger hormones are gone but there are lots of other ways you may feel hungry that a therapist could address with you and help you learn to deal with those feelings. I know that I feel the need to eat when I am board. I have to think how long since I’ve ate and there is no way I am actually hungry so I distract myself with something else but it’s more complex for some people. Hang in there. It gets easier.

Did you Just stop the Leda pro cold Turkey. Most doctors have told me that you have to wean off of antidepressants. I only took lexapro for a short time years ago so I don’t remember but I have had to wean off of a number of them to try new ones. I would talk to your doctor about that.

I think I am going to save my jeans and athletic wear. I have been up and down with my weight so many times and Those things, along with underthings I always seem to wear again even years down the road where my tastes seem to change and I do not really like the shirts with the exception of a few favorites. Plus, for me, the jeans and athletic wear are the name brand expensive stuff and most tops are not. I will purge and save a smaller portion though.

No judgement. I have craved worse than that, Believe me but I keep reminding myself of everything I have done to get to even get the surgery and everything I have gone through after already and it gives me the strength to just wait a little bit longer. Just think, it will taste that much better when you finally do have it.

I had my surgery 3/9 so I didn’t think I’d have anything to offer but I never read the horror stories about the eggs and they were on my puréed food list and I just tried them and had no issues either. I guess it’s like everything else, Everyone is different. Just wanted to be a non horror story to help you build up guts to try them someday. Lol