TheLosingGame

hi all. i haven’t been on here in so long but i’m around. i’m finally 60 pounds down from a 9/22 surgery date. i guess that’s okay i won’t complain. i’m at the Hair loss stage right now and while it’s not always on my mind i get pretty sad when i see how much im balding around my front edges

i’m kinda the same way so i save my favorite Proteins for that part of the day. usually a chobani yogurt drink or babybel cheese. yummmm

On 10/07/2022 at 08:22, ShoppGirl said:

Boy talk about bad timing. Did you talk to your family doctor or just your surgeon? I ask cause they have a medicine now that lessens the severity of covid if you take it early enough. It’s mostly for people who are in the high risk category but I wonder if you would qualify because you are recovering from surgery as well as being overweight. Your doctor may not think it’s necessary but you may want to ask. I THINK they said you have five days to start it or it doesn’t help.

didn’t know this! i’ll reach out!

thanks to you both! what a headache

i had bad gas pain and it felt like none of the meds eased the pain for me. the only relief i had was in my room the night of surgery sleeping on my side with my knees bended. the nurse gave me that tip. something about that position helped release a little of the gas and sleep more comfortably

I had a feeling this would happen!

Somehow made it the entire pandemic without covid and tested positive while in recovery from surgery.

I had no idea I had it the first 2 days bc I thought i was dealing with symptoms of dehydration and struggling with hitting my Protein goals for a couple days.

Turns out it’s covid. anybody gone through the same? have any tips on getting through this when you already feel a bit tired and weak?

I’ve already called my doctor and got advised on which medicines/relief I may take that won’t interfere with my post-op medicine regime

On 10/04/2022 at 09:35, kellyarw95 said:

Who else weighs everyday? How do you get past the weight fluctuations? I know it's about the downward trend and there's no way eating 500 calories, I gained 1.1 pounds in a day. But idk. It still sucks. I was totally looking forward to getting out of the 330s for the first time in forever...

i weigh daily. for now at least. i wanted to be able to analyze the data and see trends especially as it relates to stalls. i’m in a stall right now and even “gained” a pound yesterday.

i just try not to obsess about the daily bc it’s an overall downward trend when i look at the weekly. i’ll probably stop weighing daily once i get to a month

On 10/01/2022 at 23:07, Sd14810 said:

Im only 5 days post op, but I was going over my post op chart and I'm on full liquids until week 2 then puree, for a week more before checking in with my doctor about moving on to soft food.... if you need more suggestions feel free to message me and I could even take some pictures of the booklet my doctor uses, maybe it will help good luck hun

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yes i’d love to see! thank you!

On 10/01/2022 at 16:46, BigSue said:

You probably just need to wait a bit longer before progressing to soft foods. Different surgeons have different post-op diets; mine didn't start soft foods until week 3 (scrambled eggs and ricotta bake are soft foods, not purees). Can you eat pureed foods like yogurt, pudding, refried Beans (when I was in the pureed stage, I was told to puree even refried Beans in a food processor until completely smooth)?

my nutrition classified ricotta bake and eggs as puree interestingly enough. i think i’ll do full liquids for a few more days then try some of these others you listed!

THANK YOU ALL!!

I’m 9 days post op. now on purée stage but everything i ingest hurts. Drinking is more tolerable— i’ll take a sip and will feel it going down, then it will create a bubble then i’ll have to burp before taking another sip.

food on the other hand is torturous. i ate half of a scrambled egg yesterday and felt a sensation that could be compared to insane PMS cramps. Later for dinner had about 1.5oz of ricotta bake….. almost passed out from the pain.

Does anybody have tips? i try to take a 2-3min break between spoonfuls and chewing down on things possibly more than 30 times, nothing works. it’s just miserable after.

Has anyone experienced this? How long did it last and what could I be doing differently?

On 09/29/2022 at 23:38, SpartanMaker said:

I hear you.

When I started walking right after surgery, all I could manage was about 10 minutes. Now I'm up to two 20 minute walks a day. (My surgery was 9/20.) Interestingly, the more I do, the more I feel like I can do. You may just have to push through the tired feeling?

that’s awesome! i think i’ll try that

i’m still so tired. my surgery was last thursday 9/22 so it’s been a week. i wonder when i’ll have normal energy again. all i wanna do is go for a walk in my neighborhood but i get winded easily

On 09/26/2022 at 20:01, ShoppGirl said:

I never tried Protein Powder so maybe that will be better but if not try clear Protein Drinks. The sweet got to me immediately post op as well and the Protein Water wasn’t nearly as bad.

update— i got protein20 and that was the best decision i made! i still do a Protein Shake i just have started adding 4-6 oz of Water to the milk mixture to thin it out. i didn’t anticipate hating milk this early in the game 😂

mine was submitted two monday’s ago, i got approved the following monday, then had the surgery thursday. i thought they were cutting it close but the team at the hospital was so thorough. try not to stress over things that are out of your control!

i’m on day 4 post op, still haven’t figured out what hunger feels like but i think today will be my first day hitting my Fluid and Protein goals.

i will say i’m starting to hate the taste of sweet milks/protein shakes. i’m ordering some flavored powders that i can add to Water so hopefully that will be better

can’t wait to move to purée on friday!

On 09/24/2022 at 22:26, loli_lotus said:

I tried a couple apps for managing my vitamins/meds and the easiest one for me is Medisafe, has options for a set reminder and you can set some medications as take as you need. Putting everything in was a little time consuming but all the apps were like that, and I figured that's the trade off for later convenience. I have the app remind me about my Vitamins at certain times, and then I can go in and easily select "add dose" to add my as needed pain med for example.

thank you!!! excited to check this app out

i had surgery 9/22 and two days later the pain is almost over. i feel like i have just a little bit of gas left over in my belly.

the only thing i’m struggling with is my Vitamins and medications. what do you all use to track everything? i keep getting confused since some of them should only be taken as needed while others we have to take

if you developed GERD or acid reflex after the surgery how long did it take to develop?

I haven’t had any issues yet but idk if it’s too early to Celebrate lol

hi everyone! newbie here.

my surgery is in two days, 9/22. the nerves have set in, and the liquid diet is stressing me a bit lol excited for the journey but full of “what ifs”