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Congratulations!

Hi doing well here 2 weeks post op. Have been eating tuna with lots of yogurt, had chili once, crab salad, egg bites with hummus, mozzarella cheese, ground turkey, all handled well. My fluids are at about 55oz to 60z but it gets hard, its easier to meet protein with a 30g shake for snacks otherwise I fall at 50g Today have not been hungry since breakfast, but having shakes throughout the day.

Hello, been trying different foods so far everything has sit well. I had the chili yesterday but after analyzing it bc of the small amount I ate, it was only 2g of protein so im skipping that for now

Congratulations!!!

Hello everyone, had my 1st meal outside of liquid, not sure why I chose chili aside from my team saying we could have it. I took my sweet time eating it (about 40 minutes), chewing one bean 50 times and checking my body for signals, I added 2 oz of broth to thin it out and dilute the spices. I was able to have 1oz when I got a hiccup and since that is one of the full signals, I stopped immediately. I'm monitoring myself like crazy to check for anything out of sorts, but I will skip it for a few meals to try things maybe with a little less spice. Hope everyone is having a great start of their weeks!

Hello everyone, had my 1st meal outside of liquid, not sure why I chose chili aside from my team saying we could have it. I took my sweet time eating it (about 40 minutes), chewing one bean 50 times and checking my body for signals, I added 2 oz of broth to thin it out and dilute the spices. I was able to have 1oz when I got a hiccup and since that is one of the full signals, I stopped immediately. I'm monitoring myself like crazy to check for anything out of sorts, but I will skip it for a few meals to try things maybe with a little less spice. Hope everyone is having a great start of their weeks!

Welcome! As Kcuster83 said, there is a lot of great information and experiences shared here but use your team's advice as the rule since everyone has a different set guideline to follow.

Congrats!

Almost end of week 2, have been feeling great, no pain barely any discomfort and can drink my water at a decent pace. When I hit my water goal, barely hungry. Tomorrow I start my pureed/mushy stage, excited to try the recepies I have seen online for this stage.

Almost end of week 2, have been feeling great, no pain barely any discomfort and can drink my water at a decent pace. When I hit my water goal, barely hungry. Tomorrow I start my pureed/mushy stage, excited to try the recepies I have seen online for this stage.

Thanks for sharing, and congratulations on maintaining after all these years

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Reading this forum, speaking to my team and having people 6+months post op share their experience prepared me. The only thing so far that I did not expect was the large incision when coughinh the first few days feels like a burning sensation, other than that I was prepared for worse and thought I will be sipping forever but so far so good.

Sips should be fine, I was given sips the day of surgery and after even when I wasnt supposed to have liquids, the nurse said a sip to make it go down is good

Are you able to add a protein shake to make sure you are getting your protein?

Hi around 400 is what our team said, after a few months around 600-700

I used to have that left side pain and a burning sensation, my team explained that the bigger incision since its deeper it is stitched using a muscle and that some movements cause that pain. After that made sense to me, I do not even feel it. Do ask your team to make sure and track any other changes to be safe.

I used to do the same with the Slimfast I boight on the preop. Are you able to have bean soup? I also doctor up the broth so it is better tasting by adding garlic and some herbs, or just plain make chicken soup for the family and eat the broth

I'm 10 days out and did the same, not 4 ounces but less. I didn't feel anything other than my pouch making some noises, but I went back to sips.

You are doing great, congratulations!

I'm wondering if it is any of the medications, have you reached out to your team? Most of my support group has mentioned it with nausea or if its too cold

It was hard but I kept reminding myself that this was a live or die situation and that made me strong. Even now when I do not feel like getting protein in I remind myself of the why and the overall benefits

Agree, had surgery the same day and got back to town on T day. My mom doesnt know I got the surgery but figured since I got home late we were skipping the festivities lol

Great to hear! Have you tried gas x, some say it doesnt work for it but I used it a couple of days and felt better

Sorry to hear about the dry heaving. I only had cough and it was mainly because of the incentive spirometer which is supposed to cause cough to clear out the lungs. Are you also having nausea? Are you pacing yourself when drinking?