Bettyboop56

I layer up. Got a fleece vest on most of time.

I'm 3 months post op and crave spice. Raising the bar of heat from pre-op. Haven't had issues.

I use Benefiber generic in 12 oz of liquid every day. No issues of needing stool softner nor Miralax now.

Seen Dr and dietician for 3 month post op today. Dr said 800-1000, 1/2 cup meals could be lifetime. Some advance to 1 cup by 1 year.

I take 100mg of Trazadone about 2 times a week for insomnia. No issues.

I'm starting now at 3 months post-op.

Ditto above. I took oxygen and muscle cramp meds every 4 hours for 4 days. Day 4 I didn't need anything ...and nothing from that point. Had an issue in bumping my belly, invision locations, against table for next few weeks. Lol. Fairly mild gas pains. Easy peezy. Patience.

MyFitness app to track calories and nutrients. See how where and far you are off from daily carbs and fats.

I wear a fleece vest as a layer, everywhere. Then bring a coat relative to weather, rain or cold. I bring a blanket to movie theater. Hate air conditioners. They made me cold before but worse now. After menopause I can tolerate cooler temps overall.

I ghave two cats so had to hold a pillow day and night to protect tummy from their pounce. Recliner or bed. My son stayed with me three days after 2 nights in hospital. The fifth day I no longer took pain meds. Having your sippy cup, timer, liquids, Protein Drinks ready for the liquid diet. When getting groceries for puree stage fatigue hit. Get just a few groceries at a time due to low food input-low energy reserves. I was so shocked at the low level. Bonus was more chances of exercise, walking around store.

I had to see a dietician for a year prior to surgery. Pandemic happened and elective surgeries cancelled. I keep going for over 2 years in case things opened up.

I think we are super sensitive. Most are trying to be supportive. I was firm with a friend, one on one, and things are better. Communication is important and if you are uncomfortable it needs to be addressed, in a respectful manner, educating not scolding.

Anesthesia also plays a part.

I found cauliflower thins to form the crust of my pizza, added pizza sauce and turkey pepperoni topped with mozzarella. At 4 weeks I was puree. 8 weeks soft foods, scrambled eggs, meatloaf, mash potatoes, taco or italian flavored ground turkey with guacamole or marinara respectfully. Just chew well to applesauce texture before swallowing.

On 1/4/2023 at 6:20 PM, Bettyboop56 said:

I have bad breath, anyone else. Maybe now starting regular food and less Protein Drinks will help. Anyone else?

Just read bad breath is a side effect of low carbs.

I'm post-op 10/19. Stalled 2 weeks then bam down 4.5#. Down 40#. After 7 weeks it has jumped by at least 3#. Patience. I'm on regular food now and using Myfitness to see how much Protein fat, calories and carbs I'm getting.

a large sippy cup.

I bought 1/2 cup containers, large ice tube trays to freeze puree foods, and small baby forks and spoons.

I make several meals in one day, freeze in large ice cube trays overnight. Turkey chili, Jenni taco flavored ground turkey scrambled browned 1/3 cup topped with guacamole. Italian flavored ground turkey with marinara topped with chickpea spaghetti. Cauliflower thins topped with pizza sauce and turkey pepperoni in oven 15 minutes 425. Top with mozzarella and broil. Freeze each separately.

I have bad breath, anyone else. Maybe now starting regular food and less Protein Drinks will help. Anyone else?

My son showed me how to make his cashew sauce. Soak unsalted cashews in hot Water 1 hour. Puree with little of the water. Add a whole bunch of cilantro leaves to it. Second batch he added Sriracha. These sauces were great and great Protein. I'm adding an Asian sweet chili sauce.

On 7/9/2022 at 8:13 AM, ShianRaineDrop said:

Hey everyone. So I'm in my fifth week post OP and have been doing extremely well with food choices, slow eating, careful chewing, and sticking within the parameters my nutritionist and my doctor have given me.

This morning, I tried eating an over medium egg (cooked whites, soft & runny yolk) over the shakshuka I have been eating all week for Breakfast. (It is a pureed form of shakshuka with sausage that I've had zero trouble with over the last week.)

I keep seeing that dumping syndrome seems to be only related to too much sugar. Since I'm not a sweets fan, that's not a problem for me. However, after just throwing up most of what I just ate, and it being the first time it's happened the entire post OP time, I'm curious if dumping syndrome can include things that our new tumtums just don't want?

I may have eaten too fast. The yolk could have been too undercooked (I've been doing soft but cooked yolk up until this morning), or maybe even it was too much food? It was about and ounce and a half of pureed Shakshuka with a sprinkling of cheddar cheese and an egg cooked over medium, (no frying so no oil..just a small egg sized non stick pan and then a bit of warm Water to help cook the whites) and that's it.

I started feeling flushed with sharp belly pains (not just where baby tum tum lives) and thought I had to go to the restroom. Once I got to the bathroom, I started getting cold sweats, sharp pains, then that weird tingly feeling I get around my jaw when I'm getting ready to throw up. Now that I have thrown up, I feel fine but I definitely don't want that to become a thing, especially as well as I've been doing after getting through the 2 miserable liquids weeks.

I'm curious about other's experiences, if I should be worried, and if this could also be a type of dumping syndrome? Because my baby tum tum absolutely said hell to the no, and dumped that breakfast right out from the top.

(Edit: oh yeah, I should probably lay off the red sugar free Gatorade that I love so I don't freak out and think it's blood, right? 😂 I think I'll go back to Water with a couple splashes of sugar free cranberry juice for flavor.)

I love Skittles zero sugar water flavors, especially green apple.

Bariatric Adv EA Advanced Multi Vitamins and calcium chews carmel.

I use Mirolax if I haven't gone after 3 days. Started using Benefiber generic in half of my liquid intake. No problems now.

I had several that had the glue on at 4 weeks. I liked it cuz things were protected.