WendyJane

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Protein Shakes are not to be an alternative to foods. Your body needs fuel and therefore, you need to eat along with taking the protein shakes, powders or other means of protein. When is your surgery? What surgery is it? If you are getting headaches, you want to take in more protein, it is not giving you a headache, the lack of nutrients is giving you the headaches. Your body is talking to you in its own way. Good luck!

Congratulations, you are doing well. Keep up the great work! Bariatric life is life-long.

If you are getting in your hydration, good for you. After surgery there is swelling and healing going on to your stomach. So you would "feel full" and may have discomfort. I had no problems, no pain, no discomfort when in the liquid stage of post op, and still I am drinking a lot of fluids. I'm not sipping any more, I'm taking in gulps, but not overdoing it. It is normal for some to completely feel nothing. Liquids are running right through the stomach you have left, so feeling full will be fleeting. Once you are eating soft or pureed foods, you will feel the fullness and that's when you stop eating, regardless of time. Good luck and welcome to Bariatric Life!

After a year, it will be on special occasions. I am not a big alcohol drinker to begin with, so it is not too difficult for me. I take pride in not drinking. I live my life how I want to, but even communion at Church, I take the grape juice instead of the wine. But you do you, just keep in mind that it could become a transfer addiction if not being aware of your drinking. Wishing you luck.

Your poop will be different consistencies and colors, textures and smells depending on what you are eating. High protein diets cause stinky poops, but they they are well formed and not too loose. What more do you want to know?

Hi, You have a lot of questions, I would strongly urge you to join BariNation, or watch some of their pod casts or YouTube videos and learn more about what you are about to embark on. It is not just a weight loss surgery it is metabolic and there are a lot of issues that can be easily easing of your mind if you have answers. I joined BariNation pre-op and still am with them. It does cost a little each month, but it is also one place where you get licensed social workers that are experienced with bariatric patients, nutritionists/dieticians that are also used to working with bariatric patients and physicians and surgeons come on and do question and answer sessions. For a small amount of money, you can attend any group you want and ask all the questions you may have and that will ease your mind of all stuff in your mind. Good luck!

Get yourself a personal trainer and practice doing strength training and weight lifting. As you lose weight, you lose muscle mass too, so be sure to eat your protein and work on the strength. It will do you wonders.

Congratulations, and I wish you well!!

I had no problems with stairs post surgery. I stayed in the hospital only for 23 hours and was discharged home, and rode home easily, walking was easy and stairs were good too. I had no pain with my surgery, just a little discomfort, it is nothing like a C-section since there are only 5 small 1-inch incisions and they never used sutures on my body, they used Dermabond, a super glue for skin. I showered the next day and felt great. Got dressed every day and was off work for 2 weeks, but I didn't need to take but a few days off. I was driving on my own on day 3, with seatbelt and all. No issues. Some people have problem with the gas that they blow up the abdomen with, but I didn't have any problems with it. Wishing you well!

Congratulations on finding your happy place in life! Thanks for sharing.

When is your surgery? Which surgery is it? Wishing you well!

Congratulations on your journey and thank you for sharing! Very motivational for us that are not even a year out yet but reaping the benefits already. Thanks!

That sounds like your eating a little too much and that's why you feel like burping. It is hard to do when you are full. It may be a sign that you are full too, but you are not listening to your tummy saying, "enough". How many weeks out are you? I'm 15 weeks post op and still only eating 3 oz every meal.

When is your surgery? You are supposed to count the tea, broth and shakes as part of your fluid intake. At least that is what my Team told me. Keep up the good work, it is a hard process right now but gets better over time. Be well.

How many ounces of fluids are you taking in every day? What time and what is your chew meal that you struggle with? I wish I had some answers but didn't need a liver shrinking diet pre-op. This has me baffled because I haven't had to follow a diet until 3 days before. Take some tylenol for your Headache if you can. I do wish you well, this is the first part of the yuck, then the first few days/weeks following until you are able to eat real food again. Hang in there.

I was a "fragile" diabetic for over 20 years and finally went to the Dexcom 7, and it worked great. I was able to swim with it on, and sweat and it never came off. Peeling it off after the 10 days was always difficult but doable. I liked knowing where my glucose was. Since my Gastric Bypass, I have been off all insulin, diabetic meds and the GLP1, and my Hemoglobin A1c was 5.2. I haven't had the Dexcom on my body now for 13 weeks (since surgery) and no meds. It is something I have never ever thought would happen, but diabetes is in remission. I liked the Dexcom when I needed it, and forgot it was on a lot of the time. Good luck!

Tell your husband to smoke outside, second hand smoke is just as bad if not worse than smoking, particularly in a closed room or home. Mine smokes outside, rain, snow, cold, thunderstorm, if he wants to smoke, it is outside, period.

Finding the most recent post or topic, it is not bolded like before so I knew who I had read and who I haven't. I have to go back to the forum each and every time I finish with one of my posts or reads.

I would not be worried at this time. Only being a month out, you exercise, you are building muscle that weighs more than fat. And your fat is being burned off, but in places other than the stomach. Take pictures of your hands and feet, look to see if you are getting bat wings already. There are a lot of non-scale victories to be looking at, such as what I mentioned. I'm 3 months out and I have lost less than I did pre-surgery. But I am exercising and building muscle, I can see refined definition in my calves, and bat wings are obvious, 3/4 sleeves for me for a while. Also, it is not about the weight that is lost, but the fat that is lost and a healthier you. Weight loss is just a perk to being healthy. Stay off the scale too. I only weigh myself once a week and do not obsess about it, it will take a while to get where you want to be. Wishing you well.

Call....call....you are the most important person to you and you too need to make arrangements as well. It is not a big deal to call if they gave you the numbers and one of hers was on the list. Wishing you luck, hope it is scheduled when you want it to be scheduled.

Having the sleeve, and a pocket in your sleeve can be an issue. I would definitely see a gastric surgeon and consider your options. I know many people that have had a revision from sleeve to bypass due to reflux, and it will make half your stomach into a pouch. That will take care of your pocket, which is important you do not want food sitting there festering. The bypass is not a horrible surgery, and takes about an hour to do. I went with the bypass because I knew I would end up with a hernia or gastritis/GERD and that was not something I wanted to deal with. The Roux-N-Y Gastric Bypass has been around and has been refined for over 50 years, and now, mostly robotic. It is amazing what they do these days. Wishing you the best.

I dislike the new forum and how it looks and works. Just giving you feedback.

At the very least, congratulations that you caught yourself. Now you need to keep those foods behind closed doors and find something else to eat or snack on. But have meaningful snacks, do not graze throughout the day to keep the weight off. That is very important. Meals and snacks should be scheduled and planned out. Dealing with a person with dementia of any kind can be difficult, but don't find comfort in your food anymore. Find something else to keep you busy. Wishing you well.

Does it count that my wedding anniversary is on September 4th? Wishing you the best as the weeks before can be long at times. Keeping you in my thoughts. Congratulations on getting a date!