amylynns

Oh no--that darn gas! I had a friend who said to get the gas x strips that dissolve in your mouth. I might grab some of those. Glad they got the bad reaction under control with Benadryl. Oh goodness! You'll be glad to get home I'm sure!!

@dc0520--You're looking great!! Good job on your walking, whoohoo!! I bet it'll be good to get home. :-)

@Alumace--Good idea to download some movies! I should do that. Hospital TV is usually pretty minimal. Congrats on your surgery date!! I'm the 20th. Karen--Welcome back! So glad to hear you're doing so well! and off pain meds, whoohoo!!! Are you still on a liquid diet then?

Whoohoo!! Good job!! Dang it, I keep forgetting to charge my fitbit up so I can be counting steps! I'll have to put a reminder in my phone or something, LOL. We went on about a 2 mile walk last night, felt great!! You've lost a lot already, way to go!!

@Jyoyonomore--Yep, same here. 7 days before, no ibuprofen. Luckily I haven't had another one. Hopefully I won't in the next week and a half. Wowzers, it was a nasty one!

Day 2 on liquids went well. Again, low on calories tonight, so I'll enjoy some regular Jello before bed. Over 130oz of liquid in and 952 calories. Not sick of any "food" yet. But...it's only day 2, LOL.

Day 2 So true! I doubt I'll be able to sleep anyway!! :-)

I had PPD too. It was horrible. Hopefully we won't have issues with Vitamins. That and hair loss are really a worry of mine. I'll be sure to do everything my Dr. says to minimize any kind of complications for sure!

Good luck!! My surgery is at 7AM! Which means I probalbly have to be at the hospital at 5am. SOOOO early!! :-)

@dc0520 Sorry you're in so much pain. Hope they can make sure you're comfortable!

I've "eatin/drank" 104oz already today. OIY, so many trips to the potty!! 64 of those are actual water. Tummy is growling right now, so I'm off to have a 100% juice popsicle.

Good read Beni! This is what my Dr. Recommends for Iron: Iron – For menstruating women or persons with anemia - take an additional 30 mg elemental Iron daily. Look for a chewable brand containing ferrous fumarate or ferrous gluconate. These are better absorbed and cause less stomach distress than ferrous sulfate. Do not take iron within 2 hours of taking calcium supplements. Calcium decreases iron absorption. However, I could not find that kind of iron in a store here, so I just ordered it online. It's especially for bariatric patients.

I'm finding myself obsessing also. It's all I can think about.... I did have a few of my favorite foods before I started my liquid diet. Like Chinese, Sushi, tacos, juicy cheeseburger, LOL! I did remember one thing I really wish I would have eaten though. Apple Crisp, I'm guessing with it being a sweet, sugary dessert, I won't be able to eat it at all after surgery. Oh well. Guess I won't die with not having it again! :-)

You'll do great!!! Can't wait to hear back from you!!!

Thoughts and prayers coming your way!! Planning ahead and exercising are my downfalls, but I know these two things are very necessary!! Something I know I will be working on!! So glad you have a friend to help you out close to you. I have several friends and family members that have had the surgery, so I have a great support also. :-)

Jyoyonomore--This is just day 2 of 14! :-)

I have a FitBit and LOVE it! (although I haven't worn it in several weeks, I really need to get it charged up!) Mine was the model that was about $99. It really did motivate me to move!! Also, I had mine set to vibrate (like a little reward) when I had burned a certain number of calories for the day. It really does help motivate you to reach those goals you set. I was using MyFitnessPal website with it. They'd sync to each other. I liked logging my food on MFP better than the Fitbit site. I like that the fitbit also tracks your sleep.

Good luck to everyone having surgery today!!! Thinking of you!! I got in 144oz of fluids yesterday!! 56oz of that was actual Water. I had dry mouth all day, so it wasn't hard to keep drinking. I had only "drank" 805 calories as of 8:30PM last night. I'm supposed to be at about 1000. I wasn't really hungry, but had some regular Jello to up the calories a bit before I headed to bed. I was VERY tired!!! I woke up at some point during the night with a horrendous headache, fell back asleep. Woke back up at 3:30 and it was SO bad. I HATE taking meds, avoid it as much as possible, but ended up taking some Aleve. It took the edge off a bit so I could sleep a bit more. Got up at 6:30 and at 7 took some more meds. Excedrin, with caffine. I feel a lot better now, but my head feels funny from the caffeine. LOL.. Having my de-caf morning coffee now, will have my "food" (OJ Shake) pretty soon here. I love it! Oh---I went to a support group meeting last night that the Bariatric Dept. puts on once a month. They had a guy who had lost 225 pounds with the Sleeve there telling his story. It was great! There were about 15 people there at all stages. A couple ladies were over 10 yrs out, with having the RNY. Several others on their 2 week pre-op diet and others heading to surgery in the next few days. It was nice chatting with everyone, giving each other tips. Better go get some work done!

Yay!!!!!! So excited for you!!! You're doing awesome! Keep up on those walks!!! It'll help with the gas staying away too! You're a rockstar!!

Really well! I'm barely hungry. A bit on the sleeping side, but that's normal for me at this time of the day. I've consumed over 90oz of Fluid already! (not all water) That's with de-caf coffee, juice, Protein shake, broth, V-8 and Water. Peeing like crazy!! I have a Dr. appt. this afternoon (did something to my stupid elbow...it's been bugging me for weeks, but getting worse. Such a pain!) Then there's a support group meeting at my surgeon's office tonight at 6 that I want to go to. My only problem is that I won't be able to have my "dinner" until after 7:30. I made an extra Protein shake to take along though, so hopefully will do ok until then.

So sorry Sherri!!!

Started my liquids this morning. Yummy Recipe if you're looking for one! "Orange Julius!" It's 1 cup of OJ, 1 scoop of vanillia Protein mix and a packet of sweenter. (whatever kind...I used Stevia) a few ice cubes, and blend. SO yummy!!! I was a bit up on the scale this morning, but I'm sure some of it is TOM. 249

I LOVE your picture!!! You go girl!! Praying all goes well!!!

LOL--I don't usually have too hard of time drinking a lot of water, and some of that 96oz can be 100% juice, coffee (de-caf) or tea. 16oz of it should be something with a lot of potassium. So tomato juice or OJ. I'm going to try an "Orange Julius" drink they recommended for breakfast. Oh--and protein shakes too. I can have broth too. I can mix tomato juice with it to make a "soup."

Hey Jyoyonomore! I don't get any "food" on my 2 week liquid diet. I guess I could count Jello as "food," But that's it. I have to get at least 30g of protein, 96 oz of Fluid a day. 1000 calories. 100 grams of carbs. I can have unlimited amount of sugar free drinks/jello---but my body doesn't like sugar free, so I have to keep that to a limited amount. We'll see how it goes! :-)