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My surgery was done through one site and it hurt for quite awhile. I agree that the cutting of the ab muscles is what causes most problems I think. As long as there is no sign of infection I think this is normal healing.

You need to call your doctor for sure. Any puss is not a good sign. It means there is infection. I am sure a round of antibiotics can fix it right up but call tomorrow. Go to the E.R. tonight if you start running a fever or have an increase in pain.

Chancie: You could slim that down by using low cal mayo or this great new olive oil mayo that is out. Kraft makes it I believe. The olive oil would taste fab with that I bet! 11/2 Breakfast: Oat bar with bluberries, 6 oz non fat milk Lunch: Hummus snack pack, two slices swiss cheese Snack: No sugar added applesauce Dinner: Pureed chicken with 2 tbls cheddar and 1 tsp blue cheese dressing. 2 oz pureed carrots, all mixed together. I am not on soft foods anymore I just like my pureed recipes. So much less chewing at the end of a long day. Late night snack :scared0:: Two (yes two) mini kit cat bars and 4 (yes four) candy corn hershy kisses. Damit! That was like 500 calories. Stupid Halloween candy. It is all gone now. I made candy bags for my coworkers and put them on desks this morning.

My father had high BP pressure too. It is hereditary. They can get it down with meds. Lots of walking is going to help your heart work more efficiently which will lower your blood pressure. Are you in danger of falling out of the NIH guidelines for surgery, as in could you fall under a 35 BMI?

That is a whole lot of fat gone forever!! Awesome. Don't worry about your coworkers. Just tell them what AJW said and change the subject. It is none of their business if you don't want it to be.

Be sure to keep us updated. Pardon me but I have not read this entire thread. Do you need your doctors refferal for surgery or can you self refer? In my humble opinion your other doctor is wrong. I think you are a great canidate. I didn't eat a bunch of B.S. either. I just overate when I sat down to eat. I ate a lot of carbs. I never drank non diet soda or gorged on cake. Sweets made me sick feeling. The sleeve was exactly what I needed to help me learn portion control. You learn very quickly what is right and wrong for portion size. I still push it sometimes. Just one bite reminds me why I can't overeat. Usually when I am pushing it I know I need to put the fork down and I choose not to. The consequences of choosing to take one more bite is stomach cramps. Trust me that extra bite will no longer be worth the immediate consequences and your entire view on food changes.

I hate this. I have not had it come all the way up and out but I call it the "creep". I can feel it traveling up my esophagus. It is a very unnerving feeling. It didn't freak me out though because the first time I felt it I knew what it was from being on the boards. It is almost always because I ate one bite too many.

There is no need to suffer guys!!! I have had a salivary gland removed so I can relate to dry mouths. Mine did get worse after surgery and then resolved. I am back to my "normal" dry mouth from just having less glands to produce saliva. In the section of the drug store where the teething gel and tooth pain relievers should be artificial saliva products also. I use one for during the day. It is a spray made by Orajel called Dry Mouth Moisturizing Spray. I use a different one at night that is more of a cream. It made to stay in the mouth longer and is great to stop the waking up with tongue stuck to top of mouth syndrome. I hate that. Make sure you put the cream in as the last thing you do at night. If you drink a lot of Water after you will need to put the cream in again. It never upset my stomach. If you can't find it in the store ask the pharmacist for help. You can also ask your doctor or dentist to prescribe one. There are stronger ones by prescription I think if needed.

The thought of stuffing sends shivers through my sleeve. :mad: I suspected rice was going to be a cramper so I have not bothered with it. I think you get so turned off after cramp foods that you are not interested in it later. Negative renforcement at its best.

I let a diet pepsi go flat and drank half of it. The acid was terrible. The taste was also terrible. Too sweet. I don't miss it yet but I am only 9 weeks out. My surgeon said no carbonated drinks forever. I decided being skinny was worth no soda. Soda is bad for you and depletes Calcium. I don't want osteoporosis so that is another positive thing to not drinking soda. I am cleared to have a drink after 1 year. I doubt I will.

Chancie: I just chopped up the artichokes in the jars. I rinsed them well though because they are packed in oil. I can't find any packed in Water. The spinich I run through the bullet to chop it up smaller. Also I chew like there is no tomorrow when eating lunch meat. Attitude: I bought snack packs of hummus from costco. I have not found them at all Costco's though. You can buy small things of hummus in most grocery stores here. You could divide it into smaller containers. I use the 3 oz dipper cups made by Glade. Daisy: You could buy dip premade but I make it myself so I know what is in it and can control fat and calories more by using light cream cheese. Also "dip" in the traditional sense might get too runny and make a mess. Cream cheese stays put in the ham.

Congrats! You are normal! I thought for sure I would never be able to eat or drink anything without pressure and gurgling. 9 weeks out I eat without gurgling and only feel pressure if I don't put the fork down when I should, I didn't measure my portion, or I eat something that I know I shouldn't (like outlined below). Taters and I don't get along very well. Every person is different. When I saw Tiff could eat taters I was jealous. I can have one small piece or spoonful and that is it. If I mix taters with meat (even pureed) watch out. I will pay with cramps for an hour. I can tolerate some dry simple carbs right now but moist/wet simple carbs are a problem. Bread is out of the question. Pasta? One bite. Two bites is no good, I think it swells too much. I have not tried rice and don't intend to. It takes up too much room. I was a major carb addict so this is fine with me. Eating carbs is a danger zone for me to overeat.

I am really worried about you and you need to stop eating food now. You are going to give yourself and leak. You can DIE from a leak. Do you understand that? I mean really understand it, not just yeah I know it is a risk. NO, YOU CAN DIE FROM A LEAK. What you are doing is NOT ok. Who is your support at home? Are you married? Ask for help cleaning everything out of the house that tempts you, sweets seem to be the worst for you. Next time make a change. Drink a shake when you want to eat. This surgery is a tool and you must use it as such. You have to do the other part. I promise everyone on this board understands the want for food after surgery. However you won't find anyone saying you can continue to harm yourself. We want you to be safe and healthy.

It seems like your surgery was just yesterday! That is great!

Judy this must be so difficult. I am so sorry. You know having your blood pressure under control is going to make you feel so much better and be stronger for surgery though. You had a huge extra risk factor there. Honestly, be glad it was found before and you will take medicine, get rechecked, and get a safe surgery date. Keep us updated! I want to know how the medicine goes.

Just an update. Going off prilosec was a disaster! I got more in a hurry. However I have been screwing off and forgetting to take it twice a day for the last week with no problems so I am going to go to once a day and see how it goes. Stand up for yourself. If you know something is not going to work then don't take no for an answer. Something like prilosec takes a few days to kick back in and I was miserable for a week. Weaning and then waiting for it to kick back in. I am not lactose intollerant and warm milk really helped calm my stomach. I would not try this though if you are showing signs of lactose intollerance after surgery. Oh and I get to see the one person "team" soon. Who knows what this appointment has in store for me!!! I will try to make it my last if I can. I feel like my new stomach and I can take care of ourselves. We just need my PCP now.

Hey how did this go?

Well I had this problem when I first started taking fiber. It calmed down though. So I can't be of any help! Helpful I know. I am sorry you are going through this.

Whoa! This individual does not respect, support, or love you. It is that simple. You are an adult woman and have a right to make your own medical decisions. He had no right to throw the application away. Lost him. You deserve to be treated with respect. You are worth it! You can do this without his "support". I promise.

Umm wow! Your stomach in a jar. I find that cool! I wish they would have recorded my surgery. I would have watched it. I am glad you seem to be doing well. Sip Sip!

I need to get posting in this thread again. I will try tomorrow. My new favorite thing is ham rollups. I mix some light cream cheese (i like the whipped), spinich, chopped artichokes together. I spread some inside ham slices and roll them up. I pop 2-3 in a ziplock bag and lunch is done!

I wanted to give a quick update to let all know reading later that this is / was resolving. As long as I am good about my Fiber and Fluid intake I am fine. If I am bad things can get clogged up but I have not had anything like the initial episode happen again. I am healing well from the intial episode also. Again this was almost all my fault. I was being bad about getting the proper amount of fluids each day. Screwing off with your fluids is the biggest cause of non mechanical (like a leak) problems I suspect.

I have had some minor complications, if you could even call them that. Mostly just my body and I learning to get along again in a different nutritional enviroment. I would do it 100 times again. Honestly.

I got the same thing for the first few days of regular solids. I assume you are not running a fever.

I thought of the board and this post after something that happened this morning. I have had a family member in the hospital so I look like death warmed over this morning. My hair was a mess, makeup smeared, huge bags under my eyes from no sleep and even less food. What a mess I was earlier. Anyway I was in my neighborhood and decided to get a Viviano for the Protein. The same guy that picked up on me above saw me again. He said "Why do you always walk past me but won't say hi girl?". I was like huh? :thumbup1: He said "I see you in the mornings often and have tried to talk to you but you just keep walking. I just want to know your name." I was shocked. I just muttered thanks but I am married and went to my car. Ahh how nice to have admirers again. It has been so long :biggrin0:.