miakoda

My surgery was on June 2, 2009. I never had surgery before for anything and i was not prepared for the amount of discomfort I would feel immediatly after ad for the fisrt week. I had plenty of pain, but I don't think it was gas pains. I was terribly constipated to the point where I thought something was very wrong and I could not move without sharp pains. Week two I started getting hungry and the liquids were not cutting it for me, I wanted to push past the mushy foods. During week two I got the flu and had fever, nausea and bronchitis for about 5 days. By week three I was past all of the discomfort aside from some pain I feel at the port site. I still can't lay down on my stomach. I was not advised to start eat solids, but I did and I have no problems eating anything yet. I am not very active and I am waiting to go back to my aerobics and toning classes for another two weeks, but feel fine but I am not healed. I can't get over that am not hungry at ALL. I was worried during week two when I started getting so hungry and the liquids were not cutting it. But when I started eating more complex foods that all changed. I still have a craving now and again, but I am shocked when one or two bites is satisfying. Right now I am not getting enough food in and I feel weak. I am having a protien shake for breakfast and about 4 - 6 onces of food for the rest of the day which maybe ricotta cheese or some bites of chicken that I cut up or smashed baked potato with a little sour cream. I also have been having about 2 - 4 ounces of non-fat frozen yogurt every few days. I am losing rapidly right now, I lost 20 at last weigh in over a week ago. Is it normal that I am not having problems eating? I know I should not have started this early, but I feel fine and I cut the chicken up so very small it looked just like it was in the soups.

I had my surgery on Tuesday, June 2, 2009. I am home now on my second day post op. I am still in a lot of pain. I did not know that I would be this uncomfortable, because I never had surgery of any kind before. I have over 200 pounds to lose. I feel confident that I made the right decsion and I am already seeing results from the pre-surgery diet that I was on and the fact that i know that I am not going to gain thta weight back. I'm nervous about starting full liquids. I have not tried them yet today. I can start, but I am still sipping ice.