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It will come you just have to give it some time. If you are not tolerating puree foods than stay with liquids another couple of days.. Add puree foods in one at a time. Your new tum tum has to get used to the puree and the consistancy of it. Just because your doctor gives you a schedule when you should be on what food at what time. He too will tell you to back off and when you add puree foods back to your diet do it slowly. maybe half of a day with thick liquids and the other part of the day puree. Most important thing is if your body is rejecting it back up a step you have the rest of your life to eat regular foods. I had to back off soft foods because it was irratating my sleeve. I went to liquids for a bout a week and the next week it was soo much better for me.. I hope that helps you a little. good luck and keep us posted.

sorry to hear ya doing soo bad. You will bounch back and you will be awesome.good luck and hope ya feel better soon..

yep coops I really miss drinking my wine on a daily basis...

Brother it only gets easier after surgery..congrats on an awesome job..

Awesome becca.. It is soo wonderful not to have to go to the big peoples section of the store isnt it.. You are just looking soo awesome girl.. congrats!! and keep up the good work

Awesome coots, and I amost forgot the most important part..Happy Birthday!!!!!!:cake: Keep up the awesome work!!:purplebananna:

You are suppose to count every Protein you take in as you final count.. Yep the 2% has a lot of carbs in them. I would go to skim or !%. I think my skim has 13 grams of carbs per 6 oz cup. You are suppose to stay under 50 carbs during preop and post op. It don't take too many smoothies to get you over your goal mark..

I would suggest opening one and let it go flat.. You cant have the carbonation,, But you can have it flat. I guess it is better than nothing at all. I usually take a small drink of my wife's and held it in my mouth until all the fizz is gone and then swallow it.

I take one vitamen and calicum in the morning and 1 Vitamin and calicum at night. I tried to do both Vitamins together and like you said I about barfed..:ack2:I really do hate the chewable vitamin..

I second that Tiff I went shopping for the first time in years and I shopped at Tommy Hillfiger, Old navy the gap and all the awesome stores that don't sell anything over 2 x . It was the far best NSV I could ever hoped for no more shopping at the fat person section at walmart..lol

I would defentily wait for a few days. I know when I had my surgery that damn tube they stuck down my throat was soo annoying afterwards.. I had a sore throat had issues with swallowing..I would say if it doest get better within a week you should call your doc. As for drinking make sure your top lip is covered with water before you swallow. This will help a lot with the amount of air you swallow. We really don't get who is easy it is to swallow air and first week or two it really hurts going down and dealing with.

well you can have as much broth as you want.. I am on solids right now and sometimes i just want broth to eat. When you get to the solid stage finally you will need something to dip your food in to make it go down easier..I say this because I dip my chicken and such in broth,gravy, or sauce to make it have more moisture in it. I don't think you will waste it..

I really think it is more that you start moving the risk of blood clots are really high in patients that don't move. As long as the doc gave you blood thinners you should be fine. I think they scare you more to keep you motivated to move and heal. I never had or don't know anyone who has had blood clots. So I guess I am not a qualified person to answer the question. I feel that doctor have done studies on these things and they should have the statistics for you. You probably can find a lot more information on line about the time frame though..

Shopping is soo awesome. I went from a 4x (only could get them in certain stores) to a 2 x and now I can go to malls it is soo awesome..I guess I like shopping for myself when I can actually find the size with out going to the big and tall mens store..YOu have to love nsv"s . It has been a blast soo far. The only bad thing about it is I don't have anymore money to buy clothes.

I would say maybe you are having hemorroide issues..but I would get it checked out for sure..you never know..

congrats on being sleeved. First of all concentrate on fluids first. You don't want to be back in the hosptial with a drip in.. second when you reach 64 ounces of water per day then start gettting protein in. It usually will happen in a week to a week and a half. Your body will not go into self eating phase until about a month. so as long as you get your protein before the end of you 1 month anniversary you will do fine. If you can you need to get your water intake and protein intake up before the one month. You will be alright just keep working really hard at reaching your goals. I will tell you that I didn't even start thinking about protein until the middle of the second week..

Wow this is soo awesome.. I haven't realized how much inches that I have lost. I went from 4x shirts to 2x shirts. I went from 54-56 inch jeans to 44-46. How freaking awesome is that.. I am so excited I have been singing from the roof tops for days. It just is soo awesome.. I went shopping saturday and I shopped in places that never had anything that I could wear.. I went in them store and bought from all of the stores, and it gave me such a high. Now I am truely dedicated to spend all of my money on clothes..lol It nsv's like this that keep you pushing on keeps you on the path that is worth staying on the rest of your life...

I stayed out for 6 weeks total. I have a high lifting job so my doctor recommended 4 weeks but I had the time and I wanted to make sure that I was 100% when I went back so I took an additional 2 weeks. I say if you got the time take it.. When you go back the same place will be there. Focus on getting better and becoming healed.

I wish ya all the luck in the world. YOu need to be walking and sipping all day. The more you walk the better you will heal and feel..good luck

wow that is an awesome story. I am hoping to get a bike for christmas and ride the wheeels off of it when spring and summer come...That was an awesome reward though..

How about a roast?? I take one and cook it all day in a pot add a little carrots and greeen beans and potatoes..Try cooking a steak medium rare or medium.. I have learned that the less done the steak is the better it is to chew up and go down(it has to be a good steak though).. Also you know that you are not going to learn the foods that you can eat until you actually try them.. Get to sampleling it don't hurt you just don't eat too much of one thing until you know that it wont make you sick.

When you are sleeved some people stomach's spasm when they drink water.. Call your doctor and ask if he will call you some Hyoscyamine in. It helps with stomach spasms.. You will feel better just take them for a couple of days. Just be patient it will go away with time. The hyoscyamine really helps though. good luck double

I would have to agree with all of you. I personally give my wife a cheese stick and put it in her purse. It dont matter if it is cold or warm it is good..

You will have problems with drinking for a while it really varies in people. I had problems for about 2 months but it has gotten better and now I have no issues with my water intake. As far as burping after your taking a drink you are swallowing air when you drink. It will get better as time passes. You need to be on a ppi if your not: I have been on protonics since day one and I don't have any issues with intergestion. You have to be patient with your progress it will get better with time. I truely don't eat mashed potatoes because they have to many carbs in them. But if you insist to eat them you should thin them down as thin as possible. I didn't really enjoy food until around 6 to 8 weeks out. If you are having problems with foods coming back up you should back away from that food for right now and maybe try them 2 or 3 week later. Slow down eating also will help things from coming up. Your new tum tum has to get used to eating food. It is kinda like your an infant you have to start on liquids and them you get a little thicker foods then you get a little more solid foods then you get normal people food. You have to pull yourself together though you have to keep reminding yourself why you did this. You have to own this for yourself look how much you have accomplished soo far. YOu are off insulin and blood pressure meds..That is soo awesome. You should be extatic. It will get better(No you will not ever eat as much as you did before the surgery) but why would you want too.. That life you left behind you was full of misery and suffering. You are losing weight now and losing cloth sizes you should be soo excited. I promise it will get better and you will get over the blues.. You need to tell you husband you need him right now and all the things that you are going through you need his support. It is time for him to step up to the plate, and get over his anger and support the person he loves good or bad.