On the way home last night found myself thinking OMG I actually did it. Had a couple of sips of broth and 2 shot glasses of crystal light in the hospital. When I saw my surgeon for discharge he asked if I noticed any difference with liquids. The answer was no. Not surprising with the amount of liquid I had. He said I could go back to creamed soups, sugar free pudding and particles again for the next two weeks. Actually sounds good after two days of clear liquids. Drove home in a blizzard so my friend and I stopped and got some soup to go. Came home put it in the blender and dove in I was so hungry. Should have ate it slower, found out a 1/2 cup is really enough but now I know what he means anyway.

On the way home last night found myself thinking OMG I actually did it. Had a couple of sips of broth and 2 shot glasses of crystal light in the hospital. When I saw my surgeon for discharge he asked if I noticed any difference with liquids. The answer was no. Not surprising with the amount of liquid I had. He said I could go back to creamed soups, sugar free pudding and particles again for the next two weeks. Actually sounds good after two days of clear liquids. Drove home in a blizzard so my friend and I stopped and got some soup to go. Came home put it in the blender and dove in I was so hungry. Should have ate it slower, found out a 1/2 cup is really enough but now I know what he means anyway.

yayyyy !!! Congrats!!

I'm on day 10 post op and sooooooo glad I did it!!! The first few days are kinda harsh, but hang in there cause it will pass!!

Hope u're doing great and dealing with pain/gas the best way possible... We're gonna have a greattttttt year!!

=D

Congrats!! I get my lap-band friday and I'm really curious to how people feel leaving the hospital. Very lucky to be able to have cream soups I'll be on the same liquid diet 2weeks after surgery. Congrats on your surgery and best of luck!!

I was surprised the level of pain wasn't worse and the gas for me wasn't too bad. Had the surgery at 7:30 Mon. morning spent the night and got to go home at 6pm last night. My friend had the bypass done Dec 7th and she was in Hosp. 4 days then had to go back in another 3 days a week later for a bug of some kind. I know she was in a lot more pain than I was and I didn't have any drains in like she did. I didn't use the pain pump too often. Sure didn't get much rest in the hospital so I'm glad I was only there overnight. Overall I don't feel too bad today. I can see I'll have to take it easy for at least a week....sigh.

Welcome to the other side! I'm not too far behind you...I'm 20 days post op.

Are you counting down the days till you can have mushies? I know I did after a while. LOL

If your doctor said creamy soups they probably meant tomato or sweet red pepper, squash, etc; and not chicken noodle.etc blended. A blended Chicken noodle will be much thicker then the ones mentioned above. Just a thought. FYI Mrs Dash (Salt free) added to soups can make them a lot more interesting. I add it before heating which reconstitutes the garlic etc.

The soup I had was cream of broccoli and I pureed it to make sure there were no lumps. I was just used to having the whole 1&1/2 cups. Obviously too much now. At least I'll be getting an idea of what constitutes enough I can see why my Dr. asked if I noticed a difference. I really didn't with the small amount of clear liquids I had in the hospital. I sure noticed with the cream of broccoli though. I expect it will be a learning experience for some time to come. Glad you're all here to help us newbies out