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Nicole is my middle name and that is what everyone calls me or Nikki. I also had a hernia repair

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Me I was banded on Friday. Still dealing with major shoulder pain. My doc says I can't have thicker liquids until Friday but I'm starting to get hungry. I did have some Tomato Soup but added beef broth to thin it some and it went OK.

A heating pad has helped me a whole lot with the gas pain. Mine was sitting in my neck and upper back. Some shoulder and even in the collarbone. The heating pad def helped me they it. I finally am hungry today. My diet says to have 3 Protein shakes and then 2 of a certain list of items which include sf pudding Jello yogurt or yogurt smoothie and applesauce. I figured as long as I stick to that consistency and make sure I'm getting enough Protein I should be good. That's a good IDE about putting beef broth in the Tomato soup! I did tomato Soup with Protein powder. I don't seem I be able I get much down. It's too frothy. Hard to explain!

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Nicole is my middle name and that is what everyone calls me or Nikki. I also had a hernia repair

Ok. That's what I thought! My middle name is Nicole. First name is maegan btw which is what I do go by lol! How are u doing on everything? Where are u at on your diet?

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I'm on Day 7 & I'm moving to mushy food. So far, the only thing I've done is have my Tomato Soup without diluting it, lol. I'm still in a bit of pain when I move, but I'm trying to get around & do more (other than lifting) for myself. I have NO idea how anyone has gone back to work after even 5 days! Or maybe I'm just a big baby, lol.

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Me I was banded on Friday. Still dealing with major shoulder pain. My doc says I can't have thicker liquids until Friday but I'm starting to get hungry. I did have some Tomato Soup but added beef broth to thin it some and it went OK.

What helped me was a massager i swear that was the best thing i went thru two bottles of pain meds which help a little but not as much as that did gas x please that was a jole walking omg i walked so much i felt like someone beat my legs with a hammer MISERY SYTLE LOL. Im on to the puree stages but i still find myself not eating required meals scared n hungry idk but its ok nikki

IM MY OWN MOTIVATION

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Stay in touch we r few days apart n sometimes i need advice n a little spice up on this.

IM MY OWN MOTIVATION

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I'm on thin liquids til Friday, then I go to thicker liquids like yogurt smoothies. I'm still confused on the consistency. Thin, Thick, Mushy, they all seem the same to me. I guess this Friday I want Water down my Tomato Soup.< /p>

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I'm on thin liquids til Friday' date=' then I go to thicker liquids like yogurt smoothies. I'm still confused on the consistency. Thin, Thick, Mushy, they all seem the same to me. I guess this Friday I want Water down my Tomato soup.[/quote']

Yeah I'm kind of confused too. I figured I would just try whatever as long as its liquid! I'm moving to creamy Soups tomorrow so we will see. Not really sure what that means though.

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I'm on Day 7 & I'm moving to mushy food. So far' date=' the only thing I've done is have my Tomato Soup without diluting it, lol. I'm still in a bit of pain when I move, but I'm trying to get around & do more (other than lifting) for myself. I have NO idea how anyone has gone back to work after even 5 days! Or maybe I'm just a big baby, lol.[/quote']

I'm only in pain when I make certain movements. As far a work goes... Yesterday was difficult but I did it anyway. Today was much easier. I think it all depends on what each person does for a living too. :-)

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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