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i was sleeved (revision from band) on June 15....one week and one day ago.

today i had my follow up appt with my doctor. i have lost 12 lbs and i am happy with the progress.

however, i was hoping he would give me the okay to advance to the mushy food stage, but he told me to wait another week. he did say i could try a bite or two of eggs, but to no push it any further than that. i'm surprised he said eggs....i thought he would mention something more softer (like mashed potatos or fat free refried beans)

i was really hoping that he would let me advance. the fulls liquids are not keeping me full. i've had enough sugar free pudding/jello, strained Soups, and greek yogurt i can take.

going into the sleeve, i knew what the post-op diet would be like. it was similar to when i had the band. i guess i just was hoping he would let me just do full liquids for a week like he did when i had my band.

any ideas on how to get through another week? how many weeks out did your doctor let you progress to the mushy stage?

thanks for letting me vent and thanks for understanding!

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I am soooooo With you! I have ONE more week with damn pudding, yogurt, strained mushroom and cream of chicken. I am DYING!!!!!! Then I have asked other people I know that where sleeved and they where ohh I wasnt hungry at all! I feel starved, deprived, and have never wanted meat so bad in my life! I am totally needing protein!!!! I am with you dying! It sucks!!!

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I know it must be hard. But I think you really do really need that extra time for healing. I know it's had but please don't rush. I am pulling for you.

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Well. I am jealous of you because I was eeved June 15 and I am still on clears and would love some Soup

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I have full liquids for 5 weeks. But, I haven't even looked at yogurt, Jello, strained Soups. I can barely get down the Protein and I only drink about 14 ounces of it during the day, i.e., 66 grams. It keeps me full for 5 hours, plus sipping on Water. The water sipping is going very slow. And I was sleeved on 6/10!!! I did get in 2 oz of Tomato basil Soup yesterday, but only drank 14 oz of water because of it. My only saving grace is that, even though I am hungry, I won't break the post-op diet because I don't want to hurt my sleeve. Anyone else eat the same amount after 13 days? Did I mention the heartburn? Never had it before, but last week when I asked the surgeon for something, he didn't give it to me... I see him tomorrow and will try to get something tomorrow.

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I was sleeved on 6/14 and I'm still on Clear Liquids. My surgeon does 2 weeks Clear Liquids, 2 weeks mushies, than slowly introduce regular foods. I can't wait to get to the mushies but I won't dare rush it. Just remember that your stomach is healing and it's very important for it to heal right so you don't have a stomach leak. This surgery is going to change our lifes for the better, we just have to stick it out until the time is right!!!

Good luck, you can do it!!!!

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I just underwent the sleeve surgery on June 18th. My doctor is very conservative and I appreciate that. It sounds like your doctor has the same idea. Sure I would love to have something of substance right now, but I would much rather be safe than sorry. The way I look at it is we have a pretty big staple line that needs to be treated with kid gloves for at least 6 weeks.

Here is the general diet I am following: Week one I am on clear liquids only (soup broth, Jello, Water ice, popsicles, apple juice, gatorade and Proti Diet drinks I bought from my doctors office www.protidiet.com). Week two I can add some full liquids (Protein shakes and creamier strained Soups also from the Proti Diet line are really the only addition they gave me from the clear stage). 3rd & 4th week will be moist & mushy foods (pudding, yogurt, cottage cheese, applesauce, scrambled egg, mashed potato, baby food etc). 5th and 6th week is the soft phase (fish, soft canned fruit, well cooked veggies, string cheese, graham crackers, orzo, small moist pieces of meat).

I feel so lucky to have been given a second chance at a healthy life. If this is what I have to do for the next 5 1/2 weeks then I am happy to do it. I must say that I am really not feeling the hunger either, so that is making this journey much easier so far :)

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I was SO HUNGRY on the liquid phase too. I advanced to mushy after 1 week and was on it for the whole 2nd week then advanced again. My mushy stage I was only allowed egg beaters, fat free refried Beans, yogurt, cottage cheese, and pudding with Protein Powder added. I was still hungry on that though too :) I didn't stop feeling hungry until I moved onto real foods at week 3. I'm still not on ALL solid foods but I'm getting close.

I would NEVER tell you to go against your docs orders but at the same time, you have to also listen to your body. In my case, the nurse in charge of the bariatric program at the hospital told me to advance to the stages when I felt like I could, but just take it slow, try only one new food per day, etc. It was truly a lifesaver for me so I could stop being so hungry.

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When you have a staple line where your stomach was removed and stapled off, it is very important that it heals before foods are up against it putting stress on the staples. Advancing too quickly can cause a leak.

I was on clear liquids for 10 days and full liquids for 10 days before moving to softer things like sf pudding, yogurt and cottage cheese.

It's hard but it's better than developing complications.

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I too am still in clears and I am starving and bored out of my mind. I wish I could just sleep for 2 days until its over. I cant even have cream Soups or pudding yet. Only juice, broth, Popsicle ect. The thought of Tomato Soup of something thicker I get so excited!!! I am so so so so tired of this phase. I am hungry all the time.

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It's such a head game! Can you try to ignore it for just a little while longer? You aren't really hungry. But your head is.

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Catyroses - I have to disagree with that. When I was in that phase (clears, full liquids, and even mushies) I was truly physically hungry. Sharp painful hunger pangs and just super hungry. It wasn't a head thing - I could watch people eat good stuff and not feel it. I would feel it on and off all day long at random times. The nurse told me it's because they had me on the gastric bypass plan (sleeve is too new and they don't have a real plan set up for it yet) and GP people have a 1 oz stomach at first while we have a 2-3oz stomach at first. So I was hungry until I got to the point I could eat 2 ounces of food. Now I am almost never hungry when I'm not "supposed" to be (at feeding times) even if I see something delicious... so I really don't think it was head hunger... and my husband went through the same thing (he's 2 weeks behind me) and he too found relief when he started eating more foods.

Oregon Daisy - I know the staple line needs to heal. My surgeon's recommendations were 1 week liquids, 2 weeks on the restricted mushy diet. I just advanced that one week quicker but I did have medical clearance to do so, I didn't just decide to do it on my own. I think they make the guidelines very very careful just in case. Again I wouldn't tell her to do it, just saying what my experience was.

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wow, 12 pounds! thats good I was sleeved the same day as you and today I was only down 5 pounds from my surgery date weight! 12 pounds is great and maybe focus on that more than everything else, anyway its a positive thought, good luck

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I was SO HUNGRY on the liquid phase too. I advanced to mushy after 1 week and was on it for the whole 2nd week then advanced again. My mushy stage I was only allowed egg beaters, fat free refried Beans, yogurt, cottage cheese, and pudding with Protein powder added. I was still hungry on that though too :scared0: I didn't stop feeling hungry until I moved onto real foods at week 3. I'm still not on ALL solid foods but I'm getting close.

I would NEVER tell you to go against your docs orders but at the same time, you have to also listen to your body. In my case, the nurse in charge of the bariatric program at the hospital told me to advance to the stages when I felt like I could, but just take it slow, try only one new food per day, etc. It was truly a lifesaver for me so I could stop being so hungry.

I am 12 days post op and also have advanced to some mushies and it has been fine, I eat a scrambled egg for Breakfast, cottage cheese, yogurt, mashed potatos, ff refried Beans with greek yogurt(Very High Protein) tastes similar to sour cream.

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