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!

i am only 2 days out of surgery. so I am not much help. I can say I am not really hungry at all. Kaiser does only IV fluids the day of surgery, Clear Liquids for breakfast and lunch the day after and full liquid after that for 2-3 weeks. so, today i had 1/4 cup yogert for breakfast, Protein shake in between meals, 1/4 cup cottage cheese and 1/4 cup applesauce at lunch (did not finish either of them), Protein Shake in between meals, and 1/4 cup yogert and popsicle at dinner. i like yogert, applesauce, pudding, cottage cheese, cream soups etc so I am hoping I will be fine.

I am still dealing with bad gas and reflux issues after every time I eat and/or drink so that makes eating no so enjoyable at the moment

I'm 2 weeks out today, and have been on 10 days clear, 10 days full, then Mushies for 7 and finally normal after that.

Although there are some similarities between surgeons there are some that are very cautious - in the end you have to stick with what they say - I know theres no way I would want to risk my sleeve (being a self pay as well) especially having to go thru those first 2 days again.... I didn't enjoy them.

Its hard, but maybe you need to get out the house when you start to feel tempted.

I've been craving meat and cheese like crazy for about a week now too, and I cannot wait for my surgeon to advance me to mushies. I had dreams about meat. I even tried thinking about other things that I used to crave incessantly like donuts, cake, pizza.. the only thing that stuck was pizza, and that was thinking about a big meaty cheeseburger pizza or something.

I have been getting in my 90g of Protein or at least very close to it every day (within 3-5g) and I try to do stuff like sf Jello or sf pudding to ward off the meat hungries, but it's just not working.

On one hand, I am really glad that my cravings are for the good dense protein-rich stuff I'm going to be eating first now for the rest of forever, but on the other hand I've felt rather crazy for having cravings this intense when I haven't been physically hungry since surgery. I really don't think it's head-hunger because I don't feel hungry or even fake hungry. Rather, it's more like an extremely strong mental drive to seek out protein-rich food... which could just be my brain rewiring itself and getting ahead of my surgeon's schedule for mushies.

I dunno, but I definitely do feel for you, mommytoethan! I'd be calling to cry at my surgeon and nutritionalist every day if he tells me on Monday to do liquids another week!

I'm starting to have to force myself to choke down each sweet smelly Protein Drink... blegh. I have plenty of variety because all I got was sample packs from just about every whey protein isolate kind out there, but so many are either vile or borderline tolerable. Blegh again :lol0:

Just wanted to add that I also started taking Prilosec about 5 days ago because my stomach was very gurgly and starting to feel rather "empty" all the time. My doctor doesn't require a PPI but since I'd read on the board about PPI's helping with weird hunger twinges, I was hoping that reducing the stomach acid would take away the meat cravings and pseudo-hungry feeling in my stomach. I am not sure how long it takes to fully start working but the gurgling has definitely come down and I no longer feel twinges... but the meat cravings are still pretty strong.

Edited June 24, 201016 yr by lotusflwr80

Just be careful.....you have a new stomach with staples. You waited a long time for this surgery, it's literally a new way of eating. I'm only 11 weeks out and I remember the liquid stage very well. I wanted to chew so bad, but I also got severely dehydrated which made me extremely tired. Then depression set in....WOW what a horrible state that was. Just take your time...this is a lifetime committment.

I read some of Tiffy's posts on how sick she got from various trials she went through in the beginning and though I felt for her, she is an inspiration now.

Remember how you felt a year ago, and today won't seem so bad. Hang in there and learn to be patient with yourself and your new stomach and lifestyle.

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.

Sam,

I have no appetite at all and am struggling to get enough in. sorry to hear you are so hungry.