Happy Mother's Day to all the mom's out there!

I am 10 days post-op from my VS and have to be on a 600 calorie/ high Protein shake for almost 2 weeks. I find myself cheating and feeling terrible about it. I reason with myself on why i can have regular sugar free pudding or plain yogurt. I even take spoonfuls of hummus. I ask myself, "Why is that bad? All of these things are soft". Well, today I had 3 small crackers with bri cheese and just made sure to chew the cracker very fine before swallowing.

I loved it. It made me feel normal again. My sister is concerned this will pop a staple in my stomach but I don’t think it will. I guess i just needed to confess my sins and see what other people think. Am I going to ruin my surgery and pop a staple? Will i not lose weight? Will Dr. Cirangle find out? Should I tell him? And most importantly, Should I continue to eat this way? I am still having my Protein shakes, sipping Water and taking it easy. I just need some normalcy again.

Thanks for letting me vent and please let me know your thoughts.

Best,

T

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Now, I’m off to eat my dinner.. tacos and rice crispy treats for dessert!

** KIDDING!!

lol i was distracted between reading and instant messages i have to say you got me, had to look at that one twice lol xD

**note to self - find stick to beat Laney....

LOL yeah you got me, luckily I got your email first, I knew exactly what you were off to "eat".

Renee`

T,

I am glad everything went with your visit to the doctor and you are fine.

I just reedited my response realizing you already gave an update.

Best of Luck,

New Sleeve

When I consulted with my regular doctor about having weight loss surgery and specifically VSG he was VERY insistent that I followed the surgeon's instructions on what to eat when. He said this was because he has a patient who had VSG six months ago and ate a few tortilla chips two weeks after surgery. She insisted that she fully chewed them but she developed a leak and later an abscess that has yet to fully heal. That scared the crap out of me and I hope it scares the crap out of you too. Stick with whatever plan your surgeon has you on and if that means liquids only, you absolutely have to do just liquids only.