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First Day on Thick Liquids/Purees



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I finally moved to stage two--thick liquids. I have been excited for it all weekend.

Bad things first:

I have had an upper body rash since about 5 days out of surgery. I treated it with Benadryl and thought it would run its course. By today I was done with it. It has kept me up at night, woken me up early in the morning and I am clawing myself to death. So I was able to get in to see my dermatologist's NP. She diagnosed it as (more than likely) a stress-induced systemic reaction. She said even if I didn't realize I was stressed out about my surgery, my body definitely was. Got a steroid shot and an RX for antibiotics in case I have any staph.

When I started my thick Protein Shake this morning, even though it was VERY slow, I got horrible pain under my rib cage. This has been happening all weekend. So I called my surgeon's office and his nurse asked me to try taking the anti-spasmodic meds they had given me. (I had not taken them because I wasn't sure what a spasm would even feel like.) She said if that didn't work, I may have to have an endoscopy to stretch it out a bit.

Good things:

The rash is starting to feel better.

About 3 hours after I took the anti-spasmodic, I tried some pudding. SUCCESS!!!! So tonight I had pureed taco Soup. OMG! It was HEAVEN. I was able to eat about 2 1/2 ounces before I started burping (my sign to stop). And it has stayed down fine since. I feel like I can really do this now that I don't have to eat those *!@O)$%(*& sugar free things all the time. YAY!!!!!!!!!!! I think this will really help with my energy issues too.

Hope everybody else is having a great day!

Lisa

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And PS my pudding was SF. I just meant I was sick of not having any other options (except broth). Might I highly recommend vanilla/chocolate swirl SF Jello pudding. Scrumptious!

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Hi Lisa! So Happy to hear that the Meds worked! I'll keep that in mind as I start eating thicker foods. Kinda nice to hear that he gave you a nice SNUG sleeve!

I weighed this morning and am down 2 more lbs since last Thursday at the Dr. I wanted more but I have got to learn to be nice to me! I am walking and doing what we've been told to do and I am going to be proud of ever teeny tiny little pound I lose!

Let me know if you get on the scales. I have a feeling that you are going to ROCK this weightloss!!!

Happy Tuesday!

Barb

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So glad you are feeling better and the sleeve is working for you. Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I'm just starting this journey and appreciate reading about everyone's experiences.

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I am happy to read about your successful transition. I am glad you are healing well also. Hope you have a quick recovery!

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Yippeee!! I am glad, I move to mushies on Friday. I had a hard time on full liquids as far as pushing myself too hard. But I actually bought baby spoons, so I could take smaller bites, not only did it space my meal out longer, I was able to savor the taste. Good luck!!

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