I was discharged yesterday. I can't take my Percocet it makes me itchy and gives me bad heartburn. So I switched to Tylenol. One sip at a time and one burp at a time. After surgery I said what did I do to myself? For heartburn I was told to take an antacid. Can only get in a couple of teaspoons of chicken broth and a couple of sips of Water.

Wow! Congratulations! Very impressive! I was sleeved on Nov. 14th and have been doing fairly well overall. Had severe nausea the first day or so but stopped pain killers 3 days post-op and no real pain except for the constant diarrhea and more tired than usual. Does it every get better? I am on full liquids for at least another week. So wish I could eat pureed foods now!

I had real bad diarrhoea also but am on day 15 now and it's all cleared up. My doctor recommended taking liquid codeine twice a day for a few days as this helps to settle swelling and bind poo's. it was a life saver for me. Hope this helps. Xxx

How is everyone doing? What food stage are you al on? I'm still on full liquids and ill be cleared for purée/mushies starting Tuesday! Can't wait! The thing that's doing me in is head hunger! My neighbors are cooking the last two days and the smell OMG the smell is driving me crazy!!! Ahhh! Anyone else struggling with head hunger?

How is everyone doing? What food stage are you al on? I'm still on full liquids and ill be cleared for purée/mushies starting Tuesday! Can't wait! The thing that's doing me in is head hunger! My neighbors are cooking the last two days and the smell OMG the smell is driving me crazy!!! Ahhh! Anyone else struggling with head hunger?

I am also on full liquids too. My follow up with my surgeon is Monday. Hopefully, I will get the blessing to start soft foods. But anything food I see on TV or smell looks goooood. Even ketchup lol.

I just got moved to purreed foods - was sleeved 11/14. I don't know even where to start. I am going to do some browsing for recipees tonight. I am sticking with soup mostly.

I had my revision surgery on 11-14-2012 after surgery they told me the band removal went fine and they were able to repair a hiatal hernia , that was a surprise to them ( and me ) and sleeve me in one procedure. I was SO relieved to have had it done in once procedure. The day after surgery I started throwing up Water and unable to keep it down . After a couple more tried they ordered an EGD for me . They told me if the scope went through easily then and showed no obstructions I should be fine and not need another surgery , but if it did not I could have excess scar tissue from the band and I could need another surgery . WHAT !! Yikes . So they did it and it showed no obstruction some swelling around the band area ( where the band was ) they told me to take liquids slow . For several days I was still throwing up just water, in fact it freaked me out because it looked like I was throwing up some blood as well. Finally around day 3 or so the water was staying down . So finally I was able to go home today . NOT an easy process that's for sure , but I am glad its over. The doc told me to progress my liquids slowly , as long as I was keeping liquids down I was fine , the minute i started if i did throwing up liquids I needed to come back . But to just take it slow .

Now 10 days out and I hae had a few instances of throwing up since i got home. But I just back track and go on Clear Liquids again and It gets better. Since I was unable to eat prior to surgery due to my band i sometimes wonder if I will ever be able to eat solids again , but this HAS to be better than the band and the pain and issues i had with them .

I just got moved to purreed foods - was sleeved 11/14. I don't know even where to start. I am going to do some browsing for recipees tonight. I am sticking with soup mostly.

let me rack my brain from when i was on them for my band, ( hope to get on them soon )

refried Beans with melted cheese whiz ( the kind in the jar ) with quacamole, and salsa. YUMMY as bad as it sounds its good !

Cottage cheese with spagettie sauce and melted mozerella, its a crust less lasaungna ...

Same thing with pizza sauce , melted cheese, crustless pizza.

Mashed potatoes, i lived on them .

that's what i can think of off the top of my head .. here are some more http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/57261-puree-stage-recipeideas/

forgot one of my all time favorites, Butternut sqaush , black beans, Sour cream, Melted cheese , quacamole, and picante sauce ( or the juice if its too thick ) and layer them like a 7 layer dip but its SoO good on its own

13 days post op and im down 14 pounds. I have hit a HUGE wall this week though , im SO DANG TIRED

Anyone else ?

13 days post op and im down 14 pounds. I have hit a HUGE wall this week though ' date=' im SO DANG TIRED

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Hey!! My loss has stalled for now, but I'm feeling more energetic this week. Maybe you should try to up your Protein a little bit. I would think at this point most of your fatigue would be gone. I hope you get some energy soon! Ooh, and thank you for the recipe ideas.

Hey!! My loss has stalled for now, but I'm feeling more energetic this week. Maybe you should try to up your protein a little bit. I would think at this point most of your fatigue would be gone. I hope you get some energy soon! Ooh, and thank you for the recipe ideas.

Im still loosing about a pound a day or 2 . Which I am happy with , I dont want to loose too fast .. Protein , UGH that's a bad subject for me haha none of it sits well with me and due to artificial sweetners causing migraines i am limited to organic egg white powder and its just not going well. Makes me nasuated every time !

I see the doc on Thursday and they should give me the RX for B12 injections hoping that helps

Hey!! My loss has stalled for now, but I'm feeling more energetic this week. Maybe you should try to up your protein a little bit. I would think at this point most of your fatigue would be gone. I hope you get some energy soon! Ooh, and thank you for the recipe ideas.

Im still loosing about a pound a day or 2 . Which I am happy with , I dont want to loose too fast .. Protein , UGH that's a bad subject for me haha none of it sits well with me and due to artificial sweetners causing migraines i am limited to organic egg white powder and its just not going well. Makes me nasuated every time !

I see the doc on Thursday and they should give me the RX for B12 injections hoping that helps

Hey!! My loss has stalled for now, but I'm feeling more energetic this week. Maybe you should try to up your protein a little bit. I would think at this point most of your fatigue would be gone. I hope you get some energy soon! Ooh, and thank you for the recipe ideas.

Im still loosing about a pound a day or 2 . Which I am happy with , I dont want to loose too fast .. Protein , UGH that's a bad subject for me haha none of it sits well with me and due to artificial sweetners causing migraines i am limited to organic egg white powder and its just not going well. Makes me nasuated every time !

I see the doc on Thursday and they should give me the RX for B12 injections hoping that helps

Glad to hear everyone doing awesome. I am having difficulty drinking all of my water and protein. I have the ok from my surgeon to eat food, but since I spent the day vomiting I went back to liquids. My left incision pain has increased, it got infected, it's next to my belly button, so I'm taking antibiotics.

13 days post op and im down 14 pounds. I have hit a HUGE wall this week though ' date=' im SO DANG TIRED

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Yes...soooo tired. After work, I'm running to my bed and I'm OUT!!! I'm drinking about 90grams of Protein and everything I eat makes me have nausea so I'm just sticking to shakes...booooo lol. I went to the gym and walked for 60min and actually had some increased energy. I'll be doing that 4-5 times a week now

Hi all . today was the first time in over a year i was able to eat "semi Solid food" Eggs) with out being in pain or puking !! It feels so strange. The pain before was from the band , now that its out its easier to eat.

I was starting to woner if i had actually been sleeved because liquids felt no different to me. But after eating 5 bites of eggs and 3 bites of refried beans I can DEF tell !!!

My husban said " NEXT Time why dont you just eat off my plate " LOL