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March 27

LifesaverP3

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mwrarr    244

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How are you mwarr

Hi! :) I'm better today. Yesterday and last night was a wicked hellish ride. I vomited like 5 times and then my surgeon came back in with this worried look on his face. I ended up breaking down crying, saying, "I don't want to end up with a leak!" Had a leak test today and it looked good, so I'm just waiting for orders to remove the catheter & start on fluids!

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mwrarr    244

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Hang in there. I hope it get better for you

Thanks. That's what everyone keeps saying. I hope they're right. I've been home since Friday & absolutely miserable. Just so pale, weak & exhausted. I haven't dared try anything on my stage 2 foods. I'm stuck with Water & popsicles. :/ I can't even imagine a Protein shake at this point....

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momof5cantwait    26

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I can't get a lot down either. Feel soooo full. But my dr told me 2 oz of Protein Shake 3 x a day would help with energy. I have 5 kids and definitely need energy. The youngest is 20 months. It takes me 40 minutes to get down 2 oz. but very worth it

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I was sleeved on the 27th, still on liquids for 4 more weeks only taking in 2 Protein Shakes a day so far and some power ade zero. Feeling pretty good trying to get some walking in. My first post op appt is this Thursday, my stomach is still pretty swollen and bruised. I had a band that got removed and converted to a sleeve.

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LifesaverP3    2

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I am fantastic! I had no problems at all, I am back to normal minus the food. Still on full liquids, some days it's hard to drink as stomach spasms a bit but I wouldn't call it painful, just crampy. I am lifting my kids with no problems too. I am down 14 pounds and loving the fact I got my sleeve! I find it very difficult to get Protein in at this stage but in 2 weeks I will be eating protein so I am not overly concerned.

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Colemon70    87

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Thanks. That's what everyone keeps saying. I hope they're right. I've been home since Friday & absolutely miserable. Just so pale' date=' weak & exhausted. I haven't dared try anything on my stage 2 foods. I'm stuck with Water & popsicles. :/ I can't even imagine a Protein shake at this point....[/quote']

I hope you feel better

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mwrarr    244

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I hope you feel better

Thanks. :) I basically got the "you eat something on this list or I'm taking you to the ER...what can I make you?" talk last night. I tried some Soup. It helped a little with the energy issue. Today's been a bit better. :)

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mwrarr    244

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I can't get a lot down either. Feel soooo full. But my dr told me 2 oz of Protein shake 3 x a day would help with energy. I have 5 kids and definitely need energy. The youngest is 20 months. It takes me 40 minutes to get down 2 oz. but very worth it

My sister yelled at me last night about not trying shakes. :) threatened to come up here (75 min drive) & then got a hold of my mister & instead got him on me. Lol I still haven't tried shakes, but I did try sugar free non-fat chocolate milk (8g protein) this morning & it seemed to make a difference.

I can't imagine taking care of 5 little ones & myself during all this. How old are they? :) mine are 13 & almost 15...they don't want to need me for anything anymore. Haha ;)

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mwrarr    244

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I am fantastic! I had no problems at all' date=' I am back to normal minus the food. Still on full liquids, some days it's hard to drink as stomach spasms a bit but I wouldn't call it painful, just crampy. I am lifting my kids with no problems too. I am down 14 pounds and loving the fact I got my sleeve! I find it very difficult to get Protein in at this stage but in 2 weeks I will be eating Protein so I am not overly concerned.[/quote']

Awesome! :) I've found that I get a bubbly feeling in my torso/esophagus when I drink. No spasms yet, that I'm aware of.

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mwrarr    244

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I was sleeved on the 27th' date=' still on liquids for 4 more weeks only taking in 2 Protein shakes a day so far and some power ade zero. Feeling pretty good trying to get some walking in. My first post op appt is this Thursday, my stomach is still pretty swollen and bruised. I had a band that got removed and converted to a sleeve.[/quote']

I'll be on liquids for about 3-4 more weeks, too. I'm thinking after reading everyone's posts that I'm behind the curve & should be doing shakes... :/

I didn't have tummy bruising, but I keep finding them everywhere else! :) do you feel very different from when you were post-op with your band?

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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