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I was sleeved June 19th. How long is/was on the post op liquid diet? I have been on it for 2 weeks and still have 2 left.

Same as me, sleeved on the 19th & have 4 weeks of liquids. Two on clears, and 2 on fulls. My surgeon includes skim milk with clear liquids & ended up OK-ing me to add liquid yogurt since I was having some diarrhea problems. I go tomorrow for my 2 week check-up & I have this fantasy that they'll tell me I can skip right to puree, since I'm doing so well. Haha...probably not a chance in hell! ;)

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I had 10 days of liquids,(jello & popsicles included) and then 2 weeks of soft foods. I will be a month out next week and I can resume a normal diet. I didn't have to do purees. I have had no intolerances, nausea, or vomiting. I was also told no baths or swimming pools for ten days post op. Isn't it crazy that we are all being told such different things?

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Same as me' date=' sleeved on the 19th & have 4 weeks of liquids. Two on clears, and 2 on fulls. My surgeon includes skim milk with clear liquids & ended up OK-ing me to add liquid yogurt since I was having some diarrhea problems. I go tomorrow for my 2 week check-up & I have this fantasy that they'll tell me I can skip right to puree, since I'm doing so well. Haha...probably not a chance in hell! <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />[/quote']

I start purée food Friday and have seriously thought about not eating Thursday and then at mid-night going to Waffle House for cheese grits (or grit if that is all I can hold) and an egg. Just SO sick of the sweet stuff.

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Yes it is étrange... I guess doctors have their own ways that work for their sucess rates...

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Darlenemarie' date=' what do you mean? What are you concerned about?[/quote']

Just feeling like the process to be approved was so rigiours and now I'm post op. I had a one week appointment and now I don't see anyone until August.

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I was told at week one I could swim...have been dong so.

I went swiming..n I did a whole lap under Water in 2 breathes. .havent done that since I was a teenager..

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Hey guys! I am so happy for everyone and I know we have all made this decision to better our quality of life.

I had my 2 weeks checkup today. The doctor was very happy with the 28 lbs I have lost since beginning my pre-op diet to now. Surgery was June 19th.

I was cleared to swim in the pool and lake. He said that I do not need to soak in the lake or stay longer than an hour. I can get in and sit in a tube or float. He said I can purchase waterproof bandages if I want to overkill it. He said my incisions are completely healed on the inside and outside. I can also take a bath. He said that would help the bandages fall off. I do still have strips on my incisions and I keep cutting them back. He said they would completely fall off within the week.

I also have left side pain still. He said that is a stitch in my left incision that is causing the pain. The stitch will dissolve and I may feel a pop and not to worry.

I am able to get in my 60g of Protein daily. I was worried because I do not have to sip at all. I can take normal drinks and I feel like I did before surgery without the hunger feelings. It is very odd. He said that is normal and that liquid would not stretch my stomach out.

In one week I can move to mushy foods. I am allowed the following foods starting next Wednesday and do this for three weeks:

applesauce

eggs

yogurt

cottage cheese

thin lunch meat

2% string cheese

any ground meat

tuna

canned chicken

cooked veggies

bananas

I am not limited to just this but if I do anything else it needs to be of the same consistency as these foods. I feel like the list is perfect for three weeks. If any human can make it for three weeks on liquids then this is like thanksgiving dinner!!! LOL

After 6 weeks I can have raw veggies and fruit.< /p>

Before Sleeve 203

Today 175

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# newmommy....i to can drink no more slipping and i jeep wondering this is to easy, something harder must be around the corner...:-)....doc told me the same thing i wouldnt stretch my tummy with liquids....

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# newmommy....i to can drink no more slipping and i jeep wondering this is to easy' date=' something harder must be around the corner...:-)....doc told me the same thing i wouldnt stretch my tummy with liquids....[/quote']

I'm 8 days post...I've noticed that my sips are getting larger..not like my preop gulps, but no longer my in the hospital bird like sips...maybe this is because the swelling in my sleeve is going down?

I think this means, for me anyway that as time passes I'll have to be careful not to drink my calories at Starbucks and counteract all the hard work my sleeve and I do when it comes to food choices..

Anyone notice that depending on the consistency of what your eating you have more or less capacity?

(Ex greek yogurt I can only 4oz Protein shake I can eat 6oz in the same amount of time)

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I'm 8 days post...I've noticed that my sips are getting larger..not like my preop gulps' date=' but no longer my in the hospital bird like sips...maybe this is because the swelling in my sleeve is going down?

I think this means, for me anyway that as time passes I'll have to be careful not to drink my calories at Starbucks and counteract all the hard work my sleeve and I do when it comes to food choices..

Anyone notice that depending on the consistency of what your eating you have more or less capacity?

(Ex greek yogurt I can only 4oz Protein shake I can eat 6oz in the same amount of time)[/quote']

Yes. I can get about 4oz of meats in but I can eat a 5.3 oz Greek yogurt and a piece of string cheese in one sitting. I think it deals with how easy and fast it can process through your stomach. Strait up liquids I can drink almost unending with pacing.

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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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        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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