Doing my clears and my golytely bowel prep. This stuff is nasty but doing its job! Anyone else prepping this weekend?

How is everyone? The day if surgery was pretty awful but today is sooo much better.

I didn't have to do a bowel prep either. With a clear liquid diet for 7 days there wasn't much to worry about.

Yes...yesterday was awful...I kept asking myself what did I do..but today is definitely better and am looking forward to my journey ..

Yes...yesterday was awful...I kept asking myself what did I do..but today is definitely better and am looking forward to my journey ..

Exactly!! I've been having some trouble getting my liquids in. I'm really trying,,,but I am soo soo groggy

I've started on 1oz of clear liquids per hour...a lot of burping..lol..its a Lil frustrating ..

I can't start liquids yet i did not pass my barium swallow. Nothing is going through my esophagus most likely due to swelling So I really nauseous and they will retest me today.

I can't start liquids yet i did not pass my barium swallow. Nothing is going through my esophagus most likely due to swelling So I really nauseous and they will retest me tomorrow.

I can't start liquids yet i did not pass my barium swallow. Nothing is going through my esophagus most likely due to swelling So I really nauseous and they will retest me tomorrow.

Oh no. I can't even imagine how frustrating that must be. My heart goes out to you.

Today I am doing a lot better, but my back is killing me. I can't figure out why that would be happening.

Also drinking things is weird.

I can't start liquids yet i did not pass my barium swallow. Nothing is going through my esophagus most likely due to swelling So I really nauseous and they will retest me today.

Oh no. My heart goes out to you, that had got to be frustrating.

How is everyone else doing with their liquids? I hate the way it feels going downs so weird and gassy. They told me 1oz every 10 minutes. I'm drinking Isopure.

I think my painkiller just starting to kick in. My last massage was a mess and now I can't read my iPhone.

Later ????

I can't start liquids yet i did not pass my barium swallow. Nothing is going through my esophagus most likely due to swelling So I really nauseous and they will retest me tomorrow.

How are you doing now? We're only 15 days out, can't decide if it feels like more or less than that. I think more.

I can't start liquids yet i did not pass my barium swallow. Nothing is going through my esophagus most likely due to swelling So I really nauseous and they will retest me tomorrow.

Devon how r u?

Devon how r u?

Rybecca how has your recovery been?

How are you doing now? We're only 15 days out' date=' can't decide if it feels like more or less than that. I think more.[/quote']

I know some parts of the day I feel fine and it feels like surgery was months ago. Then i eat too much or try to walk too much and i remember it's only going on the 3rd week!

Today is my birthday and Saturday is my son's birthday so we went out to eat at a buffet. I actually feel good after eating there cause they had a lot of good i could eat. I had cottage cheese chicken broth bourbon chicken and even had a treat of sugar free pudding with whipped topping! When i talk about eating all that food it probably totaled 3 tbsp!

Usually in the evening i feel pretty bad nauseous and tired but tonight I'm feeling good. How about you?

I know some parts of the day I feel fine and it feels like surgery was months ago. Then i eat too much or try to walk too much and i remember it's only going on the 3rd week!

Today is my birthday and Saturday is my son's birthday so we went out to eat at a buffet. I actually feel good after eating there cause they had a lot of good i could eat. I had cottage cheese chicken broth bourbon chicken and even had a treat of sugar free pudding with whipped topping! When i talk about eating all that food it probably totaled 3 tbsp!

Usually in the evening i feel pretty bad nauseous and tired but tonight I'm feeling good. How about you?

I can't wait to be able to eat or drink more easily. Drinking more so than the eating. It's such a chore to get down one Isopure and Water. And the food-I haven't thrown up so I'm glad about that but it's still so uncomfortable to eat. God help me- if I wasn't loosing weight I would hate this. The weight loss is very encouraging. Enough to think that I made the right decision.

My surgeon never talked to me about what kind of weight loss I'd see and I never looked into it too much. I just myself to hope for 10 pounds a month. I mean, they told me the 65% thing but in my head I thought that was a year out. I've lost 20. I didn't realize how fast it would go. I keep bracing myself for a stall and telling myself that this is more than I ever hoped for so if I whine after loosing over a pound a day I need someone to slap me or something. JK

I've had some down times. Week one was the hardest. It was really hard not to eat with my son. He's 10. We live 5 blocks from a little Caesars pizza an for the first time we walked to get the pizza. I've been telling myself to do that for 2 years. Anyway it was too much. The smell was too tempting. I took the cheese topping chewed it and spit it out. That was my low point. I haven't bothered sharing that on here because people are so negative. Week 2 was better. I'm getting used to mind hunger and not craving things I smell.

I'm learning the difference between being full and being satisfied. Which for me means eating very very tiny bites.

Sorry, this is getting rather long. One last thing-my family is being more supportive of the surgery and my decision. Maybe they're just glad I made it through the surgery. ?

The buffet sounds good-and great job-I haven't gone out for a meal yet...kinda nervous. Happy birthday! How old is your son? Mine's 10.