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I was sleeved July 9... But since surgery I have lost 23 lbs the last time I weighed myself. My issue is that since surgery I have been dealing with my uncles illness. He has stage 5 colon cancer and has been moved to Hospice. Since he has been moved I have been staying in the house with him and it had totally messed up my meals. This was very short notice so I couldn't plan. The food here is nothing of what I can eat and all the stores carry are muscle milk light. Does anyone have a recommendation on how to get back on my plan once I leave. I don't know what to do and I am afraid that what little I have had so far will stretch my stomach out again

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What is your surgeon's plan? I would look at that, figure out what week you are post op and follow it.

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If you will be there for awhile, can you get some Protein drinks from costco, Sam's or Wal-Mart. Another option might be to order some online from Amazon and do quick shipping?

Sorry to hear about your uncle and hope he does not suffer too much.

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What is your surgeon's plan? I would look at that' date=' figure out what week you are post op and follow it.[/quote']

I am on solid foods already so I can eat about anything

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If you will be there for awhile' date=' can you get some Protein drinks from costco, Sam's or Wal-Mart. Another option might be to order some online from Amazon and do quick shipping?

Sorry to hear about your uncle and hope he does not suffer too much.[/quote']

I have 2 Protein shakes but I may need to get more. This has been a bit of a curve ball for me so its becoming hard to deal with focusing on me and my uncle

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The food here is nothing of what I can eat

NikkiB

it must be emotionally draining with your uncles health situation :(

some/many (me too) NEWBIES think they can stretch their tummy

99.999999% of "us" know thats not gonna happen per NUT/surgeon

you don't know how long you will be at your uncles - eat the best you can

i see you are on solids, but might?? be hard to cook in a strange area???

buy yogurt, cottage cheese, Protein shakes - easy stuff like that

baby bel cheese - some fruit

whatever works for you at this time

once you are home, you can go back to complete basics if you fear you overdid

good luck

kathy

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NikkiB

it must be emotionally draining with your uncles health situation <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':(' />

some/many (me too) NEWBIES think they can stretch their tummy

99.999999% of "us" know thats not gonna happen per NUT/surgeon

you don't know how long you will be at your uncles - eat the best you can

i see you are on solids' date=' but might?? be hard to cook in a strange area???

buy yogurt, cottage cheese, Protein shakes - easy stuff like that

baby bel cheese - some fruit

whatever works for you at this time

once you are home, you can go back to complete basics if you fear you overdid

good luck

kathy[/quote']

Thanks Kathy..... My biggest fear was stretching my stomach out again. I left for two days and was able to get back on my plan and do my workouts but now I know to plan accordingly.

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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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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