Any newbies out there? Has my surgery on 8/27 and looking for new Sleevers to go through the journey with.

My surgery was the 27th of August. The surgery and hospitalization was rough but my surgeon Dr. John DePeri is excellent. He said I was just one of those one in a hundred patients that have a hard time. I'm recovering and want to be well. I have to be a bit slower with walking and lifting because of the HUGE bruises I was left with as we want no HEMATOMA so my feet are up a good bit. I started at 207.8 and I am 193.

I know I'm not getting in enough protein and it concerns me but my doctor says he's concerned more about hydration right now because of my complications and the heat here in JAX is unbearable. Its still 100 so I need to be out of the heat for a bit long. I drive some but only bound and with a pillow because my largest bruise is right where the steering wheel is at my belly/chest.

I got to where I wanted to CHEW.....I thought if I gummed some rice chex or cheerios like our Saltine Crackers it would be fine. They weren't on the list so obviously a big no no. Luckily no vomiting as I did enough of that in the hospital. So two days post my off the track move I am good. I still take a half of pain pill at night but tonight I going to not take one.

I'm looking for suggestions on plain protein powder to add to food to "beef" it up. I am taking my meds in liquid or breaking them.....I have just one left to get in but we are working on that one because its about the size of a M/M and a half. Thank you for any suggestions.

Aug 27th is my surgery day and i had no pain came home that friday with a drain and now this week i been feeling horrible as far ingestion heartburn acid refluex ughhhhh now my left side is hurting. Wats a girl to do

Alas I still haven't lost anything in 12 days...I'm getting so disheartened

Neal<br />Starting weight: 363. Goal: 250. Current: 337

Oh wow! Just had a Celebrate multi-vitamin and it came right back up....may be too soon. Sleeved the 29th...B12 has been fine but first time trying the multi-vitamin. Will be a while until I do that again. Any multi-vitamin faves?

Do you have berocca over there? It's effervescent multi-vitamins plus a few minerals thrown in. I know it's effervescent but it's hardly any fizz at all compared to sodas and I sip it throughout the day. Been having it since day 1. I was sleeved on 11th August and 26.5lbs down so far. (I didn't do a pre-surgery diet). I have noticed I am a bit low on iron, which isnt in the berocca but you can get liquid iron supplements.

Aug 27th is my surgery day and i had no pain came home that friday with a drain and now this week i been feeling horrible as far ingestion heartburn acid refluex ughhhhh now my left side is hurting. Wats a girl to do

Speak to your surgeon. That's where your sleeve is.

I was sleeved on 8/30 and left the hospital on 9/1. Dr ordered one week on clear fluids (no protein). I kind of started purées on Sunday' date=' but it's not going well. I'm not getting my 64 oz fluids and I'm definitely not hitting 60 g protein. I found one protein shake (Click Espresso) I can tolerate in terms of taste and have realized that its responsible for my urgent diarrhea -- so it's back to the drawing board. Good news is I'm down to 280 lbs today (that's 21 lbs post-surgery).

I'm going to try Nectar Unflavored with SF pudding later tonight. Anyone try that?

Also, what's the word on baby food? Anyone use it?

My Magic Bullet died on me, so I'm waiting for my replacements: a B&D food chopper and an Oster Beehive blender. They should be here tomorrow. Yayy![/quote']

You went straight from clear liquids to puree? What happened to the full liquid stage? If you blend a meat based soup and add milk powder it will thicken it and add protein.

I had mine on the 22nd- so ready to start hamburger meat in soups etc! 2 more days! Yeah

I had mine on the 23rd. How is everyone feeling?

I feel great just ready to eat more than soft stage

Do you have berocca over there? It's effervescent multi-vitamins plus a few minerals thrown in. I know it's effervescent but it's hardly any fizz at all compared to sodas and I sip it throughout the day. Been having it since day 1. I was sleeved on 11th August and 26.5lbs down so far. (I didn't do a pre-surgery diet). I have noticed I am a bit low on iron' date=' which isnt in the berocca but you can get liquid iron supplements.[/quote']

Thank you, yes...just looked online and Amazon carries them. Wll give em a try.

Is anyone taking the Bariatric Fusion vitamins? these give me a bit of nausea for 10-15 minutes or so.....once I finish up the bottle, I'll be looking for a replacement.....shame, they make it easy....3 chewable tablets a day and they are complete, nothing else needed (I like simple LOL)

I found some great liquid vitamins! Look at Wellesse on Amazon, they taste pretty good too. The worst one is the iron but not really that bad and the others taste great!

These are all liquid and taste great!

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=wellesse&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=3306564981&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=19450941891714320563&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_3upeg3rpxq_e

Sleeved on 8/12/13. Including the pre op diet I lost 27# in August. When I added cottage cheese and cream soups' date=' I gained a couple pounds and have stayed at that weight for 2 weeks, but my clothes are getting baggy.[/quote']

Yay...me too..same day also...clothes r fitting so much better...I haven't lost alot but its coming off slowly. I see it in my clothes..a total of 35 lbs so far.this includes pre op..im kinda eatting whatever I want...alot of protein..trying out the waters...good luch

You went straight from clear liquids to puree? What happened to the full liquid stage? If you blend a meat based soup and add milk powder it will thicken it and add protein.

I was on 64 oz Gatorade (not diet) and diluted fruit juice for 7 days. Then to purée for 3-4 weeks. I have my first check up at that point and I move to mechanical soft for 3-4 weeks. Check up. Then soft for 3-4 weeks. Check up. Then regular diet. I thought the lack of full liquids was odd, too, but I promised to follow doctor's orders.

Thanks for the tip on meat based soups with milk powder. What is milk powder -- like protein powder, or just reg powdered milk? Do you have any meat based soup recommendations? I tried a cheeseburger soup last night. It was eh.

Yay...me too..same day also...clothes r fitting so much better...I haven't lost alot but its coming off slowly. I see it in my clothes..a total of 35 lbs so far.this includes pre op..im kinda eatting whatever I want...alot of Protein..trying out the waters...good luch

It's amazing, isn't it?! My clothing is fitting so much better. I didn't even realize that they were tight to begin with. Are you tracking your protein intake? I was surprised at how little protein there is in food. Anyway, congrats, and keep going!