Hi

1 week away today is the day my life is going to change forever, for the better of course

Wondering if any Perth sleevers want to stay in touch for support

Kell

I was in Hollywood hospital for 4 days.

I have 5 incision sites and one in the middle was a drain which was in or 2 days

I had dissolvable stitches on my scars.

I've lost a total of 22kgs so far. And everything is huge on me.

I take my measurements every 2 weeks and photos in my undies to track my progress.

Great info thanks

I am a little concerned about what to be having after etc.. I have the shakes and Protein bottles etc.. When u say add protein powder to everything what sort of powder did u get for that??

Did u get the recover in hospital? , have jelly?

Clear liquids??

I bought Protein powder from woolworths unflavoured so I could add it to anything without flavoring something. I would add it to yoghurts and soups (can be a bit grainy) so I don't add it to my drinks.

In hospital on day 2 I had jelly and clear Soup. And that's pretty much what I ate for a week after

I had to go through the blog I've been writing to try and remember those early days.

You can read it

www.diaryofagastricsleever.blogspot.com

Oh awesome I will do thanks.. Do u remember what that protein powder was off the top of ur head?? Clear soup what was the best option for you??

I just made my own chicken soup from scratch before I had surgery and froze it in 1/2 cup portions.

Once I heated it throughout would add done Parmesan cheese and sometimes added an egg through the soup which was really good and it made sure I got my Protein in.

I always had a bottle of Water on hand too.

The Protein Powder might be made by natures way? It's cream and green packaging in a big tub. But I can't 100% remember the brand name. But it was unflavoured.

Ok great any suggestions on a easy chicken broth recipe I work FIFO so never home to cook really so wouldn't know where to start..

My easy chicken soup recipe:

2 chicken breasts

1 onion quartered

1 carrot roughly chopped

2 stalks of celery chopped

Add the leafy tops of the celery

Parsley

Salt

Pepper corns

Garlic cloves

Olive oil

Sauté in a big pot to slightly brown the chicken

Then add boiling Water to cover everything and then some. Bring to the boil

Then simmer for a good hour

Check the salt and pepper to taste

Once cooked and cooled I remove the chicken (use for something else) and mash all the veg together then pass it through a very fine sieve to get rid of the big bits.

It's delicious.

Mmm yum! chicken soup - I did the same thing! I've been living on chicken & veg soup

I've also had liquid yougurt which adds to the Protein intake.

Weighed in for the first time today. I'm 9 days post op & have lost 4kg! That's 10kg since I started optifast!! Soooo pleased

Mmm yum! chicken soup - I did the same thing! I've been living on chicken & veg soup

I've also had liquid yougurt which adds to the Protein intake.

Weighed in for the first time today. I'm 9 days post op & have lost 4kg! That's 10kg since I started optifast!! Soooo pleased

Hi how are you doing?

Im so happy i found this thread! I am also from perth and have been struggling to find much info from other perth people. I have my 1st appointment with the surgeon this tuesday and am hoping to be sleeved in december! Just curious are there any pre op tests that you get put through?

I had blood work done to make sure it was all good

And I just got my date 9th of December so mushy food for Xmas lol oh well

Hi !!

Best decision of my life!!!

You will love it. Even in the hard times.

The only preop testing was a lot of blood work to check everything!!

And then 2 weeks of Optifast prior to surgery.

Which surgeon are you going through?