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Having a bad day im still in quite alot of pain in my left side feels like everything is all twisted and bunched up in there and it hurts not like excruciating pain but enough to take meds and its not constant but again enough to limit my activity drastically im 10 days post op and everyday is better than the day before but not as good as id hoped for and not as good as alot of you are doing .....i try walking more because everyone keeps saying walk walk walk it helps bit i try and the pain gets so bad i have to sit down ....tonight we took our daughter to the park and i walked downstairs out to the car from the car to the park and walked around while she played for about 20 minutes or so then had to sit then walked for about 5 min and back home we came cuz im in pain <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':(' /> any suggestions? ??

To me that sounds like a good workout considering you Are only so many days post op. we are eating so much less and our bodies still need time to heal. I think that is what your body is telling you and I think you're doing great!

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Having a bad day im still in quite alot of pain in my left side feels like everything is all twisted and bunched up in there and it hurts not like excruciating pain but enough to take meds and its not constant but again enough to limit my activity drastically im 10 days post op and everyday is better than the day before but not as good as id hoped for and not as good as alot of you are doing .....i try walking more because everyone keeps saying walk walk walk it helps bit i try and the pain gets so bad i have to sit down ....tonight we took our daughter to the park and i walked downstairs out to the car from the car to the park and walked around while she played for about 20 minutes or so then had to sit then walked for about 5 min and back home we came cuz im in pain <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':(' /> any suggestions? ??

I am 13 days post op and feel the same way you do:). Trying to listen to my body but I totally get that it is frustrating;)

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Just gotta post that I'm down 5 more lbs today for a total of 22 since surgery and 42 all together!! Can't believe how it's coming off. So happy!!

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So, had my surgery on Thursday, April 25th and I'm waiting to be discharged from the hospital. I can't believe I did it... I was so sick and upset the morning of surgery I even threw up from my nerves... I've been sipping Water and warm broth...it seems i can't tolerate very cold fluids right now, only warm goes down well... but wow, what a weird feeling that first sip was! And the gurgling! Im glad to finally be on the losers bench!

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So' date=' had my surgery on Thursday, April 25th and I'm waiting to be discharged from the hospital. I can't believe I did it... I was so sick and upset the morning of surgery I even threw up from my nerves... I've been sipping Water and warm broth...it seems i can't tolerate very cold fluids right now, only warm goes down well... but wow, what a weird feeling that first sip was! And the gurgling! Im glad to finally be on the losers bench![/quote']

Congrats! Warm stuff was definitely easier for me the first few days, but after that temp wasn't too much of an issue

HW 296 - SW 266.3 (4/1/13) - CW 253.5

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So' date=' had my surgery on Thursday, April 25th and I'm waiting to be discharged from the hospital. I can't believe I did it... I was so sick and upset the morning of surgery I even threw up from my nerves... I've been sipping Water and warm broth...it seems i can't tolerate very cold fluids right now, only warm goes down well... but wow, what a weird feeling that first sip was! And the gurgling! Im glad to finally be on the losers bench![/quote']

Im glad your doing good

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I am 13 days post op and feel the same way you do:). Trying to listen to my body but I totally get that it is frustrating;)

Thanks i just get frustrated wishing id recover faster lol

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This is the fitst time on almoet 4 years that ivr been udee 300 highest weight was 356 when i started procesz i was 308 surgery was 290 amd now 270 4/10 and have been cleared to go back to the gym

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That's awesome Vanna!!

HW 305 SW 292 CW 273 GW 150

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This is the fitst time on almoet 4 years that ivr been udee 300 highest weight was 356 when i started procesz i was 308 surgery was 290 amd now 270 4/10 and have been cleared to go back to the gym

Thats awesome

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I just wanted to say thank you to whomever made the suggestion about the Popsicles at Walmart. They are amazing and $2 for a bag of 12.

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I just wanted to say thank you to whomever made the suggestion about the Popsicles at Walmart. They are amazing and 2 for a bag of 12.

No problem! They are delicious!

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I had another question has anybody notice that their skin is clearing up my face is no longer oily and I haven't had a break out since surgery

Yes, but mine went the other way...It is dry as a bone!

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How long did they keep your staples in

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is this normal

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      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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      1. summerseeker

        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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