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stitchergirl88    24

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Just realized...today will be my last Protein Shake for two weeks. My doc requires only Clear Liquids and no shakes for one day before surgery and two weeks after.

Wooooh. That is weird. Good luck bc that sounds hard. I won't even be clear liquid at the end of my hospital stay. They had us go to an education inservice and they had us try the Protein Drinks that they will give us in the hospital.

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sageandcoyesmommy    28

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Thank you' date=' they couldn't believe how well I was doing. Never complained, used the call button twice, but they were checking on me every two hours. Thank goodness the pain med, which I used about every two hours, I would wake up just before the nurses would come in. I walked, they didn't even push me to get out of bed, it was when I was ready. Walked the hall twice and sit in a chair until I thought I would upchuck, first call button. Second time down the hall the next day, all was great. Doctor said everything was great and I went from him telling I'd be in the hospital two to three days to release in less than 24 hours after surgery. Not bad for an old chicken. Yesterday was pretty painful, but did some bending to pick things up, but I tolerated it. Will say I am taking my pain meds, which even after lapband I only used for two days. Good side of this revision was I didn't have very much scar tissue from the lapband. Someone above was on my side. Since I have CHF they had a little trouble controlling my blood pressure, but even ended up one DC'd, plus all my cholesterol medications, and metformin. I am taking 1/2 unit of insulin per hour (I have an insulin pump) and my blood sugars are within normal range. This is a shocker also because when the body is under stress like this you don't have to eat and the blood sugars sky rocket. So think this is going to accomplish what needs to be done and hopefully will live to be a hundred. Thank you all for the suppoprt.[/quote']

Man, I wish I could say I didn't complain any lol. The day of surgery was just hell for me. I was so thirsty and wasn't even allowed ice chips and my back and tummy hurt horribly. I have a very high tolerance for pain meds so I don't think I was getting quite enough. Now that I'm home, I'm not in much pain at all, but I still can't take care of my toddlers yet.

HW(9/3/13)- 284, DOS(9/11/13)-269, CW- , GW-155

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oldoneyoungagain    200

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Man, I wish I could say I didn't complain any lol. The day of surgery was just hell for me. I was so thirsty and wasn't even allowed ice chips and my back and tummy hurt horribly. I have a very high tolerance for pain meds so I don't think I was getting quite enough. Now that I'm home, I'm not in much pain at all, but I still can't take care of my toddlers yet.

HW(9/3/13)- 284, DOS(9/11/13)-269, CW- , GW-155

My toddler is four legged so I let her out, I let her in. I am wondering if it is the medication they give us to put us under. They gave me the same thing as when I had my band out and I was allowed to have a medicine cup of ice chips every hour, but I didn't use that much. By that night they even took the medicine cup away but had to stay on ice chips in a 12 oz cup. Didn't need chapstick, my lips didn't dry out. Actually you couldn't tell I even had surgery, except I'm moving a little slower when I first get up. So sorry it is hard for you to take care of your toddlers but it is understandable. It will get better as it is obvious you are well on your way to a fast recovery.

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sageandcoyesmommy    28

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My toddler is four legged so I let her out' date=' I let her in. I am wondering if it is the medication they give us to put us under. They gave me the same thing as when I had my band out and I was allowed to have a medicine cup of ice chips every hour, but I didn't use that much. By that night they even took the medicine cup away but had to stay on ice chips in a 12 oz cup. Didn't need chapstick, my lips didn't dry out. Actually you couldn't tell I even had surgery, except I'm moving a little slower when I first get up. So sorry it is hard for you to take care of your toddlers but it is understandable. It will get better as it is obvious you are well on your way to a fast recovery.[/quote']

Wow! I was completely parched. It was a full 24 hours after surgery before I could have anything. I'm supposed to be housesitting/petsitting for my dad in three days and I have no clue how I'm going to do it. It's going to be 4 dogs, 6 cats, a 25 lb 3 1/2 year old who is pretty dependent physically, and a 28 lb 19 month old who is extremely energetic. It's going to be interesting to say the least! I think I will feel well enough to do everything by then, but I'm worried about overdoing it and ripping something open.

HW(9/3/13)- 284, DOS(9/11/13)-269, CW- , GW-155

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ShineBright724    70

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Wow! I was completely parched. It was a full 24 hours after surgery before I could have anything. I'm supposed to be housesitting/petsitting for my dad in three days and I have no clue how I'm going to do it. It's going to be 4 dogs' date=' 6 cats, a 25 lb 3 1/2 year old who is pretty dependent physically, and a 28 lb 19 month old who is extremely energetic. It's going to be interesting to say the least! I think I will feel well enough to do everything by then, but I'm worried about overdoing it and ripping something open.

HW(9/3/13)- 284, DOS(9/11/13)-269, CW- , GW-155[/quote']

That sounds like a lot so soon post-op

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sageandcoyesmommy    28

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It really does. I hope I can handle it!

HW(9/3/13)- 284, DOS(9/11/13)-269, CW- , GW-155

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Amanda R    56

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Less than 24 hours now

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stitchergirl88    24

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Less than 24 hours now

OMG!!!!! Initiate panic now. Deep breaths. I just drank a bunch of mag citrate so I am waiting for it to hit me.

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Amanda R    56

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Lol I have to do that too when I get off work at 1230...does it at least taste ok

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Amanda R    56

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I kind of got sad yesterday when I realized I could never have a blizzard from dairy queen or cheesy nachos from the mexican place again.

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SoccerMomma73    1,867

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I kind of got sad yesterday when I realized I could never have a blizzard from dairy queen or cheesy nachos from the mexican place again.

There will be a time, that you an have a bite or two....and that'll be enough.

HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 199

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    • Alisa_S

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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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      1. LeighaTR

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        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

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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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      1. summerseeker

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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.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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