So I am one week out tomorrow morning. I am looking forward to creamy soups. But something weird happened today, I am not certain if it is normal. For some reason, as of today, I can drink just fine. Not small sips, but almost normal drinking. Does that mean I am healing, or is that bad?

I was only on "clear liquids" for a couple days. Then I went to Soups, yogurt, pudding, & Jello. I guess I just went on the fast track and now am totally tired of this food!!! Since you had your surgery in Mexico, how do you have your check ups? I had to go back the day after & week after my surgery. I also have to now go back at my 2 week because my stomach is still a little swollen and irritated. It is weird to see my innards and my new stomach in scans. In some places my stomach is only about an inch wide! That is why my Dr says I can't go to mushy foods yet. She said that's where my swollen stomach is pushing into my sleeve, so I would have the potential of getting blockage and throwing up.

Is it unrealistic to have a list of foods I want to eat when I can eat real food again? Of course most are from restaurants, but I am just SOOO sick of Soup & Protein shakes! My husband made Tofurkey Italian sausages for his dinner and I chewed a small piece then spit it out

I was on Clear liquids for one week and then full liquids for a second week (ie anything you can drink through a straw). So soup and milk were on the menu in week 2. I got to go on mushies at week 3.

I've not had any complications and haven't needed any checkups. I knew that by going to Mexico I'd be on my own post op.

And yes it's completely normal to have a list of foods you want to eat. Scrambled eggs were the first thing I had when I got to two weeks and was permitted to have them. I'm guessing that my doc took the cautious approach about re-introducing foods as he knew that I couldn't afford to have any issues being as I was going back to a different continent shortly post op.

I was only on "clear liquids" for a couple days. Then I went to soups, yogurt, pudding, & Jello. I guess I just went on the fast track and now am totally tired of this food!!! Since you had your surgery in Mexico, how do you have your check ups? I had to go back the day after & week after my surgery. I also have to now go back at my 2 week because my stomach is still a little swollen and irritated. It is weird to see my innards and my new stomach in scans. In some places my stomach is only about an inch wide! That is why my Dr says I can't go to mushy foods yet. She said that's where my swollen stomach is pushing into my sleeve, so I would have the potential of getting blockage and throwing up.

Is it unrealistic to have a list of foods I want to eat when I can eat real food again? Of course most are from restaurants, but I am just SOOO sick of soup & Protein shakes! My husband made Tofurkey Italian sausages for his dinner and I chewed a small piece then spit it out

I started on soft foods about 1 1/2 in. I knew it was a bit early, but I was dying to chew. My stomach is pretty little. I can't eat a whole lot which is the point I guess. I am just about 3 weeks out and am still eating "softer" foods, but last night I had a maybe one ounce piece or rib eye. I cut it into small pieces and chewed it to death. No issues. The protein shakes are wearing me down. I like the EA low carb brand which only has about 100 calories, so I will drink those for breakfast until I can't stand it anymore. I am trying to get the 60g of protein in my diet , but so far it is about 40g per day.

I started on soft foods about 1 1/2 in. I knew it was a bit early, but I was dying to chew. My stomach is pretty little. I can't eat a whole lot which is the point I guess. I am just about 3 weeks out and am still eating "softer" foods, but last night I had a maybe one ounce piece or rib eye. I cut it into small pieces and chewed it to death. No issues. The Protein shakes are wearing me down. I like the EA low carb brand which only has about 100 calories, so I will drink those for breakfast until I can't stand it anymore. I am trying to get the 60g of protein in my diet , but so far it is about 40g per day.

Cottage cheese is a good source of protein. carbmaster yogurt from kroger has low cal and good protein too.

I'm surprised he's doing plications given what he wrote here http://www.verticals...871#entry125871

He was very honest about his two complication patients in fact he is writing a medical journal article on what happened. He told me that he found that the plication had to be looser then the sleeve. He tried to make them tight like the VSG. I appreciated his honesty and the hard stop he did to further research. He is doing them again. So far I have not had any problems.

He was very honest about his two complication patients in fact he is writing a medical journal article on what happened. He told me that he found that the plication had to be looser then the sleeve. He tried to make them tight like the VSG. I appreciated his honesty and the hard stop he did to further research. He is doing them again. So far I have not had any problems.

I didn't know he had TWO ...I had only heard about the one!

One of the surgeons at the clinic I went to, told me about that Dr! He said said they all got together and discussed it! He wouldn't tell me the Dr's name, so it's funny that it came up . Yeah, it was definitely 2 patients!

I didn't know he had TWO ...I had only heard about the one!

3 weeks out!

I am at 223.2 pounds

How much have you lost? I am almost 2 weeks out (Tuesday) and post op, I'm down 18 lbs! Total including my pre op diet, I'm down 26 lbs! I still don't see it though I will be so excited to be down in the 220's! Congratulations to you!!!

How much have you lost? I am almost 2 weeks out (Tuesday) and post op, I'm down 18 lbs! Total including my pre op diet, I'm down 26 lbs! I still don't see it though I will be so excited to be down in the 220's! Congratulations to you!!!

Total, 26.8! I don't see it either, except, my rings are a little big. But all my clothes still fit. I don't have any preop weight, because there was no preop diet.

Yeah, all my clothes still fit too! I can't wait until I really start seeing a difference! Granted I'm bound to lose weight when I can't eat . After this, I'm not sure that I will ever have soup or protein shakes again! The only thing I'm not looking forward to is the buying of new clothes. I am one of the few woman who doesn't like shopping, so the thought of having to get lots of clothes as I lose weight is horrible! I need a personal shopper

One of the surgeons at the clinic I went to, told me about that Dr! He said said they all got together and discussed it! He wouldn't tell me the Dr's name, so it's funny that it came up . Yeah, it was definitely 2 patients!

I had heard that he says that patients that go to other countries for their surgeries need to be punished. I heard that he charges like 5 times the amount for fills for patients who had their band or banded/plication done in another country, in order to 'punish' them. Not sure if that's true (as I don't have a band and have never even talked to his office) but some people on another board were talking about it.

3 weeks out!

I am at 223.2 pounds

Great! It is exciting. Keep it up we are all rooting for you!

Great! It is exciting. Keep it up we are all rooting for you!

I would love to keep this pace up, but I know it will slow. That is OK, I will enjoy it while I can.

You are doing FANTASTIC!!!

I am 2 weeks out tomorrow and very excited to HOPEFULLY be eating soft food! I feel great though! I cheated and had a couple bites of Mac & cheese tonight (bad, bad, bad) My stomach didn't feel bad at all though! I feel like I could eat real food and not have a problem. I won't, but I feel I could! I have another stomach scan tomorrow. It will be interesting to see how my stomach is, but drinking the chalky, nasty, milky stuff is not fun!!! I am hoping I've lost a bunch of weight. I am a little worried about it because my crappy house scale has kept me at the same weight for about 5 days! I'm hoping the Dr's scale is a little more friendly!!! I have hardly been eating and I know I'm not getting more than 600 calories a day. I am at the point that I'd rather not eat, than eat soup and Protein shakes!

I would love to keep this pace up, but I know it will slow. That is OK, I will enjoy it while I can.