I had surgery on Thursday and today I feel like I am starving to death. I am so hungry. I have had applesauce for breakfast, water, tea and beef broth for lunch. Is this all in my head or are these sounds from my stomach and hunger pains for real? :hungry:

Wow!!! I had Surgery a week ago today, and I'm on Straight Clear Liquids for 2 Weeks, then Full Liquids for 2 Weeks, then Mushies for 1 Week! I'm jealous you get to have applesauce, Maltomeal, your Doc isn't a strick as mine. But I really haven't found myself Starving yet. I was going to try Creamy Soups to, but have you looked at how much Sodium is that stuff?! Even in broth is outragous!

Good luck to you, and glad your feeling better

Rocko~~

Pre-Op liquid Diet (3/13/07 - 2 weeks) 341lbs.

Surgery Day (3/27) 322lbs

Today (4/3) 311

Wow!!! I had Surgery a week ago today, and I'm on Straight Clear Liquids for 2 Weeks, then Full Liquids for 2 Weeks, then Mushies for 1 Week! I'm jealous you get to have applesauce, Maltomeal, your Doc isn't as strick as mine. But I really haven't found myself Starving yet. I was going to try Creamy Soups to, but have you looked at how much Sodium is that stuff?! Even in broth is outragous!

Good luck to you, and glad your feeling better

Rocko~~

Pre-Op liquid diet (3/13/07 - 2 weeks) 341lbs.

Surgery Day (3/27) 322lbs

Today (4/3) 311

It's so interesting to see what you guys are eating... I'm getting banded on Monday. So, let me get this clear (and I probably should review my pre-op info packet), is everyone generally sticking to CLEAR liquids after surgery?

I've been making a list in my head of liquids I figure I'll have. Please tell me if you think I'm nuts:

shakes from Myoplex & Slim Fast

Butternut Squash Bisque & Creamy Tomato Soup from Trader Joe's

Lime juice bars from Trader Joe's (no fruit chunks!)

Crystal Lite/Water/Flat Soda

Gravy

Just kidding about the gravy. But does the rest sound ok? Or am I bonkers?

Yes, the protein shakes are the most important. Your menu looks great. Julie

This is very helpful!! I can't wait. Hopefully April 13th I will find out my surgery date...:clap2:

What you'[re feeling is pure physiological hunger--don't let anyone tell you it's all in your head. Your body is telling you it is starving. Drink protein shakes or add protein to your preferred beverage. Good luck ! It isn't easy...I'm post-op day 15 !

I'm now 11 days post op and was sick of sweet. 2 ounces of tuna finely mashed with 2 teaspoons cottage cheese sits well and makes me a happy, full camper.

There is so much variation is what doctors recommend. mine is a week on clear a week on creamy/mushie, then solids. I took it upon myself to short it from week to 5 days. I know my body well enough to listen to it and the clear liquids weren't cutting it. so I moved up to creamy. I simply can not tolerate the protein shakes. They go right through me, and I saw no logic in saying well it's ok if you have creamy protein shakes, but you can't have a more healthy soup of the same consistency. I agree with Rocko on the sodium, hence we make our own. You get a lot of protein from homemade stock made from bones, I know alot of people like the fast losing that comes from putting your body into ketosis and depriving it of carbs, but I'm not one of them. Some carbs are necessary, especially for mental clarity. So I just go slow and eat healty, and creamy liquids. I did add hummus yesterday, I'm only consuming about 750 calories a day thus far, but I'm full, and content. Tomato basil soup is wonderful, as is split pea soup. Dh purees them real smooth and fine, so they slide down. Cottage cheese and hummus are also great. Eaten slowly and chewed well for the CC. I don't like all the additives in prepared foods and I don't tolerate High Fructose Corn Syrup, Splenda, and protein powers, they just make me more gassy, and uncomfortable. I think just eating healthy and natural is much better for a person. Listen to your bodies.. (except when it screams out for chocolate).... That's my .02

I am shocked at the amount of people drinking anything other than clear liquids for the first week. I only allowed water for the first 48 hours and clear fluids for the rest of the week. Then thin fluids for the following week. I was not hungry until my 2nd week of solid food (which I am on right now).

To me it is about listening to your body, Don't force things you can't eat. and what you do consume, do so in moderation. I didn't get banded to starve myself thin, I got banded to help me know when to stop eating, and so that I eat in moderation. I notice that alot of people see getting banded as fast weight loss and shock thier bodies into a state of ketosis, which while it makes you lose weight fast, it isn't very healthy or wise. The body needs carbs and fats in small degree, to function properly. I quickly progressed from clear liquids to creamy and to my own blended shakes, as it is more an issue with particulate matter hanging up in the band, then liquid matter. I can't tolerate the Protein shakes such as ensure and slimfast, and I just can't stand to put all those chemical in me.

I'm eating mushies right now, but it doesn't mean I'm eating bland. Tonight we are having mashed sweet potatoes, homemade applesauce, and creamed spinach. The rest of the family is also going to enjoy stuffed rabbit. I may have a bite or two, depending on how tender the meat turns out. I had one bite of chopped BBQ last night, I had to chew forever but it went down without problem, the key for me is how big the bite.

I was banded on 3/29. That evening in the hospital (a few hours after they did an upper GI to check for leaks, and started me on ice water), I was given applesauce and yogurt (about 2 oz of each). I didn't eat it, but in the morning they brought me cream of wheat and applesauce. They told me the really wanted me to eat it if I wanted to go home that day.

It's interesting how different the docs are. But the main thing is to do what YOUR doc says.

That upper GI post-surgery was the worst thing I went through, I believe. The Fluid I had to drink was completely AWFUL. The reason was that it was fluid capable of being resorbed by my body, if in fact there was a leak in the esophogus or stomach. Simply nasty. I guess I am lucky if that was the worst part of my experience!