Anyone having surgery in May

[niasia33 40]

Tomorrow is the big day! 6am!! Thankfully my dr only makes you do a 24 preop diet of clear liquids.... Soup get boring! Not being able to chew actual food is hard. And the magnesium citrate is for the birds! But it will all pay off in the long run!! Eeeekk I'm excited!! Finger crossed!

Good luck to you nolagirl09! Praying for a speedy recovery for you. Soup is super boring but your right it is all worth it in the end. Let us know how you are doing as soon as you can!

[angelface811 100]

I am Day 8 post-op and things get a little better every day. I am so thankful to have family helping me. I can now lay on my right side at bedtime but not on my left just yet. My diet consists of Water, Powerade zero, herbal tea, Premier Protein with a splash of milk and sugar free Torani syrups, crystal light, homemade chicken broth, sf Popsicles and no sugar added stage 1 applesauce. I found the lemonade crystal light to be to acidic for the moment but rasberry ice is pretty good. I also found some sf Jello to be to acidic. So I am holding up on those for now. I am on prevacid once a day. My upper stomach is still a bit bloated but when my husband took my binder off last night to inspect my incisions he was like Whoa! Your stomach is way flatter! You have to come look in the mirror honey. It was! That felt good. Doing pretty good on the Vitamins and reaching about 60 oz a day. Still only about 50 grams of Protein. It is very filling. liquid stool softener yucky! But I'm doing it. Scared of having my first BM (tmi) it's been about 9 days. So this is my experience thus far can't wait to here more from y'all.

[Cupcake 801]

Good afternoon My May Surgery people what is every one up to, Im trying to stay busy while going through day 2 of my pre liquid diet and feeling good just knowing that I will be a healthier me beginning next Monday. I have repack my bag three times and now I know its ready.

[nolagirl09 15]

My surgery went well today. Although I'm still very groggy. I feel like I've done 1000 crunches. The pain is there but not unbearable. I still havent pee'd yet, I feel the urge to pee but just can't. Doc said that's normal. Twisting and turning is hard but I find laying on my back with a slightly elevated head and feet is working well!! Off to dreamland I go again!!

[MommaD88 20]

My surgery went well today. Although I'm still very groggy. I feel like I've done 1000 crunches. The pain is there but not unbearable. I still havent pee'd yet, I feel the urge to pee but just can't. Doc said that's normal. Twisting and turning is hard but I find laying on my back with a slightly elevated head and feet is working well!! Off to dreamland I go again!!

Glad yo here things are well Nolagirl09. I will be having mine next Thursday.

I don't know shout you Cupcake but I'm anxious to get this show on the road. The waiting and getting closer is driving me nuts with anticipation. Still worried about the feeling afterwards even I go to eat/drink. That's my only worry right now.

[loveslavender 4]

Hello Everyone,

I had my gastric sleeve done on May 7th. I too also cleaned the house good, gave the dog a bath etc. With the Lord watching over me I did great with a few bumps. I bought premier liquid shakes because they were already made and bought them at costco you can also get the powder form in a HUGE bag for 40.00. I bought Sugar Free Chocolate pudding, Mott's green apple applesauce. Campbell's has an awesome butternut squash Soup. I loved Swanson's chicken broth I went to stage 2 a day after surgery because I didn't do well on the 1st phase. I have Protein Drink for Breakfast, instant cream of wheat alternating apple sauce, pudding and soup for lunch and dinner I'm lucky to do 2 1/4 tsp. I use the pudding to take meds it slides down easier. The one thing I miss the most is drinking as much Fluid as you want at one time. For further down the road has anyone tried making ice cream out of Protein Shakes. This might be a TMI but baby wipes for cleaning your bum is a blessing. Get the flushable ones.

God Bless

Kelly

[loveslavender 4]

Hello Everyone,

I had my gastric sleeve done on May 7th. I too also cleaned the house good, gave the dog a bath etc. With the Lord watching over me I did great with a few bumps. I bought premier liquid shakes because they were already made and bought them at costco you can also get the powder form in a HUGE bag for 40.00. I bought Sugar Free Chocolate pudding, Mott's green apple applesauce. Campbell's has an awesome butternut squash Soup. I loved Swanson's chicken broth I went to stage 2 a day after surgery because I didn't do well on the 1st phase. I have Protein drink for breakfast, instant cream of wheat alternating apple sauce, pudding and soup for lunch and dinner I'm lucky to do 2 1/4 tsp. I use the pudding to take meds it slides down easier. The one thing I miss the most is drinking as much Fluid as you want at one time. For further down the road has anyone tried making ice cream out of Protein Shakes. This might be a TMI but baby wipes for cleaning your bum is a blessing. Get the flushable ones.

God Bless

Kelly

[loveslavender 4]

Hello Everyone,

I had my gastric sleeve done on May 7th. I too also cleaned the house good, gave the dog a bath etc. With the Lord watching over me I did great with a few bumps. I bought premier liquid shakes because they were already made and bought them at costco you can also get the powder form in a HUGE bag for 40.00. I bought Sugar Free Chocolate pudding, Mott's green apple applesauce. Campbell's has an awesome butternut squash Soup. I loved Swanson's chicken broth I went to stage 2 a day after surgery because I didn't do well on the 1st phase. I have Protein drink for breakfast, instant cream of wheat alternating apple sauce, pudding and soup for lunch and dinner I'm lucky to do 2 1/4 tsp. I use the pudding to take meds it slides down easier. The one thing I miss the most is drinking as much Fluid as you want at one time. For further down the road has anyone tried making ice cream out of Protein Shakes. This might be a TMI but baby wipes for cleaning your bum is a blessing. Get the flushable ones.

God Bless

Kelly

[loveslavender 4]

Hello Everyone,

I had my gastric sleeve done on May 7th. I too also cleaned the house good, gave the dog a bath etc. With the Lord watching over me I did great with a few bumps. I bought premier liquid shakes because they were already made and bought them at costco you can also get the powder form in a HUGE bag for 40.00. I bought Sugar Free Chocolate pudding, Mott's green apple applesauce. Campbell's has an awesome butternut squash Soup. I loved Swanson's chicken broth I went to stage 2 a day after surgery because I didn't do well on the 1st phase. I have Protein drink for breakfast, instant cream of wheat alternating apple sauce, pudding and soup for lunch and dinner I'm lucky to do 2 1/4 tsp. I use the pudding to take meds it slides down easier. The one thing I miss the most is drinking as much Fluid as you want at one time. For further down the road has anyone tried making ice cream out of Protein Shakes. This might be a TMI but baby wipes for cleaning your bum is a blessing. Get the flushable ones.

God Bless

Kelly

[takingaleap 71]

May 20th for me!!!!

[rome 156]

Cupcake/MommaD - I'm with you! Ready to get this show on the road! Keeping busy so that I don't chew my arm off during this liquid diet phase :-) Today was cleaning out all the cupboards and fridge and organizing the containers I will use, putting Protein Shakes, poweders, Soups, gatorade away etc. Next Tuesday can't get here quick enough!

My nerves are starting to kick in like yours MommaD about drinking and eating after this. Will I go too fast? Will I not chew it thoroughly enough? All of the unknowns that we will learn by trial and error I guess. I just don't want my trial and error to include vomiting lol!

Keep in touch all!

[rome 156]

Kelly:

I'm glad to hear you're coming along well! I have many of the things in the cupboards that you mention in your post. Here's hoping they work well for me too! I've done my part and am COUNTING on the Lord to do His thing! He's never failed me yet!

Rome

[joleneB 26]

Hello, well I had the gastric bypass last Thursday May 8th so I'm 5 days post op. I believe I dumped today!!! Yesterday I was able to get all my fluids in and all my Protein so I was pretty excited. So today I was following my plan to increase my protein from 4 oz at a time to 8 oz at a time. Well 8 ounces went down fine no problems but I must have drank it too fast . About 10 minutes after I drank my shake I got very light headed/dizzy, sweaty, heart racing, and double vision . At the time I didn't relate it to dumping I guess because I was thinking that only happened with fatty and high sugar foods. But it passed after about 20 mins, afterwards I felt really weak for a couple hrs but I feel fine now. I hated the experience but I'm glad I'm learning this before I go back to work. This is definitely life changing. I can have creamy Soups, sf pudding, yogurt but honestly nothing tastes good to me so I've just been doing the shakes and Water. I tried Tomato Soup and a yogurt but they don't taste the same anymore. Anyway just please take it slow and listen to your body!

[joleneB 26]

My surgery went well today. Although I'm still very groggy. I feel like I've done 1000 crunches. The pain is there but not unbearable. I still havent pee'd yet, I feel the urge to pee but just can't. Doc said that's normal. Twisting and turning is hard but I find laying on my back with a slightly elevated head and feet is working well!! Off to dreamland I go again!!

Glad your surgery went well!! Get lots of rest!

[Nicholej 5]

I am having gastric sleeve May 29th, I start my two week partial liquid diet in two days. I am really starting to get nervous and feel so ill prepared. I have no idea what I should take with me for after surgery, and what kind of food I should have at home for afterwards. I need a surgery buddy any takers