Hey all.... Some of us figured it would be easier to buddy up so that we could follow each other through the process from here on out.

I'm scheduled for surgery on Sept 8th and I start my liquid diet on Sept. 1st. Everything happened so quickly after my last NUT appt. yesterday..... I am feeling a combo of nerves and excitement. I have to get labs done tomorrow morning, I see my surgeon on Thursday, and I have my pre-op next Tuesday.

My husband has taken a few days off work to be with me and I have started making a list of things I need before the big day.

......... I can't wait to be on the losers bench.

Every now and then it hits me out of the blue. It's like a stabbing sharp pain in my lower left side, and I can't get comfortable for the life of me! I'm going to call my Dr's Nurse Practitioner tomorrow and see what she thinks the culprit could be.

I hope it's something easily fixable.... It's for sure not gas? That's the only stabbing pain I have felt through this whole process and once I started passing it, it went away completely by the end of day 4.

Btw.... The genepro is awesome.... The scoops are so small and it didn't change the taste or consistency of my soup at all. It's definitely worth it.

I tried to walk it off, but it hurts too bad to walk. I end up in the fetal position until it goes away. I don't think it's gas, because relieving said gas does nothing for the pain.

Please update us and let us know what they say

I went to the Vitamin Shoppee today. They had an awesome selection! Plus a product which will be great when I am onto "food" so I can get more protein that you sprinkle this powder on or in anything & you get 10grams of extra protein. In the mean time I got plain Designer Weigh protein so I can mix it in my broth/creamed soups ect. Because I don't mind the protein I mind having breakfast all day. They also have a pretty nice rewards program that's free unlike GNC & they take my Health Savings Debit card so that's a bonus.

Hope everyone is doing well I can barely believe it's been a week!

That's awesome..... I love the vitamin shop but I don't have one close enough to me.

How is everyone? Hopefully healing and getting back to moving around and sleeping like a normal person again.

Have you guys started taking your vitamins yet? My surgeon doesn't start that until day 7 which I have passed but I have not started yet.... I plan to take them today even though I am a little afraid. I have read so much about ppl having issues with them but I know they are super important.

Also... I gained 6 pounds while in the hospital (I expected it... So not shocked) but I just finished getting it back off at to the point where I started. I figured that the water weight would have be gone already and I would see some surgery loss by now. I know people talk about the stall at three weeks and I feel like I am not going to lose much before my body hits it's first stall....

Anyone dropping real pounds yet?

I'm finally starting to feel like myself again. Still can't sleep normally yet but I'm working my way to my right side, thank goodness! Lol

I've been struggling with getting in all my liquid. I'm lucky if I get 40oz in. I just have this constant feeling of being full that I totally didn't expect to be getting from sipping water. Today was supposed to be my first day on full liquids but I have absolutely no desire for it. How are y'all doing with fluids?

I slacked on vitamins/pills too but mostly due to the fact the hospital wasn't very clear about when I could start them. I had my 1 week post op today and my surgeon cleared up so much! I've started my 2 kids chewable multivitamins a day, 3 sublingual b12 pills a week, and my chewable calcium citrate daily.

I'm only down ten lbs (including whatever I gained from fluids because I didn't care to check when I was released) from day of surgery and I'm kinda bummed about it. All I've had this week is water and crystal light. I know my body is surely in starvation mode but I can't help to compare myself to others from the same date who have lost 20lbs since surgery. I'm hoping everything will kick into gear when protein and liquid goals start being met!

Hope everyone is doing awesome!

I'm not having issues getting liquid in as far as anything that's not Water... But water tastes gross to me and it makes my stomach feel funny. I can drink more now than I could a few days ago but it's still not much throughout the day.

Other liquids like tea, crystal light, and light cranberry juice.... I can drink with no problem. I can even drink my whole 11oz can of Protein. I try to drink most of my protein by lunch time just incase I don't want much later in the day. At this point I can't even imagine eating puréed foods because the liquids keep me more than satisfied.

I am exactly the same weight I was when I went into the hospital.... So in my eyes, I have not lost an ounce. I see what people mean when they get frustrated because It seems impossible not to be losing.

I gained 10 lbs in the hospital!

As of today I've lost only 8 lbs post-op -not including the water weight or pre-op weight. I honestly thought I'd shed pounds faster, and I'm a little disappointed.

Maybe this is normal then... Maybe this week we will all drop 10 pounds.

Per my surgeon I will not start my Vitamin regimen until two weeks post-op. I have an appt. on Thursday to discuss my options. I already know what I want to do too! They offer something called Nascobal.

Nascobal offers a Bariatric Supplement System where my insurance will cover all but my co-pay of $20!!

Each one-month system contains:

Nascobal Nasal Spray

BariActiv Multivitamin

BariActiv Calcium + D3

& Magnesium

BariActiv Iron + Vitamin C

Enrollment in the program

also includes:

Free shipping & handling

AND

Auto-refill service

I'm excited, because otherwise I'd be paying close to $100 a month for my Vitamins alone!

Also my left sided abdominal pain "could be" constipation, but the Dr is going to take a look/listen on Thursday at my appt.

Also my left sided abdominal pain "could be" constipation, but the Dr is going to take a look/listen on Thursday at my appt.

I had a lot of pain as well on that side until I had a bowel movement, I found that miralax once a day is helping me stay "regular" all the Protein is famous for binding you up.

Fingers crossed that they have nothing but good news at the apt!

I saw your weight loss that's awesome!! I wasn't as heavy as some when I got my surgery so I expect my weight loss to be slow but was surprised to have lost 10 pounds this week as well!!