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shelleylester    28

shelleylester
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15 days out. very anxious. Like my skin is crawling. I can't seem to get my Protein Shakes in or Water. I want food sorta. Like to taste it. My mouth tastes so nasty i can not stand it. I quit smoking before surgery but right now i want one badly. I get ready to fix something to eat and just sit back down cover up and want to sleep. Help...

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jewels711    7

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Hey Shelly, hang in there! It does get better! Are you being able to hold anything down or is it just tasting horrible? I had my surgery on the 6/29. The doc has said its common to not get all your Proteins in the first few months. In time it will build. I haven't had an appetite since my surgery. Can't tell when I'm hungry or even when I'm full. I feel like I never had the surgery. Almost wish I could see what was done to my insides. I'm so used to diets failing, I seem to be waiting for this to fail too. Frustrating. I'm lucky so far everything I have eaten I have tolerated fine. Find something that works and little by little try something different.

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jewels711    7

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I'm on mushy still, adding a few soft meals. I eat yogurt, cottage cheese, egg salad, tuna w/mayo, I also eat tilapia fish, and had shrimp. I have fruit too. Blue berries and black berries. One other thing I've tried is spicy bean burger. Awesome. I needed to add some things that were hot to feel normal. The only thing that's not agreeing well with me are the Protein Drinks. Too sweet, not going down. And once I do get it down, I'm immediately running to the bathroom. Ive cut that down to 1 a day.

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shelleylester    28

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How much do you consume at one time. Im scared to try anything. I am not getting shakes down either. Too sweet and make my mouth taste terrible. I cant get my butt to work because i don't know what to feed myself and am in so much pain still and cry all the time

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jewels711    7

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Hi Shelly, I get down about 2 2oz containers per meal. I have a high Protein and then something with fruit. Example: tilapia fish in one 2oz container and then 1 oz cottage cheese and 1oz blueberries. When did you have your surgery? So much pain? I'd contact your doctor. I had hardly any pain at all from the whole surgery. All I can suggest keep walking. I walked a lot. It seemed to help. I'm sorry its hurting so bad! That's what I was afraid of but I guess I was lucky to not have any.

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shelleylester    28

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My surgery was june 30. It was a complicated surgery with a lot of reconstruction from a bad hernia repair. I will try that. I am going to get rechecked next week. I wish this was easier but its not and i am in a state of regret right now...

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jewels711    7

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Shelleylester: that is probably why you have more pain because it was a reconstruction w/a hernia. I will pray it gets better for you! Each day should get better as it goes. I believe in the long run once your through all the pain it will be the best thing for you! You won't regret. The outcome will be awesome!

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choosehope    233

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Hang in there Shelly! Saying a prayer for you!

Yikes- I mean Shelley! Sorry

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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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    • Alisa_S

      Alisa_S

      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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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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