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arenea

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perforce    243

perforce
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I'm feeling better everyday. I'm still pretty sore on my left side where the biggest incision is. Having gas pains too but the gasx strip seem to help. I will try a shake today.

Also, is anyone having dreams about eating real food? I keep dreaming that I'm eating regular food and then realize I'm going to mess up my stomach. Then I wake up and realize it was a dream. :/

Yes! I thought I was just being weird.

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prettyCali916    299

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That's funny lol. I haven't. I've dreamt of my surgery and that I was running around the hospital when I shouldn't have been.

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perforce    243

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Kayla - no blood thinners for me. If they gave them before surgery, I have no idea. I didn't realize a lot of things that were going on. Later I found out that my Multivitamin was through IV, my meds to settle my stomach were pushed through the IV, of course pain meds, and antacids were through IV. So maybe there could've been thinners. No one told me.

Just took all my meds and I'm feeling good. Pain is not that bad. About to go finish my chocolate shake and then it will be Water for the rest of the night. That puts me at 45g of Protein - not bad for day 2 with a frickin hiatal hernia.

You are so lucky. A lot of stuff they gave me orally. And I say liquid Prilosec tasted like dead fish. It was horrible. I got blood thinner injections in the hospital along with medicine to help cut nerves.

I ended up in the ear yesterday because of bladder retention. It was causing me to get blood in my urine. Ended up with an IV for dehydration. Another thing to note. Not all doctors understand bariatric surgery. During the ct last night they discovered that my intestines are inflamed, he kept trying to give me Motrin type products and I had to repeteatly tell him I can't take those anymore.

They ave me omeprazole orally, but in pill form. It was ok so long as I was careful how much water I drank when I swallowed it. The blood thinners I get injected into my stomach every day until the end of my stay. Because I'm here a week I should hopefully have those problems sorted before I leave, but I got a decent amount of liquid in for my first day on liquids, and I managed some Protein Shake, so fingers crossed everything stays fine.

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soflgrl    37

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My doc said to focus on getting the 64oz of Fluid because hydration is most important. It's easier to do it with clear fluids. I think that biologically our bodies can handle more, but since hydration is always a concern, he said to make that the focus. I'm drinking, but I'm still feeling thirsty af.

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arenea    61

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It's so hard for me to get all of my fluids. I have definitely been trying, but it's super difficult.

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sjrn16    16

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I am having a hard time as well getting my fluids in. The Protein Shakes feel like lead in my stomach when I try to drink them. I don't know about anyone else but I feel exhausted all the time. Feeling very sad now and teary

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sjrn16    16

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Would anyone be interested in starting a private Facebook group for us?

There is one friend request LaNae Davis Peterson and she will send you link to join

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prettyCali916    299

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My Protein that I take for Breakfast is lighter than the Protein Shake I have for lunch. My doctor has me on thin protein through day 14. He stressed the importance of protein. The Protein Drink they started me on in the hospital on Day 2 was so light and good that I've bought some on my own because I can't see myself drinking two premier ready to drink shakes a day. This way I have the light protein fruit drink for breakfast, broth and sf Popsicle for lunch, and Premier Protein - the ready to drink - for dinner.< /p>

The protein has made a huge difference! I am up and about, nothing to crazy and still mostly in bed, but my achy legs have stopped aching, everything is getting better.

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prettyCali916    299

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It's so hard for me to get all of my fluids. I have definitely been trying, but it's super difficult.

I notice that I'm getting better everyday. Yesterday my Water increased by like 8oz. Plus my dietician said to count all fluids to reach the goal. I think my requirements might be different though. Here are my instructions:

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arenea    61

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My doctor's office called me today to checkup. I have been doing things wrong. I have not been able to get all of my Protein so I bought a bolt house farms daily greens shake and I mixed that with the unflavored Isopure protein. The protein tastes like milk to me. No matter what. I have a very strong aversion to milk. I felt that as long as I was getting some fluids down and it was sugar free. Their recommendation was to mix the Protein Powder with Water only and syntax nectar

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    • Alisa_S

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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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      1. LeighaTR

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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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      1. summerseeker

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