Hi all I noticed there are several people being sleeved on the 1st. Introduce yourselves and let's motivate each other and keep in touch! I'll go first. I'm 5'5" HW 242

CW 232 GW 160. I am extremely nervous about the procedure, but I am also excited.

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

Did they give you a binder or manual or pamphlet? They should've! Do you already have the syntax nectar? Curious if it's truly tasteless. Hubby just bought me some yesterday to add to my broth so that there is protein in that too. Haven't tried it yet.

Was the bolthouse green drink what you meant by being wrong? You'll get into a routine soon!!! (Hugs)

I did pretty good yesterday. I was able to drink 2 1/2 shakes and a sf popcicle. But today when I got up, I felt terrible. Very nauseated and light headed. I've only been able to drink 1/2 of a shake today. Still. Very sore around my abdomen, especially around the largest incision, the pain goes all the way around to my back. Hope all of you are doing well

Sorry you're not feeling too well today! Have you been able to walk around? I have been walking even when I've been in horrible pain (my legs and arms were so sore on day 2). Now I feel good. Oh and I'm taking all my pain meds. It just makes everything easier. Hope you get to feeling better soon!!! ????

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

Did they give you a binder or manual or pamphlet? They should've! Do you already have the syntax nectar? Curious if it's truly tasteless. Hubby just bought me some yesterday to add to my broth so that there is protein in that too. Haven't tried it yet.

Was the bolthouse green drink what you meant by being wrong? You'll get into a routine soon!!! (Hugs)

Yes I was wrong with the bolt house drink. They gave me a binder, but I never had a problem until I got home and realized I couldn't stand the protein. They want me to mix my protein with 4 oz of pureed fruit once a day and mix my protein with milk for my second serving of protein. There aren't many options and I realize that protein is in the form of powder for now, but it's the worst for me. For now I'll stick to my liquid such as water, jello, broth for now at least until I can eat soft meats.

Ok girlie. Puréed fruit and protein sounds kinda thick.

And oh dang - happy belated birthday!!!

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

Did they give you a binder or manual or pamphlet? They should've! Do you already have the syntax nectar? Curious if it's truly tasteless. Hubby just bought me some yesterday to add to my broth so that there is protein in that too. Haven't tried it yet.

Was the bolthouse green drink what you meant by being wrong? You'll get into a routine soon!!! (Hugs)

Yes I was wrong with the bolt house drink. They gave me a binder, but I never had a problem until I got home and realized I couldn't stand the protein. They want me to mix my protein with 4 oz of pureed fruit once a day and mix my protein with milk for my second serving of protein. There aren't many options and I realize that protein is in the form of powder for now, but it's the worst for me. For now I'll stick to my liquid such as water, jello, broth for now at least until I can eat soft meats.

If it's the milkiness that's getting you, have you considered trying to find a powder from a non-whey source? That might be be making it worse?

Are any of you having problems swallowing? I feel pain in my chest everytime I swallow. I didn't have this problem the first few days, I really just noticed it starting yesterday.

Hi I'm Ana. Had my surgery the 1st of February. SW was 238 CW 219. Have lost close to 20lbs but this is with the pre-op diet also. GW 140lbs

Hi ana, welcome to the Feb 1st club. ????????

Edited February 6, 201610 yr by Adina's_Journey

Are any of you having problems swallowing? I feel pain in my chest everytime I swallow. I didn't have this problem the first few days, I really just noticed it starting yesterday.

If you had a hiatal hernia, that's what it is. You have to take that hyoscyamine or whatever it's called three times daily, and take smaller sips. For me, it feels like fluid gets stuck in a not and that's where it hurts, then it kind of funnels through. Very annoying. Mind started on day 3 when I was discharged - I was fine at the hospital because the nurses were pushing my drugs on a regular basis so I was never without it. I started slipping on taking them in time which is when I started to notice it. If you didn't have a hiatal hernia repair than I have no idea. Maybe you need to take smaller sips? I hope you figure it out.

*knot

What are you all eating/drinking today?

Hello group! Well I just had the surgery performed on 1/28/16 and figured I was close enough to the 1st. My stats are male, 5'10 and my starting weight when starting the pre op diet was 306. On the day of surgery I weighed 288. It has now been over a week since surgery (day 11 today) and I now weigh 280. I was hoping to have lost more during this first week but I know I need to be patient. 8lbs is good I know but still lol. Ok, so about my experience so far. It's actually been a lot easier than I expected. I expected the pain to be horrible but it really wasn't that bad. Only one of the incisions ever really hurt and that was the one on my right abdomen. Of course, I figured it was because that's where they pulled the remainder of the stomach out. The max I would say my pain has been throughout this entire thing would be like a 4-5 and that was immediately coming out of surgery. After that, it was pretty easy sailing. I haven't had any issues keeping anything down. I know when I drink fluids to slow down if I feel like it isn't going down as smoothly as possible. Sometimes I can feel like it's going slowly when it gets to my chest area and then it goes down but this feeling lasts for literally 3 seconds at the most. I have gone to the gym once since coming out of surgery and that was like day 4. Figured I could use the extra walking since I was sort of scared of getting blood clots and walking around the house back and forth seemed odd lol. I walked for 45 minutes on the treadmill so not too shabby. So anyways, I went back to work yesterday. Pretty stationary type job with not that much walking. At this point my pain is probably at a 0. Well last night I'm watching TV while on the couch and I start laughing, which makes me start coughing and then my freaking incinsion (right abdomen of course) begins to hurt again. It seriously went from a 0 to the past 4 days or so, back to like a 3-4 when moving certain ways, getting out of bed, etc. I thought I was home free in the pain department when it came to the incisions but a stupid loud laugh/cough ruined it lol. I feel like I'm back to like day 2 or 3 following surgery. Once I felt the pain I was like what the heck. Then I got up and I knew that the pain was back. It's weird. So now I'm like dreading to sit out of bed, get up from the couch, etc because of it again. Oh well, I know the pain will pass soon enough and I wouldn't say it's strong enough to take the pain pills because it petty much goes away once I'm in a comfortable position. Idk, has anyone else had this issue where the pain just came back out of no where? Aside from that everything is going good. Wish everyone on here the best of luck

Edited February 6, 201610 yr by martytx07

What are you all eating/drinking today?

Breakfast - 15g of Protein fruit drink

lunch - 4oz chicken broth, 1sf Popsicle

dinner - 30g of protein Premier Protein shake

Water, water, water. Maybe a sf Jello

Cup if I want something late at night.

I had pain from the beginning so it wasn't 'back' for me, but I have had a little throat tickle since my op and whenever I cough it really hurts my big incision. The big incision is really the only one still sore, but yes the coughing makes it much worse!

Yes, I did gave the hiatal hernia and I'm taking the medicine that's supposed to be for spasms and the hiccups. I guess it helps a little. I just hope this feeling goes away soon because it's very annoying. Did they tell you how long this would last? I go to my 1st post op on Thursday, I'll ask them about this and how long it should last. I'm having a fairly good day today. Hope all of you are doing good too:)

Are any of you having problems swallowing? I feel pain in my chest everytime I swallow. I didn't have this problem the first few days, I really just noticed it starting yesterday.

If you had a hiatal hernia, that's what it is. You have to take that hyoscyamine or whatever it's called three times daily, and take smaller sips. For me, it feels like Fluid gets stuck in a not and that's where it hurts, then it kind of funnels through. Very annoying. Mind started on day 3 when I was discharged - I was fine at the hospital because the nurses were pushing my drugs on a regular basis so I was never without it. I started slipping on taking them in time which is when I started to notice it. If you didn't have a hiatal hernia repair than I have no idea. Maybe you need to take smaller sips? I hope you figure it out.

*knot

Yes I had this problem too. It did go away. I also had a hernia repair. That pain didn't start until I left the hospital.