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June 17th Sleeve surgery

river

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river    13

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I'm getting my sleeve surgery June 17th in Atlanta, GA. My pre operation appointment is tomorrow. I've been lurking for a month for so, so I thought I would go ahead and join and introduce myself.

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BiggiSmalls    90

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I have the same surgery date. I'm ready. This liquid diet is getting old.

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river    13

river
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I'm doing pretty well. Drinking my Protein and walking a lot. How are you doing?

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FlGal78    12

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I'm doing pretty well. Drinking my Protein and walking a lot. How are you doing?

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I am doing well also..Its funny after surgery I was like did I really just have surgery??!! I asked to walk once I got to my room after being in recovery...I didn't hv a lot of gas but my throat was sore but that went away the same day. My only issue was the acid reflux. I,had it bad on Sunday but then it got better and it comes and goes but that's about it. How much Protein are you intakng? I am trying my best to enough protein but I guess that will get better day by day...how long where u in hospital and how where you after surgery?

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river    13

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I had the sore throat after surgery as well. The nurse had to stop me from drinking too fast. Everything else felt like not much had happened. I didn't have any reflux or anything. I'm supposed to get over 90 grams of Protein a day in the first week, so I drink 3 Bariatric Advantage shakes a day. That has roughly 90 grams. I tried the nectar shakes on the first day and couldn't choke enough of them down. I was discharged about a half hour after they woke me up from surgery, so I was only there for a few hours total. I barely had any discomfort or anything, since I stayed on top of the pain meds. Overall the only struggle is making myself drink these shakes.

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I had the sore throat after surgery as well. The nurse had to stop me from drinking too fast. Everything else felt like not much had happened. I didn't have any reflux or anything. I'm supposed to get over 90 grams of Protein a day in the first week, so I drink 3 Bariatric Advantage shakes a day. That has roughly 90 grams. I tried the nectar shakes on the first day and couldn't choke enough of them down. I was discharged about a half hour after they woke me up from surgery, so I was only there for a few hours total. I barely had any discomfort or anything, since I stayed on top of the pain meds. Overall the only struggle is making myself drink these shakes.

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Oh wow 90 grams well I need to intake more I think I'm at 60 grams...I'm so glad u r doing well! I go next week for my follow up appt...I will be receiving my Vitamins as well...I'll try those shakes as well!

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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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        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • 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. 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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