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Thanks everyone! I think your right. I haven't been taking in enough Water. I'm going to make sure I start drinking more and see if that helps. Chug, Chug, Chug! :confused:

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Andie, are you not allowed to have coffee?

:think:think:think No. Coffee's not going to be my wake up juice anymore, at least not for a very long time. It's a diuretic so it can cause you to become dehydrated... <sigh!> Given the fact that we can only consume a medicine cup of Water at a time, there's just not enough water going in to keep the dehydration from happening. I'm tellin' ya! The first couple of days on Decaf were BRUTAL! The caffeine headache was like an ice pick to the brain.

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Hi all,

I sooo miss my coffee...and Starbucks will be a HUGE hurddle..although I have not had one since my first consult. I can't wait I wish it were morning already...I am over all the anxiety and now just want to be out of surgery and on my way.

I really don't like the whey powder..I can't remember the name of the Protein that has no taste and you can put it in juice..does anyone here know what that might be. I would love to try it.

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Goldie1109:

I know you said you don't like the whey powder, but I use the Designer Whey <plain> and I don't taste it at all. I've used it in Tomato Soup, juice, mixed with yogurt & vanilla soy milk... it's really kind of a "non-thing" because I can't even tell the difference, taste-wise. I've read of some others using a product called Unjury <?> but I've never tried that. They've mentioned getting it at GNC. I shop at Vitamin Shoppe. GOOD LUCK!!!!!

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Hi all,

I sooo miss my coffee...and Starbucks will be a HUGE hurddle..although I have not had one since my first consult. I can't wait I wish it were morning already...I am over all the anxiety and now just want to be out of surgery and on my way.

I really don't like the whey powder..I can't remember the name of the Protein that has no taste and you can put it in juice..does anyone here know what that might be. I would love to try it.

I am at my hotel down the street from the hospital and my admitting time is 10:30 in the morning. I am on clear fluids right now until midnight and then nothing at all after 12:00am. Just wanted to send a quick note to everyone....

To say HI!!!

By the way the only unflavored powder I know that you can add to anything is UNJURY...it's at unjury.com

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Thank you all for your suggestions for the Protein. Unjury is what I trying to think of. I think I will try that.

Well it is time for bed. I wish you all luck...I will keep you all in my thoughts!:clap2:

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Hi all, well it's been two days since my surgery and I feel great!! My surgery was on Monday at 9:00 and today I am finally feeling great!! The day of my surgery I was feeling great when I got home my mom kept me up and walking every hour and doing my sperometer (SP) i had a hard time getting out of bed yesterday morning and I was so bloated I looked like I was pregnant and ready to pop. I walked every hour again even though I thought I would die! I couldn't get comfortable and all I wanted to do was get the gas out. So I decided to quit taking the pain meds and that's when things got moving. Yesterday I got rid of so much gas that when I woke up this morning I was feeling great!!

I am so glad that I am feeling better, yesterday when I was in pain I was regretting what I did but I know it's just because of the pain. I have been eating broth about every 3 to 4 hours I tried to drink a Protein Shake and my stomach hurt a little, I also tried a little apple sauce and I tried Jello with no luck. So I am just drinking Water and broth for now. I have already lost 7pounds since my surgery day because I am only eating broth. I'm going to try to get some Protein shake down because I need the calories.

Tomorrow I am going to school and hope it will be a good day. Hope everyone is doing well!! The only place that is sore is my port site and my back because I am a stomach sleeper and I have to sleep on my back, but I am doing wonderful!!

Will post again soon!!

Take care everyone and good luck!!:confused:

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Congratuations on your surgery and glad to hear you are feeling great. I'm at Day 7 today and was lucky enough to come through without gas pains etc. Good luck! :whoo::whoo:

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I had my surgery on Monday, November 5th. I am still very bloated. I weighed myself today and gained 2 pounds! The nurse said it's Water retention. Also, my left shoulder has an on and off pain going on. Other that that, I'm feeling pretty good. Just drinking water, a little broth and got down a whey Protein Shake today.

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My surgery was Nov 2 and the stomach pain is practically gone but my shoulder pain is still so intense! It's really getting aggravating already.

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Linda: I'm so sorry you're still having problems with your shoulder pain. I'm going in this Friday and now, with so many others telling of similar pain, I'm really curious! What do the doctors say the should pain is from? Is it gas? Is it from instrumentation used during the procedure?

I'm glad that you're feeling so much better other than the pesky shoulder thing.

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    • 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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      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

        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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