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Mine is a two week liquids with a surgery date of 1/19 for the sleeve. Every dr has different requirements I am finding so please check with your Dr on what is ok. Mine is pretty strict

Protein shake

broth or Jello

Protein Shake

broth or Jello

For dinner I make my own shake muscletech whey Protein with almond milk (ok'd by doc)

Then a sugar free non red popsicle.

Lots of Water with crystal light. I lost 3 pounds 1 once the headache from the diet change left I feel good.

HW 330

CW 235

Surgery date 1/19/17-Sleeve

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I just had my Obrera balloon inserted Thursday, Jan 5th 2016. Kind of painfull. Thew up a lot the first night. Still nauseous on Saturday. I can't wait until this first week is done. I'm sure the pain will subside. I have a craving for miso Soup. I'm going to order some and see how it goes. Otherwise I'm drinking coconut water; drinking no caff tea and eating fruit veggie popsicles I got from sprouts.

Note: This forum doesn't give a balloon option on the Surgery category under my picture.

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I just had my Obrera balloon inserted Thursday, Jan 5th 2016. Kind of painfull. Thew up a lot the first night. Still nauseous on Saturday. I can't wait until this first week is done. I'm sure the pain will subside. I have a craving for miso Soup. I'm going to order some and see how it goes. Otherwise I'm drinking coconut water; drinking no caff tea and eating fruit veggie popsicles I got from sprouts.

Note: This forum doesn't give a balloon option on the Surgery category under my picture.

I was pretty miserable the first few days, although not as bad as I had expected (based on what I had read in advance). After ~ 3 days I started to feel a lot better - hope you do too. :-)

Popsicles and Jello helped me a lot. Miso soup sounds like a good option, too. Just take your time easing in to soft/solid foods. Hope all goes well - good luck!!

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Good luck.

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I'm eating yogurt on my 4th day. Lots of Water. I even had an Americano espresson. fruit with veggie popsicles. I'll grab some Jello today. Lots of liquids; coconut water; tea and Water. Everything seems to be going much better than the first day I did this. I'm breaking in pretty well

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Ok. Tomorrow is the day! at 2 pm, I will be me + balloon.

This pre-op diet is so hard. I couldn't imagine having to do this for weeks. I can barely manage three days.

I had a little meltdown last night. I was like "Im not going to be able to do this." So glad my husband was there to pull me out of my funk.

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A couple of soft boiled eggs for Breakfast. A piece of toast. Miso Soup with a little noodles for dinner. Feeling full and satisfied.

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Ok. Tomorrow is the day! at 2 pm, I will be me + balloon.

This pre-op diet is so hard. I couldn't imagine having to do this for weeks. I can barely manage three days.

I had a little meltdown last night. I was like "Im not going to be able to do this." So glad my husband was there to pull me out of my funk.

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Hang in there ... it will get easier. Well, after it gets harder. ;-) You won't want to eat much so you probably won't feel hungry, but you will likely feel pretty crummy for a few days. Have Popsicles on hand, Jello and clear Protein drinks (if you can stomach them and they're readily a available). broth is also a good option - especially Bone Broth (given the high protein), if you can stomach it. Just remember - it will get better. Cheers!!

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Thanks everyone. Wow. It been an eventful few days.

The hospital experience was frustrating and only added to my anxiety about this whole situation.

My doctor was 1 1/2 hours late. So I had to lie/sit there in a gown hooked up to IVs and monitors for longer than I should have.

Finally it was over and I was back home. Taking sips of Water and even a few bites of a popsicle. Then my stomach started hurting. I took a short nap but that didn't t seem to help. So the inevitable happened: I threw up.

The night was long. I kept waking up every 2 hours or so to take in some Water and just walk around for a while.

Today has been better. I had some African Red Tea (yum) then later some chicken broth. So far so good. No more nausea or throwing up. Maybe tomorrow I can mange a Protein shake. Wish me luck!

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Oh man. Im confused? How many calories should I be taking in right now. I can "eat" and drink all day long and still only manage about 200. How does everyone else manage this??

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Hello all, glad to have found this forum! I had the ReShape dual balloon insertion on 1/17. The 36 hours after I got home were beyond awful. I was dry-heaving constantly and my entire abdomen felt awful. All of the meds that I was given to help would be vomited out as soon as I took them. My dr gave me anti-nausea suppositories and those really helped.

Right now, though, I have consumed very few calories and am finding it impossible to get many in. Over the course of the day so far I have been having a sip of Water every few minutes, tried 1/2 a popsicle, had a bite of Jello (ew), had a few sips of an ensure shake (per my dr) and gagged down a package of pudding. My abdomen just HURTS I've read many scary reviews online where people had the balloons removed because they couldn't tolerate them. I truly hope that doesn't happen for me!

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