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hillnicole....

You had your surgery? Wow.. congrats! Are you overnighting it in the hospital? You feeling any stomach area pains? I'm excited for you! :D

My surgery is next Monday... I'm getting nervous.

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hillnicole....
You had your surgery? Wow.. congrats! Are you overnighting it in the hospital? You feeling any stomach area pains? I'm excited for you! [emoji3]
My surgery is next Monday... I'm getting nervous.


Hello “ShelbyMoore” thank you! yes i had surgery today! I really feel amazing, no nausea not a whole lot of pain at all, i keep asking my family are you’ll sure i had surgery lol, i have a little pain in the abdomen area and a sore throat but thats it! Congratulations on your up and coming surgery, i wish you a successful surgery and a speedy recovery! Are u currently on a liquid diet?


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7 minutes ago, hillnicole34 said:

I really feel amazing, no nausea not a whole lot of pain at all, i keep asking my family are you’ll sure i had surgery

Pretty much my experience 5.5 days ago.

They sent me home with a load of narcotics and OTC analgesics and I have not needed any.

Just living my fourth full day of Protein Shakes and fluids post-op.

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Pretty much my experience 5.5 days ago.
They sent me home with a load of narcotics and OTC analgesics and I have not needed any.
Just living my fourth full day of Protein Shakes and fluids post-op.

“Rainbow_Warrior” congrats on your surgery, do you feel any restrictions at all?


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41 minutes ago, hillnicole34 said:

do you feel any restrictions at all?

I can tell when my shrunken stomach space is ready to say "FULL ... please, NO more!"

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I can tell when my shrunken stomach space is ready to say "FULL ... please, NO more!"

Lol


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[mention=303332]hillnicole34[/mention] - do you have teeth issues? Like gingivitis or something? I can only imagine how vile it is, and swallowing....yuck. What the heck is in that stuff?

No i don’t i have very nice teeth actually, the doctor even gave me a compliment on my smile[emoji16]its just something my surgeon have all his patients take among a lot of other medications!


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Not to be rude, but I don't find Protein Shakes to be 'cleansing', and I speak from 4 days of consummation. LOL

I find it boring and difficult, not impossible - plain old sucks!!!

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Not to be rude, but I don't find Protein Shakes to be 'cleansing', and I speak from 4 days of consummation. LOL
I find it boring and difficult, not impossible - plain old sucks!!!

Yes they do suck lol especially the Premier Protein shakes! Atkins shakes are pretty decent! Thats what help me get through my pre-op diet! I have three more weeks to go before i can advance to mushy foods [emoji19]i cant wait!


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I start mine tomorrow. Im looking forward to cleansing my body and getting it ready for a new beginning. [emoji4]




Thats awesome “Sherry Rice” good luck on your diet!!


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3 hours ago, Sosewsue61 said:

I don't find Protein Shakes to be 'cleansing', and I speak from 4 days of consummation. LOL

I find it boring and difficult, not impossible - plain old sucks!!!

You don't find them cleansing ... as in the sense of an enema?

You are not the first person who's added that the Protein Shakes are unsatisfactory taste-wise, difficult to take or part of a mundane/boring process BUT I've asked several others over the last five weeks: "What is wrong with something tasteless, difficult or unpalatable when the ultimate goal is so pure?"

Your long time wait to have a chance of conquering years of obesity must be worth a little difficulty or a moderately small obstacle (in the scheme of life) to pay for your change.

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It sounds a bit 'first world problem' stuff when so many people seem ill-prepared to make a few days (or a few weeks) sacrifice for the body change they wanted.

I grew up in the 1950s and early 1960s when no-one tried to make medicines taste better. To hear the adjectives used on these Protein shakes and post-op foods is a little ungracious.

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I've taken the view, "so what, they are not my first choice foods and flavours but they are doing me an ultimate good which I will have for many years to come, i.e. a normal-sized height-weight ratio."

It deserves a little thinking about thanking yourself for the WLS choice and going the last step not sounding like an ungrateful misery-guts type person.

Just my 10c worth!

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Oh for f $!#@ sake, you are being too serious and philosophical, didn't you see the LOL and recognize some sarcasm. Believe me liquid diets suck, plain and simple. Keep the change!!!

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