February 21st at 8 AM is finally my surgery!! Anyone else have surgery in Feb? [emoji4]

Ok this is a weird question, I had surgery on February 20th I go for my post op Friday where I hopefully will be moved from the liquid diet to that puréed diet. Has anyone else been craving foods that they couldn’t stand before surgery???? I have been craving tuna like thinking about it and my mouth waters, I could even stand the smell of tuna pre-surgery. (Loved salmon, whiting, flounder, etc but never could stomach tuna for some reason)!

On 19/02/2018 at 7:01 PM, k.tallent said:

Hey peeps I had my sleeve done Friday and returned home from the hospital today...of course the first thing I did was get in the scale. I noticed I put 10lbs back on. I believe I maybe paranoid. But I had a problem with my heart rate and very low blood pressure. Has this happened to anyone else?

My Doctor advised not to get on the scales for the week after surgery. They pump so much fluid into you after surgery and you have a lot of swelling as well. It is normal to come out of the hospital weighing more. It should come off pretty quickly.

My Doctor advised not to get on the scales for the week after surgery. They pump so much Fluid into you after surgery and you have a lot of swelling as well. It is normal to come out of the hospital weighing more. It should come off pretty quickly.

I am almost two weeks post op now and it did come off thankfully plus some...lol my heart rate and blood pressure is finally starting to even back out as well. Although it seems my heart rate is running higher than it was ore surgery.

1 minute ago, k.tallent said:

I am almost two weeks post op now and it did come off thankfully plus some...lol my heart rate and blood pressure is finally starting to even back out as well. Although it seems my heart rate is running higher than it was ore surgery.

So glad that things are evening out for you. I’m finding that my body is taking awhile to adjust to it’s redesigned engine. I just started non puréed proteins a couple of days ago, and am finding it harder than ever to get enough fluids because I feel fuller for longer. Every day is a learning experience post surgery.

@k.tallent - the evening went really well. Took egg drop soup. Really wanted what everyone else had, but the feeling went away as soon as they finished eating and the food was no longer in front of me.

Got moved to soft foods with permission to work my way into real foods if all continued to go well. I am sticking with fish and well-ground up chicken/ham at this point, but it's nice to have semi-normal stuff again! Some days I struggle with water, but more than that I struggle with getting all of the protein from food sources and generally have to add a shake in to get the last of the protein requirement met.

How is your progression going?

[mention=334266]k.tallent[/mention] - the evening went really well. Took egg drop Soup. Really wanted what everyone else had, but the feeling went away as soon as they finished eating and the food was no longer in front of me.
Got moved to soft foods with permission to work my way into real foods if all continued to go well. I am sticking with fish and well-ground up chicken/ham at this point, but it's nice to have semi-normal stuff again! Some days I struggle with Water, but more than that I struggle with getting all of the Protein from food sources and generally have to add a shake in to get the last of the protein requirement met.
How is your progression going?

I’m on full/creamy liquids right now and I can’t wait to get to the soft foods stage lol. I haven’t found a soup I love yet and the vitamins are still kicking my butt and making me super nauseous. I can tolerate pudding right now and that’s about it. I find watching my family eat is harder now than any point other point far. Foods are starting to smell good again and I actually have an appetite. Bad combo lol. And I actually feel like my taste buds have changed during this process...has that happened to you?

I felt the same about soups but also got tired of all my protein being sweet shakes! Hang in there, eggs and refried beans will be on your plan soon!

yes, my tastebuds have also changed. I bought seafood salad two days ago and couldn’t eat more than three bites. Used to love the stuff and now I don’t like it. If only I felt that way about cookies! I still want foods that I can’t make fit into my plan (desserts, dumplings), but at least I don’t feel hungry. That makes saying no easier.

I have three months of vitamins that I don’t like at all! I’m looking for the time to run by my surgeons office and buy the brand they sell that tastes slightly better.

Today was my first full day back to work/kid routine. I missed my caffeine in the morning and felt tired by lunch time, but aside from that, I felt normal and fine all day. Little steps.

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I felt the same about Soups but also got tired of all my Protein being sweet shakes! Hang in there, eggs and refried Beans will be on your plan soon!
yes, my tastebuds have also changed. I bought seafood salad two days ago and couldn’t eat more than three bites. Used to love the stuff and now I don’t like it. If only I felt that way about cookies! I still want foods that I can’t make fit into my plan (desserts, dumplings), but at least I don’t feel hungry. That makes saying no easier.
I have three months of Vitamins that I don’t like at all! I’m looking for the time to run by my surgeons office and buy the brand they sell that tastes slightly better.
Today was my first full day back to work/kid routine. I missed my caffeine in the morning and felt tired by lunch time, but aside from that, I felt normal and fine all day. Little steps.

Yes! I am so tired of the sweets too! Looking forward to eggs, don’t know about refried beans though lol never have liked them but maybe now I will?? It’s nice you had a good amount of time off to figure out how to run this crazy new life. I have been back to work since 2/26 and I’m still exhausted every afternoon. The mornings are easier. I have the BariatricPal vitamins and the bariadvantage ones and neither have worked for me. It’s I didn’t waste all that money I’d be buying vitamin patches