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I had my surgery on April 12th and everything went well. I had a hiatal hernia which was fixed during the operation. I am home and still dealing with the gas pains in my left upper quadrant and wondering what else I can do besides walk. The pain gets so bad sometimes I feel that maybe there is something wrong. I also would like to know about the calorie intake. I drink one Premier Protein shake a day for the 160 calories and 30 grams of Protein and I also consume a protein-rich cream chicken Soup from the HMR program. So I am getting in at least 35 grams of protein a day plus as much Water as I can drink. When I chart it today in the bariatric app I noticed that my calories are under 350 for a day. Is this normal and I doing something wrong?

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How are you feeling Raven Moonsong? What a pretty name you have chosen, is it your real name also? Its now almost a week since your surgery and you had what I'm planning. So I'm hoping to hear more about your surgery and recovery☕😛

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How are you feeling Raven Moonsong? What a pretty name you have chosen, is it your real name also? Its now almost a week since your surgery and you had what I'm planning. So I'm hoping to hear more about your surgery and recovery[emoji477][emoji14]

Hello [emoji112]
I feel good other than the gas. All I can say is walk, walk, walk to help relieve the pain. Eating is no longer a "I better stop and not eat that" to " it's time for me to eat". Sipping is now the way of life and being on tune with my new pouch is a skill that needs perfecting. I took a gulp of Water yesterday and swallowed before I realized what I did. The pressure was not a happy feeling. I do not have regrets and look forward to experiencing life all over again.
Raven Moonsong is the name I legally changed to and thank you so much. [emoji287]

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Thank you Raven for answering. Did you know you as well as all other bypassers are a kangaroo? Yes you are-'-for you now have a pouch. That is our little inside joke in bypass-ville, cheaper than buying,everybody a jacket.

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Hi Raven I have had the worst gas pain in my upper left quadrant as well, to the point of tears one afternoon. I was 4 days out. I googled my situation and found someone that had the same problem, and suggested a heating pad on the site. Mine was in my left shoulder and neck, so I put my microwaved heat pack n there and it relieved the pain! It was almost instantaneously. It did not get rid of the gas but the pain was gone! Hope that works for you.


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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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.

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        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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