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I am a 28 year old mother of two girls (ages 4&5). My gastric bypass is scheduled for July 23rd. My husband is able to take some time off when I first come home. I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas of good things to have prepared ahead of time to make it a little easier once I come home? My kids are thankfully old enough that the lifting won’t be a problem, but I will be the one taking care of them after a week or so, so any advice would be much appreciated.

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I have been making extra meals and freezing them to make it easy on me just incase i dont feel like cooking i just have to grab it out the night/day and heat them up even made single meals for me hubby/boys to grab out and heat up for lunch ect.

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Honestly, don't prep. My wife tried to and we ended up with things getting tossed because it was either way too much to consume post op or I just couldn't tolerate the item any longer.

I mean, post op, 1 oz of food is going to totally fill you up and take you a while to get down, so 1 can of say Chili is going to last pretty damn long.

Prepping for the family's easement maybe, you might not want to be around cooking food for a few, I know I had a hard time the smell of cooking food for a week or so, just turned my stomach.

After a week or so, barring any complications you should be just fine overall, I know I wasn't allowed to pick up more than 10 lbs for 6 weeks... so 1 gallon of milk is 10 lbs, so you'll want to plan for stuff of that nature.

Good Luck!

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Thanks guys! I’ve been waiting and working so hard to get to this point. But when it’s actually here, anxiety spikes a little because it somehow feels like I’m not ready. 😂

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