A continuation of our Summer 2018 Check-In thread...

Welcome all Summer 2018 Surgery Post-Op Patients! As we make our way into the Post-Op zone, let’s carry on the conversation and support.

Everyone is welcome, if you had surgery in the summer of 2018 jump right in!

The Ponies applaud your Post-Op Arrival!

I am hoping that after I see my doctor on Tuesday he gives me good news and I can actually go and look into a gym. I am ready to get moving more then just walking. And I hope that the place I am looking at has water aerobics so it will help my knee as well.

So sorry that several of you are so sick. Don’t let stress become overwhelming. Remember 1 oz per 10 min when your pouch is being mean. Please feel better

On 10/06/2018 at 21:22, clsumrall said:

So sorry that several of you are so sick. Don’t let stress become overwhelming. Remember 1 oz per 10 min when your pouch is being mean. Please feel better

I just had a cold. I’m a teacher so that’s pretty common.. ya know kids not washing their hands and touching everything. But I kept taking my vitamins and got better within the week

Awesome. Stay away from them germs!!

I gained this week! Trying not to be too bummed/worried about it because otherwise despite what seemed like plateaus at the time I’ve actually been losing steadily if I look at it weekly. I still weigh myself most mornings but I only “count” the weigh ins on Monday mornings, which helps me not obsess as much...

I’m about 10 weeks out if I’m counting correctly, breakfasts and lunches are going well but my dinners have been all over the place and not great, so that and getting to the gym will be my focuses this week!

On 10/08/2018 at 06:45, AEdoesRnY said:

I gained this week! Trying not to be too bummed/worried about it because otherwise despite what seemed like plateaus at the time I’ve actually been losing steadily if I look at it weekly. I still weigh myself most mornings but I only “count” the weigh ins on Monday mornings, which helps me not obsess as much...

I’m about 10 weeks out if I’m counting correctly, breakfasts and lunches are going well but my dinners have been all over the place and not great, so that and getting to the gym will be my focuses this week!

Awww I wouldn’t stress out too much! That little amount of gain could be hormonal, retaining water, or just a bit of constipation.

My weight fluctuates about a pound throughout the week. I weigh myself every morning. After strength training, I’ll see a small weight gain the next day. Then it will go back down. Then after a cardio day, it’ll go down a bit more. But it is not consistently going down every single day.

Just stick to your plan and it’ll come off!

I actually ate soft food yesterday! I had 5.5 oz of vanilla Greek yogurt and it was great it was a whole container and it took about an hour to eat the whole thing using a baby ? spoon ?. It was so good. Five or six spoons in I would stop for a while, like 10 or 15 minutes and then have 5 or 6 more spoons that is why it took an hour to eat what used to take 2 minutes.

I coked two pieces of salmon for my husband for his dinner and lunch and I had to sample what I cooked I had just a 1/16th of an inch of a piece just a small fork pick off the end of one piece. I chewed it till it was water in my mouth and it was so good. I may actually try some cream of wheat this morning.

Hoping I can move on to this after Friday EDG, I feel like an onlooker to life, not a participant,???

Been on a three week stall but I am happy to announce that I finally took a 40 minute walk with no back aches, no joint pain and no chub rub!!!! Woohoo!

Also, I am happy to announce the official return of my ankles. I officially have transitioned from Cankleville. God is good and all victories are accepted here. ?

And roar Lioness815, the jungle is now yours, you are our Queen!

It does not matter what I eat it still makes the middle of my back hurt like you would not believe to the point where I don’t want to lye down or even try to eat or drink anything else including my pills. I am sitting here debating with my self weather or not to just skip my evening meds and just go to bed. However I will take them, pain or not as I know I need them.

On 10/08/2018 at 22:52, iattcom said:

It does not matter what I eat it still makes the middle of my back hurt like you would not believe to the point where I don’t want to lye down or even try to eat or drink anything else including my pills. I am sitting here debating with my self weather or not to just skip my evening meds and just go to bed. However I will take them, pain or not as I know I need them.

I had to change what I was eating. I’m following 100 days of real food at the moment, doing a lot of home cooking and less processed stuff, I try to follow Whole 30 rules with processed things (I.e. if I’m buying chicken stock it’s whole 30 approved, or I have to make it at home) I changed my pills too. I ended up with the one a day woman’s petite. It goes down easier and doesn’t bother my tummy. I also just started buying 8 oz water bottles from Costco and drinking from those at home because I can pop a bunch in the fridge and pull one out and have that as my goal for the hour. Potato’s don’t work for me anymore so I swapped to cauliflower etc.

These are prescriptions that I am still on. I still have not taken them for the pain, I am so glad I am seeing my doctor later today.

On 10/08/2018 at 23:12, iattcom said:

These are prescriptions that I am still on. I still have not taken them for the pain, I am so glad I am seeing my doctor later today.

Oh well good luck! Hopefully you can get off them.

I have taken them and I am going to bed it is after midnight here in my neck of the woods. ???