I know its a few months away but I thought I would start a thread for Nov 2020! My date is 11/9! Looking forward to starting my new journey, hoping Covid doesn't screw stuff up!

My sleeve was done on 11/2 and I started soft proteins officially today, although I did get the OK to have egg, cottage cheese and yogurt last week. Tonight I ate 2 oz of ground turkey, topped with 1/4 cup of refried beans and 1 TBSP of shredded cheese. My husband thought it looked like a lot of food, and I suppose it was a little over 1/2c, total. Is that too much? I didn't get any sense of being overly full, but it was certainly more than I thought I would be able to eat. I can drink a full mug of broth without feeling too full. Is this normal? My weight loss has stalled the last 4 or 5 days, but calorie wise, I don't think I'm eating too much. I usually don't even get up to 700 calories. I'm afraid of gaining weight again.

I find that I can tolerate 4-6 oz of soup or liquids in one sitting without a lot of trouble. But once I start pushing 6, I have instant regret. My surgery was 11/3.

Edited November 17, 20205 yr by Chelsealauren09

So I had my surgery this afternoon. So far I feel good. Water going down easy, so far.

Gas pains this morning. Walking and sipping.

And nasty heartburn!!

2 hours ago, bufbills said:

Gas pains this morning. Walking and sipping.

And nasty heartburn!!

Sorry about the heartburn. I’m 3 days post and I’ve had none of that whereas I did before. They repaired a hernia while I was out so I’m hoping that helped.

Did the doc say you could take something for it?

Edited November 17, 20205 yr by Catgirl29

14 minutes ago, Catgirl29 said:

Sorry about the heartburn. I’m 3 days post and I’ve had none of that whereas I did before. They repaired a hernia while I was out so I’m hoping that helped.

Did the doc say you could take something for it?

Yep. They're giving me something for it.

I'm still stunned at how good I feel. I was expecting so much worse

I'm a November!!! Barely....November 30.

It’s my one week sleeve-aversary! How I can go from laying in bed in severe pain, throwing up on myself, miserable, convinced I had made a huge mistake, to happily cleaning the house, easily drinking my protein and water, and feeling great is crazy. What a difference a week makes.

I have lost 8 lbs since surgery, and 65.8 lbs overall!

It’s my one week sleeve-aversary! How I can go from laying in bed in severe pain, throwing up on myself, miserable, convinced I had made a huge mistake, to happily cleaning the house, easily drinking my Protein and Water, and feeling great is crazy. What a difference a week makes.

I have lost 8 lbs since surgery, and 65.8 lbs overall!

Yay!!! Good for you!

On 11/16/2020 at 5:22 PM, GivinItMyALL said:

OMG you guys... I am sure this has been done before, and I thought about doing it a while ago, but only just tried it today. I am getting my Water and my Protein in at the same time now! I took my water bottle, added a scoop of unflavored protein, shook it to death, then added some Mio, shook it again, and it is... ACTUALLY TASTY! I am so excited that I will finally be able to meet those goals easily ❤️

Where do you get your unflavored protein powder?

3 hours ago, Boymama said:

Where do you get your unflavored Protein Powder?

I use Genepro. Yes, I know about the lawsuit. It was what my nnut recommended, and it seems to work great for me, so I am going with it

On 11/16/2020 at 7:19 PM, Neller said:

My sleeve was done on 11/2 and I started soft Proteins officially today, although I did get the OK to have egg, cottage cheese and yogurt last week. Tonight I ate 2 oz of ground turkey, topped with 1/4 cup of refried Beans and 1 TBSP of shredded cheese. My husband thought it looked like a lot of food, and I suppose it was a little over 1/2c, total. Is that too much? I didn't get any sense of being overly full, but it was certainly more than I thought I would be able to eat. I can drink a full mug of broth without feeling too full. Is this normal? My weight loss has stalled the last 4 or 5 days, but calorie wise, I don't think I'm eating too much. I usually don't even get up to 700 calories. I'm afraid of gaining weight again.

That seems like a lot, but everyone is different. At this stage, my nut is recommending 1/4c food per meal.

On 11/16/2020 at 8:46 PM, bufbills said:

So I had my surgery this afternoon. So far I feel good. Water going down easy, so far.

Yay! Hopefully the gas and heartburn has eased some for you

16 hours ago, MommaJay said:

I'm a November!!! Barely....November 30.

Welcome!!

14 hours ago, blackcatsandbaddecisions said:

It’s my one week sleeve-aversary! How I can go from laying in bed in severe pain, throwing up on myself, miserable, convinced I had made a huge mistake, to happily cleaning the house, easily drinking my Protein and Water, and feeling great is crazy. What a difference a week makes.

I have lost 8 lbs since surgery, and 65.8 lbs overall!

I feel pretty great myself, now, considering my really rough start! Congrats on the loss!

11/13 Blossom Sleeve Update

I am officially 5 days post op and feeling better each day. My overall experience at blossom was exceptional.
Day 1 Sleeve - OMG .. the pain right after surgery was horrible. My husband said I got snappy with the nurse at warm springs when I when my driver got there. Poor nurse was explaining everything to my husband and all I could think about was they left the door open and it was so windy and I was having chills.. needless to say I apologized profusely at my IV therapy. Nursing staff got a good laugh out of me.. I was able to relax and rest once I got to the hotel and took the pain meds. My husband crushed them and mixed with a small amount of water so they could get into my system faster. By the time the aide came that evening I was up walking and feeling like there was a light at the end of the tunnel. Each day is better and better.
Day 2 - IV Therapy - was feeling pretty good. Able to meet about 1/2 of my required fluids/ protein. My veins are horrible; my IV stopped flowing couldn’t even be flushed. I had to get a 2nd IV just to get my fluid and tramadol and it flowed so slowly. A 1hr IV therapy appointment turned into 4.5hrs.
Day 3 - headed home. Anyone traveling after surgery I would highly recommend a travel pillow. Every bump in the road feels like your super sore insides are giggling around. My husband’s driving didn’t help.. SMH.. I took more pain meds when I made it home.

Day 4- super sore after traveling laid around most of the day with the exception of walking every hour. I didn’t say this earlier but Walking is an absolutely must. I would be so stiff and achy and as soon as got to walking I felt better. I had a lot of gas buildup but didn’t actually burp a lot; either way walking really eased the gas pain. I walked every hour- 2hrs no matter what time it was. Since everyone at blossom was at the same hotel there was always some in the hallways walking at crazy hours too.

Day 5 - today I felt my best.. full of energy. I have to keep reminding myself not to bend at the waist.. if I forget and bend over that sharp pain is a quick reminder. I rode to the grocery store with my husband today and walked around in there.. it was a little strange not craving anything I passed on a aisle. I felt so good I decided to walk around the neighborhood it was a beautiful day I couldn’t resist.

Day 6AM - I am sooo paying for that walk around the neighborhood. I’m sore all over.. I over did it. I was proud to not have to take so much pain meds but I’m taking some now..

Question - does anyone else have pain when their stomach growls ?

Just had my sleeve yesterday. Feeling very nauseous but I hope it gets better soon. I wish everyone luck with their procedures! I am just trying to push through the next few days the end result will be worth it!

Ok y’all... I’m a week out from surgery, and I’m still barely able to get the minimum 48oz of water, not even approaching my protein goal (lucky to get in 30/40g).

Any advice? I start sipping before I even get out of bed in the mornings, alarm goes off every 15 minutes, and it still isn’t working. I still have one more week before I can even start on purées and I’m struggling.

4 hours ago, Aroddy said:

Ok y’all... I’m a week out from surgery, and I’m still barely able to get the minimum 48oz of Water, not even approaching my Protein goal (lucky to get in 30/40g).

Any advice? I start sipping before I even get out of bed in the mornings, alarm goes off every 15 minutes, and it still isn’t working. I still have one more week before I can even start on purées and I’m struggling.

My wife and I are also 1 week out from surgery and we are definitely getting the water and protein in. We always have water on hand and drink all day long, except for when we are working on our protein drinks. If it is so difficult I would suggest getting smaller protein shots. I have seen them but not tried them though. A protein water would also work to help with the fluid intake requirement but my wife and I have not been able to drink them since we had surgery. We take our time getting our shakes in and it takes at least 1 hour if not 1 1/2 hours to get one 12 oz protein shake in.