I'm the 18th and SUUUUUUPER excited!

Day 8 and still a few days away from puree cycle......hanging in and was able to get 700 kcal and 78 grams of protein in yesterday.....best day so far.

That’s amazing!! I’m barely making the protein and only at 300-400 calories. Please share your meal plan?

I’m day 2 post OP today! I am struggling to get enough water in but just tried ice chips and they are great.
Unfortunately my biggest annoyance right now is my uvula.. it looks and feels like they crushed it ?? it hurts quite a bit but worst of all leaves me unable to talk LOL (my hubby isn’t complaining though ?)
I just hate the feeling of it dangling there, rubbing up and down the back of my tongue ? it really upsets my stomach when it moves all over the place. The doctors & nurses said it should go away by itself soon and I really really hope so!

Plain Greek Yogurt really helps and I puree & strain beef vegetable or chicken vegetable soup down to a broth in 1/3 cup to give me different tastes.

My protein shakes also add calories as well.

I had a scratchy throat until Day 5.....the ice should help reduce the swelling but it will get better......Day 3 was my low point and now Day 8 feeling less fatigued and lightheaded.

Hi all. Had VGS on Monday 8/30. Overall feeling pretty good. Thank goodness no shoulder or back pain from the procedure. Definitely have to walk a lot to get rid of gas pains. But hanging in there!

9 minutes ago, Lisa G said:

Hi all. Had VGS on Monday 8/30. Overall feeling pretty good. Thank goodness no shoulder or back pain from the procedure. Definitely have to walk a lot to get rid of gas pains. But hanging in there!

Mine was on 31st. Just got home a few minute ago. Same issue with gas. Walking is very easy, I actually have less pain when walking.

Day 10 (Phase 2 Food)

Had some puréed carrots yesterday with no problems. Tried a scrambled egg today. It went okay, but took a long time to eat. I paid close attention to the digestion feeling in my stomach. Almost like a gurgle but not quite. It didn’t feel overly fool and didn’t seem to push back up so I just kept going slowly until done with a break when ever there was that gurgle feeling.

Finally not feeling pain on the bottom right.

I’m supposed to be able to do 6oz of liquid per hour now, but I couldn’t do it. I had about 5oz and felt so full I had to stop there and have been staying at 4oz for now.

2 hours ago, Tony B - NJ said:

Mine was on 31st. Just got home a few minute ago. Same issue with gas. Walking is very easy, I actually have less pain when walking.

Congratulations!!!

1 hour ago, codevsg said:

Day 10 (Phase 2 Food)

Had some puréed carrots yesterday with no problems. Tried a scrambled egg today. It went okay, but took a long time to eat. I paid close attention to the digestion feeling in my stomach. Almost like a gurgle but not quite. It didn’t feel overly fool and didn’t seem to push back up so I just kept going slowly until done with a break when ever there was that gurgle feeling.

Finally not feeling pain on the bottom right.

I’m supposed to be able to do 6oz of liquid per hour now, but I couldn’t do it. I had about 5oz and felt so full I had to stop there and have been staying at 4oz for now.

Take your time it’s not a race. We’re in this for the long haul. Your body will let you know when it can take more fluids. I’m 3 week post op and still have to sip my fluids for hours to get them in.

I am officially in phase 2 / phase 3…… had my 1 week post op follow up! My Doctor said to start the puréed phase. At that point I let him know I had unsweetened applesauce on day 7. So he advanced me to phase 3 to try soft foods if I can tolerate it! I can down apple sauce throughout the day. I tried the ricotta bake today, and some diluted juice. As surges replacement gives me headaches, but figure out if it’s the juice or ricotta bake my stomach dance around on? Has anyone newly tried the ricotta bake vs eggs and grits?

My surgery was also on 8/31/21. Pain from the bloating is much worse than I anticipated. Getting a little better every day.

Only concerns, besides distended belly, is nausea (I tried a little broth and Jello, but got nauseated after about 3 bites).

My wounds are bleeding, but not steadily. I don’t know if that’s normal or not.

so tired!!

Ondenstron 4 mg was prescribed for me to reduce nausea

Reach out to your Clinic or Surgeon.....bleeding is a concern.

So I learned what it’s like to not get enough intake (liquids and protein).

I felt pain, but otherwise normal the first week. I haven’t felt that lightheaded week feeling, until the last two days that is.

This week I took some naps and slacked a bit on intake. I didn’t even total my numbers until the end of the day yesterday and I realized I dropped to less than 30g protein and I also very low liquids. That was why I couldn’t concentrate and felt so light headed and week. Also super low blood pressure. To make matters worse I usually have high blood pressure and I was still taking the meds to lower my blood pressure.

I pushed to increase my intake this morning. Still no more than 4oz just making sure I get it every hour.

I feel so much better and my blood pressure is better. I still feel light headed if I stand up, but not as bad as before.

So just a reminder to everyone you really have to treat the intake like it’s a job. We can’t take in that much so we need to not miss any eating times. Initially that is every hour. When it can get more spaced out I’ll make sure to have alarms set. That wasn’t a good feeling, but glad I know better now.