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22 hours ago, Erin18 said:

How did you Night go? It was hard. Just uncomfortable. I'm not sure if what I'm feeling is my stomach or gas, but I do feel like have a giant burp. It just won't com

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First night was rough. I couldn’t keep Water down. 2nd night was a tad better but I still don’t really wanna drink. It’s like my body is rejecting these fluids! Pain is so so. How’s your going?

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On 2/22/2023 at 11:58 AM, Erin18 said:

Let me know how you feel when you get to a room. I have discomfort and I don't know If t's the gas or my stomach

Feeling very tired, throw up blood shortly after leaving recovery and have been struggling to keep fluids down, yet the hospital wants to discharge me. Gas pain has been pretty awful, but hoping everything settles down soon. How are you feeling?

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My Roux-en-Y was done yesterday. Had to wait for a room to go to afterwards so I was kept in the post surgery observation room.

I remember nothing after being wheeled to surgery, last thing was scooting around to put my head on something right in front of the anesthesiologist.

I’ve already met or exceeded my Water I think, so my IV was disconnected this morning. I had shoulder pain in the recovery room but it’s gone. Yesterday I spent a lot of time sleeping since I got very little sleep that night with being first on the schedule. I had to unhook all this stuff to go to the bathroom. I was told to leave all my meds and Vitamins at home but it took hours for them to bring me my most important med, desmopressin, as I need this to not have to pee and drink so much, I have Diabetes Insipidus and i can’t drink the gallons of water I need off my med. Might be able to break outta here soon!

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Need help-on Clear Liquids but broth makes me nauseous. Feeling week and know I need protein-suggestions?

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8 hours ago, lrtanner2010 said:

Need help-on Clear Liquids but broth makes me nauseous. Feeling week and know I need protein-suggestions?

collagen peptides, you get about 15g of Protein pre 8oz serving of Water. I have some that are berry, berry lemonade, pineapple-orange. The clear Protein Drinks are also available, basically the same thing just pre-mixed and varies flavors. I also put unflavored collagen peptides in my Jello when I made my own, I used 2 scoops to 2 cups of jello for a 10g pre 1/2 cup serving of jello. Even though it unflavored it does give the jello a bit of a flavor. Hope that helps.

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11 hours ago, MrsWills said:

Hi all x had my surgery on 20th feb x hope your all ok xx

Doing good over here. I find it a bit hard to get all the Protein in and all the fluids

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Had my sleeve on 2/22. Excellent experience so far. Manageable pain, am able to get fluids down, and I can definitely feel the restriction. By biggest issue is the lack of savory options I see out there. So far, just microwaved broth which is pretty good but I can't wait for the next phase. No head hunger nor stomach hunger that my liquid diet isn't satisfying.

Down about 29 pounds since Feb 1st when I started dieting before my 2 week pre-op LRD.

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Hey BigAndTall, glad to hear that your surgery went well. Mine was also 22nd and I came home from hospital yesterday. I’m doing ok with Water but the food/vitamins/meds regime is a bit challenging. It seems like I need to be constantly sipping on Protein Shakes or water. And fit the liquid meds in too. I’ve written a schedule for it so hopefully that will help. I have some pain around my incisions but it’s getting easier every day

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(surgery 2/22) I was indeed released on Thursday! I had the bright idea to go on a long walk outside on Friday which I realized was probably a mistake since I hadn't had much for calories and I also only made my Water and Protein minimums that day. I didn't measure the distance beforehand and it was nearly 1.5 miles and around 9 degrees outside. Saturday I met goals and working on that for today as well. I was ordered oxygen for sleeping (they said 75% get sent home with oxygen orders, but I am in Colorado so that may be a factor) and I'm also giving myself Lovenox/Enoxaparin shots twice a day. Today I'm able to get out of bed a lot easier, so I think my incisions and everything are healing well. My surgeon used anesthetic and Dermabond on them and I have had no issues with Fluid escaping or anything. I'm back to pre-op weight on my home scale, the hospital weighed me much closer to my first appointment weight but I was fully clothed with shoes on.

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9 hours ago, Hawtry said:

Hey BigAndTall, glad to hear that your surgery went well. Mine was also 22nd and I came home from hospital yesterday. I’m doing ok with Water but the food/vitamins/meds regime is a bit challenging. It seems like I need to be constantly sipping on Protein Shakes or Water. And fit the liquid meds in too. I’ve written a schedule for it so hopefully that will help. I have some pain around my incisions but it’s getting easier every day

I am definitely missing my marks on Protein, mostly because I just want cold, sugar-free sports drinks and my energy is just fine so far. I have been forcing myself to consume more Protein Drink. If I were actually getting what I was supposed to, I'd be less happy about the effort 😐

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Surgery was 2/23, and I was feeling pretty good and getting my specialty Water in, even 4 oz each day of home made Bone Broth. I somehow missed the clear Protein options however and today I’ve been super weak and light headed. Managed 3 oz of yogurt and protein drink with 42 grams. Finally got in a shower and now I’m exhausted. It’s a beautiful day today and I was hoping to take a little walk, but I’m not going to get far at all! How is everyone else the first week post op?

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1 hour ago, Bandedbut said:

Surgery was 2/23, and I was feeling pretty good and getting my specialty Water in, even 4 oz each day of home made Bone Broth. I somehow missed the clear Protein options however and today I’ve been super weak and light headed. Managed 3 oz of yogurt and Protein Drink with 42 grams. Finally got in a shower and now I’m exhausted. It’s a beautiful day today and I was hoping to take a little walk, but I’m not going to get far at all! How is everyone else the first week post op?

I'm 5 days post op now and I also felt really weak and light headed. I think cause I slept in too long. I felt much better after taking some deep breaths. It's really hard to get all of my requirements in and I'm kind of worried about what would happen if I can't get it figured out. I need at least 64 ounces of fluids, 60 to 80 grams of Protein and up to 1200 calories. Ahhh! I have Bariatric Fusion complete chewable vitamins and for bypass I need to get 4 or those in a day. I only got one today (I know if I got up earlier I'd have met that goal). Tomorrow is a new day and my son goes back to school so I'll be getting up earlier and hopefully I'll be able to get everything in. I'm gonna try to track things again. How does everyone get things in for the day? It seems hard.

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