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Entry #1 Here We Go!

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HappyCat

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Well, hello out there~

 

This is my very first blog, ever, and it happens to be on the day before my gastric sleeve surgery. I am less nervous than anytime before since being approved for this surgery and hope that this calm, positive, forward-looking feeling stays with me all the way to the anesthetic! I have had other surgeries before, so I know what to expect in that regard (always a couple of nerves during the medical history/IV pre-surgical stages). For now, I am visualizing my success through the first phase of the post-surgical diet and walking every two hours. I have started packing my bag for the short hospital stay and organized a shelf in the fridge for my shakes and drinks, plus one in the cupboard for the protein powder and broths.

 

Something I found yesterday at Target was a 42-gram protein shake from EAS Myoplex in strawberry cream flavor that may be the best tasting protein shake, ever! Really tasty! If you are tired of chocolate and vanilla this is for you, and better than the Slimfast strawberry flavored shake (plus, 42 grams of protein in one bottle is hard to find).

 

That being said, I did not realize how bad my breath was from the protein shakes in general, until my husband said something. I thought the aftertaste was just something I could detect, myself. Apparently, it rivals my cat's breath (I checked, he's right) so my nutritionist recommended breath strips. I sure hope the bad breath is a temporary side effect that will go away after the protein shakes are no longer such a big part of my diet!

 

Good luck to everyone out there who has had or will have a gastric sleeve! I truly wish success for all of us~ I hope that if anyone posts a comment on my blog that they will be positive and supportive (thanks in advance!).

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Wait until after surgery and you are going thru ketosis. Talk about bad breath, you can't stand it yourself. I brushed and brushed and gargled to no avail.

Best of luck on your surgery. You may be in ketosis now if you are on a liquid diet and have been for a couple weeks.

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Woot - woot, we're sleeve sisters! I'm in for surgery Monday at 12p.m.. I'm usually a nervous nelly about these things but I feel oddly calm about it. Good luck to you, I hope you have a safe and speedy recovery! Check back in when you feel up to it.

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Thanks to you both. My surgery is at 7:30 am and yet I am still awake. Feeling pretty good, though, considering. I don't know if I will have my iPad in the hospital, so don't worry if you don' hear from me until later this week. Thanks for the support and consider yourselves supported in return!

Thanks for the heads up on the lingering ketosis, McKee ~ at least my teeth will appreciate all the extra attention!

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