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That's kind of a tall order for a message board... you need help with a food plan. Did your doctor or nutritionist give you guidelines? There are so many different plans! If you read through some posts or do a search you will find lots of information. It's hard to know where to begin answering a question like that.

I still get crampy I am 10 days post op. Especially when I eat cold things. I was wondering the same thing when does it stop. It makes me not want to drink always or sometimes I feel like if I may drink it gets stuck like I have a gas bubble stuck.

I was cramping all the time for about 2 weeks. It then went to cramping slightly during/after eating for another two weeks.

I'm also looking for something else.

By clear they mean you can see through it. So like broth's and bouillon's. Yes you need protein. I highly recommend Unjry chicken soup flavor protein. It tasted just like Top Ramen chicken soup. it was only 90 calories and have 21 grams of protein and it's see through so good for your clear liquid, and puree phase. It was a great break from all the sweet protein shakes. It allowed me to drink something that tasted savory which helped me get through the liquid only phase.

Look, I am a hospital nurse....you are NOT wasting anyone's time. That is why we are there, to help people. You really need to be evaluated. Sent from my SM-G955U using BariatricPal mobile app

I can't give you my experience as I am just starting on this journey-- I had my first surgical consult today: aiming for a mid-December sleeve date. My first question for my surgeon was when I could return to running (more like slow-jogging/walking intervals) since I also signed up for the glass slipper challenge in February!! He told me I would be cleared to walk the day I was discharged, and he would expect me to be able to go to the gym within 1 week. He said to hold off on racing for 2-3 weeks, but essentially just said to listen to my body. I imagine, from what I've read, that our energy should return (or exceed) to normal by that time. This will be my first runDisney race and I am super excited-- and excited that I might be a few pounds lighter by the time I pass through the castle! 😉

I'm a sped teacher. Had my surgery 8/21. By the following Monday (1 week) I felt like I hadn't even had surgery. I went back Wednesday and Thursday this week for teachers only and just brought my puréed food and water to school- i walked away from the welcome back luncheon and didn't peek at what was served. Kids start 9/5 and I think I'll be fine. For the first 4 days post op it was hard to get up and out of sitting and lying but by day 5 it was fine. I suggest you remember to walk around a bit during the day at work. Good luck.

Hello! I'm kinda excited to meet someone else that has achalasia! I've yet to meet anyone else that has this fun annoying auto immune disease. I was diagnosed by my bariatric surgeon with achalasia in 2011. At that point I was at 300 pounds and I too had the heller myotomy done and that did help quite a bit. With that initial diagnoses and Diet and Exercise I was able to drop 78 pounds. Initially the achalasia was pretty bad. Because of the rarity of the disease getting a diagnoses was difficult. Then as fate would have it I developed another rare auto immune disease called myasthenia gravis in 2014. This causes my muscles, including facial and throat muscles to not work well or at all. I had a tumor that grew behind my heart on a gland called the thymus. Lots of hospital stays with this issue over a two year period. This illness requires prednisone and between that and the generalized weakness throughout my body I put back 50 of those pounds. The same surgeon suggested the bypass and did that this past April as well as another hernia repair. Because of my issues the sleeve was never an option. The myasthenia has evolved into having plasmapherisis twice a week to help lesson the symptoms. plasmapheresis is a lot like dialysis, The plasma is removed from my blood and artificial plasma is put back in. After the bypass surgery I was having a lot of trouble swallowing and still am. I had an endoscopy done last week with hopes that he could dilate and stretch out my esophagus but when he looked at my esophagus he said that the openings were fine and my achalasia is just getting worse and that I'd have to be more careful going forward. I did ask him what my outlook could look like at it's worst possible scenario and he said that they cut the colon and bring it up to the esophagus to help with swallowing but that in his career he's never seen it get that bad. So I think I'm just left with it being difficult and being more careful with what I eat. My weight loss has been slower that I thought it would be. I'm down 50 pounds and today is my 4 month mark. I know that 50 pounds is substantial but I thought it wold be more by this point. I have a hard time getting my protein in, some days even that shake is tough to swallow. My love for potatoes is over since those are hard to get down in any form, which I guess is really a good thing. How is your swallowing been? What helps, if anything? Foods that really get to me are ground beef, chicken breast, potatos, bread and roast beef. anything dense really. Some days are better than others. Some days are down right terrible. Weird, right?

Thanks very much. The support group at the bariatric center gave us a bunch of information and tips, but it's very vague. I have a lot of little questions, mostly about the pureed phase, I think I'm pretty clear on the clear and full liquids. But, like, how do we handle avocados within any purees? It's a fat, but a healthy fat. Ya know what I mean? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using the BariatricPal App In the puree phase, the focus should always be on Protein, protein, and more protein. So it's going to be pureed meats (a little broth to moisten it), soft cheeses, Beans, eggs.... Probably won't be much "room" for veggies or fruits of any kind, because he'll be able to eat only tiny amounts (about 2 oz. at a time) and will be struggling to meet his protein goals. All through my liquid, pureed, and even some of my soft food stage, my husband and I just ate completely separate things. We made no attempt at preparing meals we could both eat. Once I was on to solid foods, it became really really easy. I just always had the meat from whatever my husband was cooking for dinner. I usually had about half of the meat portion he had for himself and saved the other "half of my half" as leftovers o have for a lunch later in the week. So if he was having chicken and rice, I just had the chicken and about half as much as he did. If he was having Pasta and sausage, I just had half the sausage he did. If he was having shrimp and veggies, I just had shrimp. If he was having meatloaf and mashed potatoes, I just had meatloaf. You get the idea. We eat dinner together almost every night and I just have the protein portion. It works out great for us. But, again, that was only really manageable once I was back on solid foods.