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So true. I just have to keep my eyes on the road ahead and remember my goal. Ugh is it difficult though. They literally have cake at my work like EVERY DAY. I'm not even exaggerating. I think they have connections with a party catering company or something with the amount of cake people buy there. I don't even understand how they can afford to buy cake every week, lol. So, today at our meeting, CAKE AGAIN. Thankfully I wasn't alone in not partaking because there was a vegan in the meeting as well but man. One lady actually brought a toaster oven and baked cookies in the building one time. I'm like. T.T It will be worth it though and nothing worth doing was ever easy. One of my co-workers was very sweet in sympathizing with me and said they would bring me sugar free jello, lol.

So I had rny at the end of July. I was eating around 700 calories a day and working to get my water in. About 2 weeks ago I began getting nauseous and vomiting after eating and was only getting around 300 a day. My surgeon did another EGD on Friday 9/21, enlarged a stricture a found a large ulcer. I felt much better over the weekend then early Monday morning I began vomitting large blood clots! My surgeon sent me to ER and I was in ICU for a day and a regular room all week long. I guess the ulcer eroded a vessel that needed clipped and I’ve been without food for the last week. I hope to go home tomorrow, I’ll be back on clear liquids and go through the progressive steps all over again. Not eating or drinking ANYTHING is really rough, especially while lying in the hospital and watching TV all day! Dr says ulcers like mine are rare but a potential complication. Lucky me, I’ll be on a gastric acid inhibitor for life. NBD, I just want to go home!

OMG and I am the reverse, protein shakes and waters are still my friends.Precious isn't so happy with pureed and company, I live in hope everyday she will want to grow up a little.🍶🍛

That sucks. Sadly I can't say that I've experienced the same thing. Did they do any surgery to your diaphragm? Any hernia repair?

thanks so much, for this, I guess that its all facing the unknowen, Its really babd that I enjoy the felling all these foods give me, but am hoping that this surgery will help me with my emotional eating. Dam you chocolate grrrrrrrr

Unless already done these, you'll usually need to be cleared by a few more specialists including Cardio, Gastro and even a sleep study. Then the surgeons office will submit all the information to the insurance company and request approval/authorization for payment. Depending on how quickly you get through all of the pre-op testing (with no complications that need to be resolved first) , insurance approval and the schedule of the surgeon will usually the determine how fast you can have surgery. Your situation may be different so for an accurate answer ask if there is anything else you need to do Safe journey

Hot air from the Ohio Statehouse, they sure generate enough in Columbus! Seriously I think they inflated and then pumped it out at the end. Weird, when I got to my patient room, I expected to be FATTENED UP, I was not. I expected ABD and such, nope 4 criss cross steristrips , 1 in top of navel, 1 lengthwise steriStrip 7/8 inch,long on right, Big Red the main one, RNY are on the right, sleevers on the left because that is where they pull the stomach remnant out. Anyway he had 5 up and down steri-strips on him. And 1 little one at the bottom of my sternum. But all small critters. Hardly any swelling/bruising on them.Barely slashed, barely gashed and no signs of bashed. My guy does quality work!

Also ask for a scopolamine patch for the nausea. Stops it dead in its tracks.

Did the hospital give you zofran? That should help with the nausea. While I was in the hospital I didn't drink much either, I kept trying just so I could get discharged to go home. And once I was home I felt much better because I was in my own house.

So I’m on my 2 week preop liquid diet and we decided to go camping this weekend. (Which was its own brand of hell in itself). I decided to freeze a couple bottles of Premier so they could naturally thaw in the cooler Saturday and be cold for today (Sun). Oh man, it did some weird separation in the thawing process and ended up being chunky. So not only did I have to endure my family enjoying grilled hamburgers, corn on the cob, and s’mores around the campfire, I had to choke down chunky peach premier.