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Tues 7:30am, Wed 7:30am 1st 24 hours Wed 7:30am, Thurs 7:30am 2nd 24 hours Thurs 7:30am, Fri 7:30am 3rd 24 hours Fri 7:30am, Sat 7:30am 4th 24 hours Why am I posting this? To keep myself in line. It feels like forever and I am only 4 days out post op. Of course I am still going to have pain and discomfort. Of course I probably haven't lost weight yet as the swelling isn't completely down. My sister-in-law sent me a get well card in instead of saying, get well she said "get skinny." It made me chuckle. Yesterday I was laughing as my daughter was going to sleep she said, "Daddy got a stinky butt, mommy got boo boo belly, dogs no shu up! Baby needs to lay down go ni ni. Lay down baby lay down." I was in a barrel laugh and let me tell you that hurt. I took no pain meds yesterday at all and don't plan on taking any today. I should be good. I am in a lot of burning pain but I think that is muscle healing. Trying to follow directions to the best of my ability. Planning Thanksgiving dinner is giving me something to look forward to. I am making dinner with my mother and I am excited. It is our old family dinner. Only thing I am going to miss is Pop Overs because I am going to only be on a mush diet. I am going to bring my little blender for the Turkey. I will take one little bite of the stuffing. I will freeze a portion of the meal for later. I am feeling really good right now. Feeling aggrevated that I can't eat yet. I know it is for healing purposes though. One day at a time. One day at a time. Celeste

Welcome HOME mjohnpb.... Wishing you a speedy recovery. When I came home I was feeling okay, the following day was probably a little bit harder on me and when I first wake up. Don't forget to get up and walk. I gained 4lbs in the hospital from IV fluids and it took me about 4 days to get it all off.

Devo-tee.... Every doctor is different with the pre-op diet based on weight, liver size, etc. So that part you are correct. However, even the variations of the doctors can be very different with in the practice itself. I chose my doctor out of the group because his preop diet was Protein and vegtables. So I would go out and order chicken and steamed veggies. The other doctor in the practice was two weeks of liquids. My doctor only made me do the pre op diet for a week before because I am on the thinner side and in almost perfect health other then the weight. As far as post op. For bypass patients they have to be on liquids for a lot longer because they can not handle food. They have to let all those incisions heal. For banding, we are trying to let the inflammation that happens from placing the band to decrease. You don't want to start mushy food if you are still inflammed, it can cause a lot of pain. So letting the inflammation go down is super important. However, if after a week on liquids, I would recommend talking to your doctor about it. My doctors rule is 2 weeks liquids, 2 weeks mush, 2 weeks solids. If after 1 week of liquids we feel hungry then we can go to mushy. I don't think this completely answers your question but I hope it makes it more understandable at least a little. It really does depend on the doctor. If you are starving on liquids though it is super important to communicate that with your doctor.

Okay guys, so I am drinking myoplex lite in the morning, 20grams of protein, it was fine in the beginning but now I am getting naseous just thinking about it. Doing Broth, and some other protein drinks I got out of a catalog. Is there any whey protein I can buy and drinks I can make that might make me even happier? Does anyone have any ideas? Help me before I drink chocolate milk as a protein source. LOL

Thanks shorty, I don't drink coffee though. That sounds like a great solution for others though. Thanks for the tid bit of information.

The most important part of healing and even being thirsty is getting up and walking. If you don't do that it takes longer to heal. I am on day 4, up and walking around a lot and feel really good. It makes me burp a lot and the coughing sucks but I do ten deep breaths every two hours to keep me clear. Good luck I am sorry you are sooo sore still.

Hope you had a good time.

Make sure you get your Protein in too, it aids in healing hon. Glad you aren't in too much pain. I found Day 3 was the hardest. Or day two if you go by 24 hour intervals. Good luck.