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Congrats, Kristine - that's awesome for your first week!

LOL! That is hilarious! And I can tell you that for me, being almost 5 weeks out, food just doesn't have the same appeal to me anymore. I've been out to eat 3-4 times now and things that I used to love just taste "ok" to me now, and I have no desire to pig out on them anymore. I've heard other people say that as well but I never believed it would be that way for ME, but it is and I'm grateful!

I had the same thing happen to me just a few days after being sleeved - I had taken a dose of liquid Nyquil (which ALWAYS works great for me) before realizing it has alcohol in it and that it probably wasn't a good idea... but on my one week post op visit with my surgeon I asked him about it, and he said it's totally fine to still take it. Hope you start feeling better soon!

Congrats to you - you're off to a great start! :biggrin5:

The only way I was able to do it was the protein shakes - and the only ones I like are the chocolate Premium shakes from Costco (30g protein). Good luck!

Hallelujah - glad to hear you're back in the game!

So, I thought I was being smart by adding 1/2 c. Greek yogurt to my 30g protein shake in order to get in an additional 11.5g of protein to equal 41.5; however, I thought I saw somewhere on here that the body can only process a max of 30g of protein at one time? Does anybody know for sure? I asked my surgeon about it on my post-op check up and he said that's NOT true - so now I'm more confused - who do I believe?

Thanks for all the info - I think at this point I'm going to stick with the "no more than 30g at a time" rule since I'm not super active (20-30 mins on treadmill).

I totally agree - I tried about 5 different kinds of protein shakes prior to surgery and the ones from Costco were by far my favorite! Haven't tried the vanilla ones, I'm happy with the chocolate I also mix in a 1/2 cup of plain Greek yogurt to my shakes to get an additional 11.5g of protein. Plus a half banana just because I love bananas! Yummy!

Yay! I was thinking about you today - glad everything went well and I hope you have a good recovery and trip home from MX!

Holy crap! I'd be THRILLED with 36 lbs the first month - I was sleeved one day after you and I've only lost 13.4 so far Luckily I lost about 16 lbs pre-surgery so my total is 29.6 lbs.

This is a good reminder!

12/27/11 - I already know that I'm sleeve twins with peacequeen and donniej. Are there any others? :teeth_smile:

Welcome, Bryan! I'm almost 3 wks post op and I know exactly what you mean - about a week before surgery I finally had to stop coming on here because it seemed like everything I was reading was about complications, etc. and it freaked me out. Needless to say, I still had my doubts about surgery right up until they put the IV in my arm, but I'm happy to say that I am SOOOOO glad I went through with it. I know you will be, too! Good luck :biggrin:

Hallelujah! So glad you're feeling better :cheer2:

WAAAAYYYY better than Disneyland! Congrats!

Congrats, hadouni!

Oh, dear - not sure how I missed this post! So sorry to hear about the leak, at least it's making sense why you were having so many problems post-op. Hope you start feeling better soon!

I'm happy to tell you that yes, you count them towards both!

Wow! 61 lbs lost pre-surgery is very impressive! You're going to do great - good luck!!

I agree with lisagh - your positive attitude is going to help greatly with your success! I'm 9 days post op and I was all prepared to wake up from surgery with feelings of regret, but so far it hasn't happened! Good luck to you!

I'm one week post-op. I was up 6 lbs from surgery which kinda freaked me out as well. It took a couple of days for me to drop those 6 lbs and since then I've dropped another 9 lbs. Don't worry - it will come off!

Hi, Leslie - congrats on the 38 lbs! Yes, I've also heard that gall bladder issues are very common for WLS patients - luckily for me I had already had my gall bladder removed in 2007. From what I can remember I didn't really have any symptoms prior to my first "attack" - I was just feeling really crappy and thought I had food poisoning. Went to the ER that same day and that's when they discovered I had gall stones and then had my surgery the next week. If it's any consolation, it was a pretty easy surgery and recovery - it should be a breeze compared to VSG! Good luck!

Oh, yes! I know just what you mean - I'm exactly one week post-op so I'm still on full liquids, but I get so full so fast now that my head starts playing mind games (ie. maybe you would lose more/faster if you didn't eat/drink so much, etc.) I have to fight to ignore those thoughts because we are taking in so little as it is! It's so freaky to be seeing the weight drop when I don't even feel like I'm dieting because I'm never hungry