LorenaVaca

Gorgeous!! Congrats!

I have 5 total 4 small and one double size of the small ones. I also have four from gallbladder so whats another 5 right? I know i wont be showing this belly off after having stretch marks from the pregnancy lol. I know that if i have too excess skin i too will be having a tummy tuck and what not.

Yes same pain same area and very annoying :-( it hurts just to reach to my head to put bobby pins in my hair...i was fine until today this pain came along

Yes me too i felt like i was doing great considering the fact i struggled the first three days and had tl stay in the hospital but i can honestly say as far as much pain from the incision i havent had any. Its all been either gas(which is gone now) or lower back pain where i feel exhausted but now this pain has come along... Im glad to know that im not the only one feeling it and at that almost the exact amount of days out as you. I was so worried i maybe bent or turned wrong or lifted wrong. So i guess it has to be somewhat normal?

Im the same way! As a matter of fact my battery on my scale went out on me after three yrs the day before my surgery! I havent had the urge yet to even go and buy a new one. I almost want it to be a suprise when i go to my follow ups and the dr tells me how much more ive lost. I love going to my one week follow up last wed and them telling me i was 17lbs down! It felt great. So i am trying to hold out as ling as possible and just let things happen and find out what i weigh when going to see my dr. I dont know long ill last but im going to at least try it for the first three months. I see too many ppl upset or down on themselves when they hit stalls. And i know me i would be really hard on myself if i knew i was on a stall.

I am 12 days post op and started feeling a pieecing pain on my right side as well but its not anywhede near my incision. Its almost as if i had a huge bruise in this spot and someone was pressing really hard in that area with their finger. The pain is probably two inches above and three inches away from my incision. It has bothered me all day to where i broke down and cried for fear that i may of pulled something internally on my sleeve.

So we are allowed to have crackers during this stage? How many and what kind is best? Im so scared to try different things especially anything even remotely close to bread. I fear the whole dumping thing. :-\

Mmmm sounds like a very similar favorite recipe of mine that i make...cut up boneless porkchops fried and pour some of my homemade green salsa on top simmer and enjoy. I am so going to have to try your recipe it sounds delicious. When you pureed it though was it weird? Im so iffy on pureed meat it just doesnt sound appetizing :-\

I am but its getting really old i reqlly havent had too many Soups since surgery. I got tired of it the week pre-op. Im 11 days post and really i just drink my Water or gatorade and have my sf popsicles and of course try to squeeze in my Protein shakes but i can hardly get in 30g a day :-\

Where do i find this at? I may have to try it im just so over the liquid(soup) stage but if they have variety im willing to try it!

Thank you i will keep that in mind some homemade chili sounds really good

It gets worst the more active you are...i had my one week follow up yesterday and mentioned it to my dr. She took a look at the area where i was complaining about and said it was musculer pain. Ive been able to get around really well since surgery 8/7 and she said that i may be doing a lil too much too soon. Every since i started having the back pain ive been very lucky and every night since i got home from hospital ive been getting a two hour massage from the hubby which really helps a lot. One night i didnt get one and i couldnt sleep the whole night because i was in pain. :-\ good thing he felt bad for me lol cause its not like him to give many massages...

Yay! Lol this has been really the only thing i have been missing from day one of my pre-op diet. I told my husband if you were to set a steak in front of me and set a block of cheese to the side of it and ask me to choose i would so take the cheese over the steak right now lol idk why i am craving the cheese so much but ill be glad when i can have it, thats for sure!

Is cheddar cheese/string cheese part of the mushy stage? Like as long as i chew it enough? I thought i saw sonewhere on here where someone was eating block cheese during mushy stage...

Thank you so much i still have 66lbs to go but im feeling great already! I held my head a lil higher today :-D

Had my one week follow up today and i have lost 17lbs! This is including weight lost with my pre-op diet also but hey a lb is a lb and it feels great!

Same here :-\ by the time we know it those two weeks will fly by though

I was tolf by my foctor to not chew gum because gum suppresses our appetite and right now we have to learn how are new stomach feels. Hope that helps somewhat

I finally had my emotional breakdown yesterday 5days post op. I cried and cried until i couldnt breathe a single breath out of my nostrils lol. Good thing is my hubby was there to help cheer me up. I can honestly say yesterday was not one of my good days. Today seems a lot brighter. Im glad to know im not the only one who has broken down. Im also glad to hear your doing better and that hopefully in the next couple of weeks i will start feeling normal again!

All i have had since my surgery on Aug 7th is water, sugar free popsicles and a sip of koolaide. Is it bad that i havent started my broths or protein? I am on a clear liquid diet post op for one week then full liquids for two more weeks. Right now the thought of anything but water or popsicles is just not appetizing at all. Is this normal?