Sheena Brooke Whitworth

Jeeez today is the first day I've been able to get logged in, since the change! Hope everyone is still doing great! I'm still in a stall I'm getting more than enough protein in between shakes and meals, just having a major issue gettng my water in and I can tell I'm starting to get dehydrated. I carry my water with me everywhere I go, just having an issue making myself drink it and its frustrating because i have a feeling thats what is holding me in this stall! Anyone have any suggestions on making it easier to get fluids in when you have to force yourself to drink??

Ok, I'm officially discouraged!! I don't weigh, but every other week and only down 20 pounds since surgery on 9/25 and can't even tell a difference in my clothes yet! Ok sorry, my rant is over now! LOL Glad everyone is doing great & not had any major complications after surgery!!

I had my first post-op apt on Thursday. Met with my nut, nurse practitioner, & surgeon. I'm down 11 pounds since surgery, but all 3 of them told them that they don't even focus on the amount of weight lost until 3 to 4 months down the road. They want me to focus on getting used to the new diet, and making sure I get my 60g protein a day and 48 to 64oz of fluid a day. Everything is going great...still having muscle pain at one of my incision site and he said that would probably last several weeks while the muscle he sutured back up heals. And I got to move to my pureed/mushed diet!!! A scrambled egg never tasted so good....could only eat about half of 1 large egg, but it was still something to chew!! Hope everyone's journey is still going well!!

I did the same thing the week before I had to start my liquid diet!! The last day I made myself sick with all the last minute stuff I was wanting LOL

It is hard!! I had to do 10 days pre-op, so after day 4 or 5 it got easier for me. I just kept reminding myself of all the reasons I was doing this and the day before surgery I rewarded myself! I went and bought a cute top that is way too small now, but will soon be able to wear in several months hopefully!

I would check with your NUT or surgeon. The program I was on allowed clear & full liquids pre-op. So I was allowed to have grits (I think I survived on grits and chicken broth between my protein shakes to help with my hunger LOL) This is what was on my shopping list they provided me with pre-op. Clear liquids: sugar free Jell-O, sugar free popsicles, chicken broth, beef broth, crystal light, & decaff coffee. Full liquids: low fat cream soups, skim or 1% milk, reduced fat Lactaid, low sugar yogurt with no fruit pieces, sugar free pudding, cream of wheat, grits, and protein drinks. Hope this helps, but I would verify with your program first just to make sure! Everyone's program seems to be different!

My surgeon actually allowed me to have the cream soups on my pre-op & post op liquid diet. I stayed hungry too and sipped on warm chicken broth throughout the day and that helped me some. Good Luck! It is hard, but I promise it does get easier after day 4 and 5!

Welp I woke up this morning and feel pretty normal! No gas pains at all today so far woohooo! I didn't take any pain meds all day yesterday until I went to bed and did a lot of laps around my yard. I still have pain at the big incision site where he pulled my stomach through. I'm hoping to stay this way, since I have to go back to work tomorrow. I still don't have my energy back. Yesterday just walking upstairs to my bedroom to take a shower wore me out (had to sit down and take a break before even getting in the shower). Hope everyone else is doing great!

Hey y'all!! I'm day two post op from having my lap band removed and being sleeved. I stayed over night and got to come home yesterday afternoon. The gas pains are the worst, I've been walking like crazy and taking the pills for gas and nothing seems to be working. I have 6 lap incisions, two bigger ones, one from where my port from my lap band was removed and the bigger one where he removed my stomach from...its by far the sorest since more muscle was cut into with it. I didn't have to have any drains, sutures, or staples, just have dermabond over my incisions, so I can shower and all that good stuff. I'm just taking it easy and sipping on my protein shakes, water, and sugar free popsicles. Hope everyone else is doing great!!

Just wanting to wish my fellow 25th people good luck, thoughts, and prayers!! My surgery is at 7:30 in the morning...just a matter of hours until my life changes forever and for good!! I can't wait to see where we all are this time next year and how much our lives have changed!

I've been on my clear and full liquid pre-op diet 1 week today...just 1 more day of full liquid and the day before surgery I can have a protein shake for breakfast & lunch, but everything else clear liquid and then my big day is Wednesday!! I'm so excited and hope for a complication free post-op too!

It depends on what your benefit period is. Most are Jan to Jan and July to July. You can check with your HR depart if your insurance is through your employer or you can call the member services number on your card just to verify.

I'm having a hard time with being hungry too. Today I've already had 68g of protein and still feel like I'm starving and every time I turn around my friends on Facebook are talking about food, posting food, or eating food, plus I never paid attention to how many food commercials were on tv until now!! The only thing keeping me going right now is knowing my surgery is on the line if I don't do it! If anyone has any suggestions on getting through this...I'm totally open to them!!!

I spent Friday at my hospital pre-op, had labs, EKG, & CXR done and met with the pre-anesthesia nurse and finished up all my hospital paperwork. After that had my meeting with my NUT and Bari Program Director to go over everything and what to expect for my overnight hospital stay, finished paperwork with them, and then my final meeting with my surgeon's NP after that...everything is a go for the 25th and its finally hitting me that this is reality!! I'm excited, but just a lil bit nervous as it gets closer!

My program will allow clear and full liquids pre-op...cream of chicken, etc. soups, & grits! So its not really that bad so far!

When I was looking, I found that the Rachel Ray Stock In A Box had the lowest sodium out of all the ones I compared it to.

I never would have thought about that! Thanks for sharing! I have my yearly eye exam 3 days after my surgery, so I will most definitely put it off until I run out of contacts. I've used that site too and they have really cute and fun frames.

I'm not sure then... I'm sorry you're have to go through that, I know its aggravating. I had GERD really bad that eventually lead to vomiting everything I put in my mouth. All my stuff was normal...the only thing my surgeon thought it could be was that my band had become too tight. I had 6cc's at the time and had it all removed on 8/12 and haven't had a problem since.

LOL I better wake up with a sleeve...I just had to pay my $15,000.00 to my surgeon, the hospital, and anesthesia today and my pre-op is Friday...Happy Birthday to me!

Could be GERD...do you take any meds for reflux?

I started my clear liquid diet today...I hope I have the strength to make it through to the 25th!!