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I am STILL burping and I'm 9 days post-op. Especially if I forget and drink too quickly. It is less now than it was. At first, it was like a burp would feel like it was stuck and be painful. Now they come out. I'm pretty sure it's all that gas they pump into us. It's got to go somewhere. Pain meds at night for me is a MUST. Just too painful to sleep comfortably yet.

Have you tried the nectar Protein? Made by Syntrax...I get it from www.vitacost.com VERY tasty. Fuzzy Navel is my favorite, kind of tastes like Tang. Great in the morning. And my go-to protein supp is Optimum Nutrition's Gold Standard Natural 100% whey (no sugar) in chocolate. It's the black containor with a yellow label (not red). I make that one with 1/2 cup Water, 3/4 cup of milk, 3-5 ice cubes and a scoop of the protein. Yum. AND congrats on the 7 pounds gone forever!!!

Bean soup? Yeah, me neither. It will be a full month before I'm on "regular" food. I have two weeks of full-liquids, then a week of pureed...baby food, then a week of soft foods and then on to regular foods, but slowly, one at a time. Also, the BACK PAIN! Yikes, me too. It is just now getting better...I agree, must be how they positioned me on the table. But for whatever reason, it still hurts and I'm on day 9 post-op. I will tell you this though, if I get in 3 Protein shakes a day (breakfast, lunch and dinner) and some creamy soup or yogurt in between and at least 2-3 (mostdays I can only manage 2) 20 oz bottles of Water, I feel pretty good. I still cannot bend to pick something off the floor...my middle still hurts. But if the floor could meet me half way, then it would be fine. And not to be gross or overshare, but did anyone else have diahrrea for the first week-ish? I know that gas they pump you full of has to get out somehow. However, I didn't expect it to bring friends with it. Especially given the clear liquid diet I was on pre-op. I can say that as of two days ago, it finally stopped. Thankfully, cause those first few days you cannot move really fast and that situation was making me need to move rather quickly. As for pain meds, yeah I stopped taking those during the day about 4 days ago and was only taking them at night. I went back to work the day after I got home from the hospital (no freaking out, I work from home), but was having loads of trouble talking to clients and trying to be coherent. Thankfully the pain started to diminish quickly and this week I only take some at night to make sleeping more comfortable. Although, they kinda stick with me. Think they get stored in your fat stores and as you are losing weight, the meds get released, built in time-release so-to-speak. But they do help with making moving more comfortable at night. Now, I'm moving on to intentional exercise. I like the 10 minutes 3 times a day. I think that would be perfect right now. And in a week-ish, I'm going to add strength training...light strength training, mind you. Not interested in pulling incisions open.

It does get easier as the days pass. My surgeon said that each day I should feel a bit better. And she was right I do. Getting things down at first was hard. I just tried to do a little better each day. It still takes a while to "eat" anything. And when I made the mistake, just today, of taking in my protein too fast (like I used to drink) I certainly feel it. Not comfortable at all. If all you can do is a little bit, then do that little bit. And try to do a little bit more next time. I'm only now getting in all the protein per day. And it's tough...I HAVE to plan it. And remember to take my time drinking it.

Had my surgery back on the 10th...so 8 days post op. Cannot wait to get to the baby food stage so I can "chew" something. And have something that is not sweet. I've always been all about the sweets, but yikes all the protein supps are sweet. My only salvation is the occasional cup of creamy soup. I really look forward to that. I love the sleeve...just can't stuff myself and am satisfied on so much less. Not that I stuffed my face before, just too much for me...obviously. Had a few days of emotional bouts. Honestly, the meds kinda add to that. And even though I'm only now taking the pain meds at bedtime...they linger. And the weight is beginning to come off. I am the queen of retaining water so the first few days I was home, I looked like my ankles and feet were stung my a hive of bees. Better now, and after that loss, the scale has begun to drop for real. Just looking for others in the same boat.