chrissythemoo

Wow! Let me know how you get on.

You know I think I came across as rather blase about it. They were quite shocked. Had I realised how rough I'd feel afterwards I might not have been so calm. Lol!

Lol, I was the same, dead calm. Freaked my nurse out too!

How bout you do the 5/2 plan. Be really good for 5 days and then enjoy what you like for 2 days. You might then be able to stay good for the 5 days knowing there's a treat at the end of the tunnel. The thought of being good forever is very daunting and can lead people to 'fall off the wagon'.

You ate solids? Or is a magic bullet some kind of blender? Luckily I have a food processor. For when I go back to work I've ordered a gadget that steams and then purees foods. Is really for making baby food but if the cap fits! Lol

Hi Rob, it tasted really nice, just had another bowl for dinner. I'm over in the UK and things are slightly different here. Didn't have to do pre- op diet, just not eat for 24 hrs before surgery. My 'last supper' was a KFC. I was even allowed to drink water until 6am on the day of surgery. ( my surgery was at 11 am). Although on an iv drip, I was taking occasional sips of water within a couple of hours of surgery. And I was not restricted to clear liquids in my first week. So, from the day I was discharged I've been having shakes and soups. 13 days to go until I can move on to pureed foods and really looking forward to a pureed cottage pie! Lol!

Hey guys, hope you're not feeling too rough. When I first came out of surgery I thought ' oh my god, I've made a huge mistake' it felt so bad. But one week later and feel so so so much better! Hope you all make a rapid recovery! X

Hi Rob, I'm 8 days out today and have lost 14lbs. Strangely I have felt no itching but I have district nurses coming out to change my dressing and they say its healing well. I had the single incision and have what looks like a frowning navel now. Lol! I have been having problems keeping my complan shakes down so contacted my surgeon's senior nurse practitioner who said as long as it can be sucked up through a straw I can have it. ( not allowed to actually use a straw though). So, today my mum kindly made me chicken and vegetable soup which we blended to within an inch of its life, added water to thin the mixture out and hey presto, a gorgeous protein enriched soup. She also said if you add a scoop of milk powder to whatever you're having it will give you the protein you need! Gonna have beef n vegetable soup tomorrow!

Originally I was going to travel from London to Prague for my surgery and fly home one week later which was considered safe by the surgeons. Thankfully I inherited enough money to be able to have the surgery in London as I felt so rough in the first 5 days I'm not sure I'd have coped in hotel.

Hi all, can anyone tell me at what point you are no longer at risk of a leak. Am slightly paranoid and need to know when i can relax about this. :-)

Thanks guys. I am currently reading 'The big book on the Gastric Sleeve' and the very first case history was a horror story where this woman got some type of pneumonia a couple of days after discharge. Then she got a leak and then another leak 6 months later. Didn't help my paranoia! X

Love it! I am 7 days post-op today and can report with pride that last night I did my first, proper, fully formed poo! Lol! I have never been so excited by a bowel movement! Up till now I've had diarrhoea daily. I am so happy! Lol!

Sorry, that should have said 1 week, not 1 day.. Doh! Lol

You're going back to work after 1 day? Wow! I booked 3 weeks off. Hope you're job isn't too strenuous. X