goodlife

I am probably speaking out of turn as I've not even had my sleeve surgery yet, but here goes.

I do not understand why a doctor would release a patient who can't even swallow enough Water to prevent dehydration! This is something I will be discussing at my surgical consult June 17th.

Is it because we are having an elective surgery? Like I said I may be speaking out of turn, but I think you should still be in the hospital on an IV till you can at least swallow water! :001_smile: Shame on your doctor!!

Kitty...she can drink Water just fine...it's the amount of Protein she's able to get in now that she's worried about.

Nobody is going to drink 64oz of Fluid a day when they first come home nor do they expect you to.

The hospital will make sure you can drink an adequate amount to stay hydrated before they release you.

I didn't even worry about Protein at all until day 5 when I could start drinking my Protein Shakes. That's what my surgeon told me to do. The most important thing in the first few days was getting in the fluids.

And it definitely gets easier!

Congratulations on your surgery Bevanne...glad it went smoothly for you.

Looking forward to reading more from you as you start down Sleeve Row!

I have creamed Soup once a day...usually for dinner and about a cup at a time..but they were thin. I had it not for it's nutritional value but just for something different to eat. In other words, I didn't want to fill up all day on that knowing I needed to get my Protein in.

I got all my Protein from protein shakes. I still do mostly although I'm moving on to soft foods so slowly getting protein from real foods now.

I can't stand the Isopure drinks at all and I don't like the unflavored Proteins either at all.

I mix all of my Protein Shakes with Water even though they told me I could mix them with skim milk or carb countdown milk. I figured the Water was working for me why change it.

I'm really into gladiator smoothies right now. I bought a tub of the vanilla and a tub of chocolate. When I have the vanilla, I add a banana to it..depending on how many carbs I've had that day. If I don't need anymore carbs for the day I'll make a chocolate smoothie.

My surgeon told me to expect to be tired and low energy for a few weeks. I still get pretty tired in the afternoon/evening but it's getting better.

The longer out you get the easier it should get you to drink more and get in those amounts.

Good luck to you!

I looked kinda pregnant when I came home I was so swollen....but other parts were swollen too...my ankles hands everything.

After about 5 days it went away....except the tummy that took a little longer.

I really think it's true that we need to give our bodies a jolt once in a while so that it doesn't get too comfortable in a routine.

What are your plans for here on out? Are you going to go back to your regular eating habits and then just do the increased calories every few days or once a week or something?

I think it's totally normal. I didn't have a whole lot of the gurgling and growling...probably cause I burped like every 5 seconds non stop for the first week or so. I still burp but not nearly as often...after every meal I burp a lot though. It's quite funny.

Also liquids go through our tummies pretty quickly. Even if you take a sip too fast or drink too much to quickly and get that pretty full feeling...for me at least it goes away within just a minute and I go right back to drinking.

As for low long it takes you to drink a glass of Water...it seems that everybody is different. I never really had a problem drinking and could drink pretty normal drinks within just a few days. Thank god for crystal light and sf koolaid cause I really don't much care for plain Water unless I'm really hot and really thirsty!

woohoo!!

How's the knee?

what is nutella?

Glad you got all that straight.

Hope the otc omeprazole helps you!

woohooo!! Congrats!

Welcome to the.....OTHER SIDE...bwahahaha.

Excellent! Been waiting all day to hear from you.

So glad you posted.

Congratulations to all you March sleevers!!

Sounds like you're all doing great!

I love to come in read your progress....as I'm an April sleever and a month behind you guys!

Well you're either already out of surgery or in surgery about now...HOpe it all goes well and can't wait to hear from you when you're up to posting!

Oh Sassie..I'm so sorry to hear that!

Are they going to have to go back in to do more repair work or what's the plan of action?

We'll all be praying for you that they get this resolved.

And we're all here for you!!

Hope everything went well and can't wait to hear from those of you who had surgery today!

so are you going to start calling you skinnyjay after this?

lol

Good luck...come back and update us as soon as you can!

Woohoo...good luck to you!

You're going to do great.

You'll be back here posting and chatting with us in no time!

Yes indeed...if you can beat cancer, this ought to be a walk in the park!

Good luck!

I ordered a DVD from Amazon.com to learn some of the Water aerobic exercised. My pool is finally finished being repaired and I'm about to go and get in it right now!

I have bad lower back problems so I figure this is a good way to start that would be low impact on my back.

The nut should give you some guidelines.

And if she doesn't volunteer any, ask for some!

I should have clarified my original post. They told me 800 but that I wouldn't get there for a while...currently I'm getting in about 600/day.

Jerry! Don't think the worst!

It's probably nothing.....have you ever had any problems with DVT before?

What kind of stool softener (not laxative) can I take that comes in a pill form?

Goodlife--SOMEONE that likes Crawfish-finally! I am much farther along and I can eat almost 2 lbs of them...they are LOVELY, and so LOW in fat etc.

Sorry Immore, for some reason I thought you were 11 days out--I think that was the previous post I had read. At 6 weeks my doc told me to eat it all--I was adament I could NOT eat anything but soft stuff, he literally had to make me eat soft fish, told my husband to go directly to Luby's and purchase me a dinner. After I got over my fear that my sleeve would somehow unravel I have been able to eat all my protein--not drink it!

HA! I'm a coonass through and through...I was born eating crawfish in my momm'a milk! LMAO.

By the time I can have them again, crawfish season will be over....but I'm already looking forward to next year!

I can't wait until I'm far enough out that I can have a little taste of whatever I'm craving!