barebones

Hello everyone! I have searched the boards hoping to find an answer but I couldn't and so, I have to ask. I am 8 days postop and on the full liquid diet. I do shakes, pudding, jello, very bland actually - and (I AM GONNA BE BLUNT HERE) my poop has a very yellow color to it and an awful smell. I am sorry, I know this is TMI but I am counting on help !!!

4 months since surgery and down 74 lbs !!!

Dear Got2bethin, You hang in there - ya hear me ??? !!! Let me tell you, I am 4 months out and down 74 pounds. I too was in the WTF stage. I questioned daily why I had done what I had done.... I cried, I grieved. Today I went to the movie with my family and had popcorn !! Okay, I didn't get the buttery kind, but I ordered a small bag without the goo and ate it !! I go out with my family and eat very small portions of whatever they are having. What's my point ??? LIFE GETS NORMAL AGAIN !! IT REALLY, REALLY DOES !! I understand everything you are feeling and sympathize greatly, but you hang in there, life all balances out again in the NEAR future.... Life is good !! :

All this talk of salad made me want one !! So today I got the small strawberry/blueberry salad from Wendy's with chicken and it was awesome!!! No problems with it at all!!! I am 8 weeks out tomorrow. And down 50 lbs!!!

At what point can we have salad

Well we have even more in common !! I live in Mount Clemens, Michigan ! ! My daughter told me they call Fort Polk the armpit of the army !! She was in culture shock down there too !

I am with you kiwi. I try hard not to regret it but I am tired of the nausea, I am 2 months out. And I am sick of being sick!! But on the plus side, I have lost 49 pounds. Good and bad

You are the rarity, but we do see it sometimes, besides stones, some people have gallbladders that just don't do their job.

I don't vomit much but the nausea is constant. I don't have a gallbladder anymore ( removed 25 years ago) but I can tell you this, of it's GB - you will have pain. The gallbladder is a little holding tank for bile... Bile is made in the liver and when we eat something with fat in it, the gall bladder squeezes the bile into the stomach to break down the fats. If there are stones in the gallbladder when it contracts, it squeezes the walls against the stones and causes pain. Okay, there is the anatomy lesson for the day, yes I work in medicine and I will get down off my soapbox now. ; ). Just trying to help and I talk a lot!! Have an awesome day!!

I buy them online and at the Vitamin Shoppe. I have done so much online research for protein, gotta trust me on this one... They rock! ; ). Would I steer you wrong ??? Nah !!!

Quest are absolutely the best. No doubt about it. They have 20 g protein, very little sugar, fiber and no fat. The best part, they taste good !! Trust me, I have read every label on sooooo many bars these fit the bill perfectly !! Enjoy !!

There are a couple of posts about the quest bars. They are the absolute best !! High Protein, high Fiber, low sugar, no fat and they taste great ! My personal favorites are the cinnamon roll, the coconut cashew and the lemon cream pie !!! Yummmmmm. And I am very picky !!!

Yes and they will continue to stink and so will your poo!! More than ever!!

Pre surgery weight. 323 Preop diet. 312 Today. 276 Surgery date 7/11/12

Quest bars are awesome, low fat, low sugar and high protein and high Fiber !!

I have 9 and a large incision on left for big hernia repair. Plus 2 drains.

I am 7 weeks today. Going back to work next week and really nervous because of the way I feel. (was out a while longer because I also had a huge hernia repaired)

Uh oh !! I am in trouble or maybe my husband is a lucky man .... I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A CHEAP DATE!!!

You go girl !!!! Congrats !!!

I'm going on record saying that I have my regrets days. I am tired of the nausea and dizziness and fatigue .. I wanted to say it do I too can come back later and say it was worth it. I want that sooooo bad!!!

Hi everyone, just wanted to post a little something on protein bars I found. I have tried a couple of flavors and I like them. Here's the good thing about them. Low sugar, high protein, low fat, they are chewy but the chew into nothing, easy to get down and best of all, they are high fiber !! The only one I haven't liked do far is the chocolate brownie, kinda fake tasting. Anyway, you can get them online or at the Vitamin Shoppe, probably GNC too. They are called Quest Bars.

Have you tried all the flavors ??? Which do you recommend ?? I have tried the cinnamon roll - its awesome and the coconut cashew loved em both !