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AshleyMichelle, FYI. I have found that Vanilla protien powder, CVS sugarfee orange flavored fiber and a handful of frozen rasberries or blue berries. shredded and mixed in a blender is a flavorful drink. it has everything! RJ

FLUFFYMOM, Thats excellent, your in the right frame of mind. stay positive and stay focused see you on the other side. Best wishs for Friday RJ

Baconville, CONGRATULATIONS , Welcome to the other side...Hope your recovery is quick and painless as possible. RJ

Are you having some thing close to your bed time? it dose not have to be alot of food , preferably high protien . since your asleep for eight hours you need something light to get you throught the night . ( my personal opinion ) If it persists check with your surgeon RJ

Baconville, Don't get freaked out! your in good hands, this is not their first time at the rodeo. RJ

Purplecarnation , I am in the same boat as you on the not having any feeling of fullness ( mine also is hunger ) my Surgeon said this is perfectly normal , They told me just make sure im measuring my fluid intake and one indicator if you are getting close ( over 2oz. ) is you will belch! Now that i measure all of my fluids I feel fine and somewhat in control of whats going on ! GAS ..Humm not sure about that, didnt have that issue , Ask your surgeon Constipated , I was told to add fiber to my meals to promote regularity ( it works ) but again,check with your surgeon Hope you feel better soon RJ

Jeep chick42, It will move, your body is in turmoil, give it time the weight will start to fly off so fast people will have to duck! RJ

Be careful it is G3 - Gatorade .... not any of the others!!!! Its in a twisted looking bottle and han has RECOVER pronted on this PLEASE BE CAREFUL ... Most convience stores carry G2.... huge diffrence

Hello hek1127, A drink my nut recommended for something that is tasty and you can carry ( i commute to work here in Philly) and has 16 gr of protien and counts towards your fluids is Gatorade G3.... found it at target for $1.59 per bottle its not bad ...kiwi strawberry has a " unique" taste. but the other flavors are not bad. hope this helps :-) RJ

bjroberts, tried. 98 % fat free cream of chiken soup today, put it in a blender and added 1 scoop of unflavored protien powder (18 grams of protien) and a touch of ceyanne pepper for some zing! first of all it was excellent and secondly the protien powder made it thicker and did not effect the taste...this goes on my permant shopping list! oh and a tip i picked up from another RNY Talk member that really works is get some baby spoons. it defintly takes you longer to eat your soup! got ones that look cool they are called "Munchkins" 6 for $2.99 have a great evening RJ

Well its gonna finally happen in under 12 hours. tomorrow at 6:00am i will be admitted and what i have worked so hard for over the past 9 months will finally happen. bag fully packed, hydrated and ready to get it on! i will no longer be ' pre-op' ........i will post in a couple of days my experience.. peace out RJ

Dear pittguy & iamworthit , Thanks for the support , I am adapting to the new way of life fairly well , the effort and need i world expend expend on eating and thinking of eating and planning on eating is gone !!! the takeout buisness in Media has taken a mighty hit! I am convinced i have the cleanest most organized apartment in Media hands down. keeping focused on getting my eating/drinking schedule correct , and thath seems to keep my mind off of food also i clean to occupy my time i have cleaned ..... EVERYTHING. found myself washing my refrigator magnets ... am i bored or what I think once i get back to work i can direct most of that extra energy to my job. Lord help them ! Have a great weekend RJ

Hey everyone, 10 days out and doing amazingly well. Getting my protiein, fluids and vitiamins. have had no real bad side effects .walk almost every day ( weather permitting ) past couple of dayshave been beautiful and i have been walking between 1 mile and a 1-3/8 mile hopefully next week kick it up to two miles ....this is a huge improvement to 6 months ago was avering 100 yards and needing to sit down and take a rest I live in a quaint little town that has been around for Approx. 200 years , some very old Historical homes and building on every block, Its amazing what you see if you just walk around and look ... Hope everyone is comming through this ok ? Have a great weekend RJ

Sip By Sip.....Take your time and "TRY" to get in all of you fluids and protien. while this is very important it may take you a day os too to get into the groove. be patient....this is s learning process im 8 days post-op and just learned last night that since the nerves in your pouch are not really active "yet"..... a good indicator of fullness is belching. just measure out your shakes, water etc. and just a sip or two then wait. my surgeon has in my pre op book i should be able to intake 6 oz of water per hour if i sip it.....check with you instructions/surgeon for their expectations.... good luck. keep us posted. RJ PS: WELCOME! to the other side

Socalma, Congratulations , You'll be fine , this is not the first time for your team and if you follow what instructions they give you post -op you will get through it . Just rember to walk walk walk when they allow you to it helps relieve the pain and works out the gas . Best of luck to you RJ Post -op 7 days

bjroberts417, I spoke to my NUT yesterday she said to stick with reality that I have a 2oz pouch and be mindful of the amount you drink and stretch out the time intervals between sips. From what i have read here and diffrent articles, the pouch has been tramatized by the surgery and is nor reporting back to the brain corectly ...YET!! so you may be full and since you pouch is not giving the correct sensory outputs it could be troublesome. The pouch will self correct this deficeny shortly but it needs time to heal That info alone stopped me and throttled back the way I was intaking fluids. it makes sense to me but, Im going to ask that question to my surgeon next thursday. until then.. sip sip sip .... Protien, water vitiamins .....sip sip sip .... exersice .....Protien, water vitiamins....exersice....sleep ! Regards The Incrediable Shrinking Man :-)

Lisa R, sounds like you are having the same results . made 800 calories today and drank at regular intervals but never a full or hungry sensation. im just going to measure everything and listen to my body. see my surgon on the 27th .....so far so good thanks for the input :-) RJ

thanks jeepchick42 its tough to quantify since i have no point of reference. i just follow my surgeons instructions. i guess when i make it to the pureed food stage the 2-4 tablespoon rule of thumb will make more sense.