Truckerchic

Congrats! I am 6 weeks out and from reading this site you can tell all doctors have differ plans lol I could do gasx and my doctor gave of a RX a stronger form of it but I didnt need it...I had to take tylenol for pain every 6 hours the first couple days, I got sf liquid from hospital pharmacy before going home so I didnt have to crush. I was also given liquid oxy but I only used that for sleep for the first 5 days. I was told no vitamins until my 4th week check up and than its just the multi no calcium til 8 week check up. your first couple weeks your just focused on getting water and protein in this alone is an all day job in between walking and napping lol Good luck!

They do go away pretty quick, those cravings are in our heads and thru the process your thinking is going to change, not sayin you will never crave anything again but like I said after the first couple weeks they were gone and I think mainly because my thinking changed also.....because of my job/lifestyle I cant avoid eating out, when we do eat out I have no real desire or craving for those warm squishy foods I use to cram down way beyond the point of stop lol now only being 6 weeks out that may change but as long as I follow my I dont really see that being an issue....and believe me when I was at your stage I didnt think it could be true either lol

Im about 6 weeks out, the first couple weeks my head wanted my old comfort foods out of habit like at tv time, long stressful day etc but when I really thought about eating them it almost turned my stomach because I was not hungry at all....at this point I have stuck to the letter of my diet and I dont crave anything, the "joys"of eating is going away...which I guess is a good thing...my total focus is on protein not mmmm that sounds good....follow your plan and you will do great! Good luck to you on your big day

Thats great idea Turn the page! Also have you tried any sugar free cookies? Search for some recipes I bet Bariatric Foodie or World according to Egg Face will have a pouch friendly cookie....make health a family thing!

I use Celebrate Vitamins, they are a bariatric vitamin have to order online but they have vitamins in all forms for each stage, I have the flavor mix to add to my water (3 flavors)and also soft chew multi (2 flavors) and soft chew calcium (3flavors) they will send you a sample pack of almost everything they have for $3 which they give you a code to apply that to first order

I took 2 weeks off and wish I had taken more but had surgery end of Oct right at the start of our busiest month at work so had to...I am an over the road trucker and believe me its more than just sitting doing nothing by the end of my first 70 hour week I was worn out and I still am lol Anyways I found wearing a belly band or compression garment really helped with the soreness, very loose waist band on my pants. Good luck on your wonderful journey!

At 4 days I was only doing about 40 and wasnt til around 6 or 7 days I got my full 60 grams plus....I know you said full liquids but some docs allow greek yogurt, cottage cheese sf jello and sf pudding....I made sf pudding with protein and also used Unjury chicken soup flavored protein to break up the sweet but my favorite was adding unflavored protein to sf swiss miss ....they say to sip no more then 8oz an hour so go for the highest protein counts helps like Premier shakes have 30 grams of protein, they are premade come in chocolate and vanilla....my first week or so was spent water 1 hour protein next hour and so on all day, I even set a timer lol...good luck

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Mine was meeting with my NUT to go over my pre op diet and I met with the surgeons asst to verify which surgery and gave me my RX for all my post surgery meds so I had them ready...including how to give myself the shots, and than a quick visit to the surgery center where they asked a lot of same questions we have answered a million times lol

I found this very interesting info about our pouches http://www.gastricbypassfamily.com/pouchrules.html

Could you now be lactose intolerant? Have you tried drinking just a glass of milk? Its very common after surgery Also 4 days out dont stress to much about the 60 grams just sip water protein water protein....I was doing about 40 grams at 4 days and that was work lol can you have greek yogurt or cottage cheese?

Good luck, hope it goes quickly and smooth for you....I started my 6 month program first of Jan and didnt have surgery until end of Oct...its been a long year but so glad to be on the other side now...you will get there

I wasnt allowed vitamins til my 4th week, chewable once again every plan is different. I had my first egg at 2 weeks and it was like heaven lol but remember these stages are for a short time (I know feels like forever) and keep yourself busy head hunger can play a number on you

I was given liquid oxy for pain which I only used at night and I slept in the recliner for about 5 nights....as far as gas along with walking you can try gas x strips it may help again by day 4 it was far less painful. I had a small bowel movement on day 3 ...my doctor said to try Marilax because they dont want you to push to much so just use a stool softener if nothing after 4 or 5...but best to ask you doctor about that but dont use exlax

Thats awesome!

Congrats and welcome to the other side! Wish you a smooth recovery!

Glad your doing good! Sf swiss miss with a scoop of unflavored protein (unjury) got me by the first couple weeks lol

Looking good, great job!

Congrats on your wonderful journey, your doing awesome!

O how exciting! Keep yourself busy today lol I ran around catching up with everything I could just to make the day pass but come night I was like a kid on Christmas Eve, thankfully had to get up by 4 am to be there so a short nap was just fine with me ....good luck to you and keep us posted!

Even though this is ones own personal journey if you are married or have children this is going to change their lives also, as we move thru this process we are so focused on ourselves (nothing wrong with that) that we tend to not realize that this will effect your relationships around you. The ones closest to you love you and support you but who supports them? Some marriages dont survive this, some get stronger.. we can only be true to ourselves, but dont forget them in the process

Make a water bottle your new best friend, dont go anyplace without it...I bought 2 32oz plastic bottles from walmart and fill them each morning so I see my goal and I always have one within reach and just sip sip sip ...glad to hear your doing well though!

Glad your home! Im 6 weeks out and still dont feel hungry...my first week I had to force myself to sip sip sip just to get my fluids and protein in because I wasnt hungry....just follow your plan, your head and hormones will do some weird things over the next few weeks

6 weeks out I can say nope I have none, surgery went well, recovery has been smooth and so far knock on wood every new food I have tried has sat well....and should I even think o I kinda miss this or that I look in the mirror...so other than maybe having it done soon which had it meant to be it would have happened I have no regrets! Congrats and good luck!

Remember you will only be depending on shakes for short time before you add some foods...egg, greek yogurt, cottage cheese...so the combo will allow you to reach your daily goals