JadedMage

First of all, DEEP BREATH! calm down! I am about 4 months post op, I wont lie, it was hard at first and I did have to jump through hoops to get it done. Second, If you dont do this now, you will regret it for the rest of your life. You are too young to have the problems you have and believe me, they will only get worse with age. Third, everyone, and I mean everyone, I dont care how much bravado they have, are scared when they go in for surgery, any surgery, you are not alone. Now to your questions: 1.How many of you needed your gallbladder removed? Was the option on the table to do it with the sleeve surgery? I already had my gallbladder out years before the surgery. From years of being obese and eating crap food, my gallbladder died. So if you dont have the operation there is a good chance you may have to have it out anyway. 2. Long term what Vitamins do you take and how many? I just take regular chewable vitamins, nothing extravagant. one a days and they are fine. 3. I got two body piercings a long time ago. Nose and ear. Both of which i got keloids from. Will my stomach react the same to the staples, infections? Anbody else who has piercings/ had keloids? Keloids is basically scar tissue. I doubt it will have any effect on your staple line 4. I have a retroverted uterus. Anbody else have it that has had this surgery? Any complications ( The two questions above are noted in my file to be discussed with my surgeon on nxt visit) I have the same and had no complications 5. Are there ever times when you can eat and drink at the same time? Even just a sip? I understand all the reasons why you shouldn't, just curious if months on out if its possible..my mind is having a hard time wrapping around that thought. Its usually a half hour before and half hour after, you get used to it, its not that big of a deal. 6. What happens if i do all the required visits and chicken out at the last minute? Now why would you do that if you have come this far. Imagine being 100 or more lbs lighter, it will happen if you do not chicken out! You have to live in your body, do not let anyone tell you how to live in your body. now go get'em!

i don't remember what my first real food was but I can say that I still drink Protein drinks, eat scrambled eggs and a lot of cheese and greek yogurt. Im about 4 months out now and there are still some things I just cant tolerate any more. Mostly its heavier and denser foods/meats.

ugh hope you feel better soon !

Good for you! You look great btw

best of luck, no matter what this will be the best thing you ever do for yourself

im over two months out and I still have problems getting some things down no matter how they are cooked. I usually just go back to it in a few weeks see if i can tolerate it then. If not, then I dont eat it again. Its really that simple.

Haha, i felt like that too at first, but then if you think about it, its all liquid in and liquid out of your stomach. Your stomach acts differently to liquids than it does solid or even soft foods. Beleive me, in a few weeks you will know you are full when you eat a 1/2 cup of something more dense and get that really uncomfortable feeling in your tummy!

I am a month out tomorrow, Im doing pretty good. I have to keep reminding myself to slow down because if it eat just one more bite, it hurts my tummy. Now that I have limited restrictions, I find that there is nothing really that I am craving.

Biggest mistake i made was with the baby food, YUCK, now i know why babies spit that stuff out!!! It was yucky, even the bananas and custard was gross and forget about the meat and veggies, yuck just yuck! Use your imagination, there are lots of soft / pureed foods you can have, I used to have protien shakes with 2 tbls of greek yogurt and skim plus milk for added protien, they were delish. I would puree chicken and add some sauce, or mayo same with tuna. cheese Soup was one of my favs and ricotta cheese, all high in protien.

hey everyone has different stories, I also had a hernia fixed during my sleeve surgery. It was hard at first and 3 + weeks out I still have some problems but Im loosing weight steadily which is what I wanted. sometimes some things go down hard, but then i take a deep breath and just relax and tell myself it will not always be like this. there are still some things I just cant eat yet, but that doesnt mean in a few weeks i wont try again. Im also paranoid about my hair falling out, you HAVE to get that protien in, HAVE to, if you dont want your hair falling out, and the Vitamins, eat them, chew them up. I use vanilla, body fortress Protein powder, with 2 tablespoons of green yogurt, 6oz of skim plus milk and a packet of stevia and a few ice cubes in a blender, thats about 42 grams of protein in just that one drink!!! Its really good, creamy, almost like a real milkshake! Also my dr recommended liquid Biotin 3000mcg in a bottle of Water to keep hair from falling out.

I took two weeks off only because i could. I think you should be fine in a week and two days, just make sure you take good care of your self for that time. Best of luck with your surgery!

Well what happened? Is everything ok?

best of luck!!!

maybe its the heat, try iced coffee see if that goes down better

haha I found it in the ethnic food isle of my local market, i think its thai peanut sauce, its got a zing to it very tasty!

I have to agree with Jamie, dark Urine is a sign of dehydration. then there is the swelling and it also sounds like you have gas. try some gas x strips, they desolve on your tongue. the swelling will go down in time I am also about 3 weeks out and had some adjusting to do at first also.

first of all i do not know how you can possibly be regretful if you have lost 100 lbs! hell yes this is hard work, but as for me, after being grossly overweight for most of my life I was estatic that I could actually GET this surgery in the at all. Also why would you even think that you "can never have...." again? where did you get that from? I mean I know right now (im 3 weeks out from surgery) there are some things I just cant have and Lawd knows i can only eat a half cup of anything at a time but thats what so great! Try to be creative with your food, you may be a lot less un-happy! I never had any self control and I always knew it was my portion sizes that were killing me, making me fatter by the day, NOW I just cant eat alot, this surgery fixed that 1 problem all fat people in the world have, no self control with portion sizes! Do not think for a second that I do not crave some of the stuff i used to eat, pizza, chinese food, mexican, but you know what? Its a small price to pay for extending the quality of my life, to live another year or two, to not have limbs fall off from diabetes, or have a heart attack or stroke because of my weight. Just think if this, how unhappy and regretful would you be in a coffin?

i have alot of hair and loose alot of hair anyway, I was told that is one of the reasons they tell you to eat your protien first and to get at least 60grams of Protein a day. I was also told that liquid Biotin (3000mcg) in a bottle of Water a day will help from loosing hair.

GAS??? use Gas X Strips, they melt in your mouth and work wonders!!! you wont be sorry!

I had my leak test the next morning, the stuff tasted like crap but i got it down and it was pretty interesting to see it go down and through my new baby tummy. As far as eating the wrong stuff too soon, you have to be an idiot to want to do something like that, why would you even go through this operation if you would do this. got to give something up right?

Sometimes some people are just mean and nasty like snake spit, dont listen to the nay sayers, you ARE doing great. Sometimes its hard to remember in this new life that instead of loosing a few lbs a week, we were gaining a few lbs a week. Loosing, as in weight, even if its a half lb, is a good thing.

I average a few times a week, always have even before surgery

Best of Luck to you, speedy recovery...

cheese omelette turkey strips with peanut sauce sloppy joes with melted cheddar and no bun chicken or turkey chili with cheddar meatballs (baked or boiled in sauce) parm with no roll or speghetti turkey and swiss (lunchmeat) roll ups mini quiche weight mangement oatmeal cream of wheat I can go on the ideas are really limitless!

oh its totally normal, i couldnt eat ground beef or fish just yet, but i will try again in a few weeks