Trucker101

Hello Ya'll, I just got home from the hospital yesterday, after being there for two days. My surgery was on the April 29th, 2015. My left lower intesitnal area hurts thal region is sore worst, especially when i walk. ALthough my whole frontale region is sore as well. The staples are a little itchy at times. The biggest problem I think is gas. Make sure you get up and walk around often or it will build up on you. I'm drinking Water, grape Isopure and chicken broth. I did have a orange sugar free popsicle today just to add a little flavor to my day. I'm taking pain meds every 4 to 6 hours, gas x strips (very important), B-12 nasal spray, daily Vitamin (twice), blood thinner shot, and pain cream. I will be glad when this whole healing process is over. I'm having a friend bring me a tread mill tomorrow so I can walk more. I look forward to finding useful information here. Thanks! :-)

Three weeks out from surgery and I started my pureed diet yesterday. Refried Beans, cheese and hamburger meat never tasted so good. For Breakfast this morning i had a scrambled egg. My stomach started aching a little about 10 minutes after eating it and lasted about 15 minutes. I hope it doesn't become a problem because I like eggs. I had a Protein shake mid morning, and for lunch I will have more beans. My wife is making shredded chicken breasts in taco seasoning for supper, yum! I never thought I would be so happy to actually taste food again, it's great. In a few weeks I should be able to start eating solids again. I have one incision that still has staples in it and it's still leaking a little Fluid. It was infeted but the antibiotics are working. I will see if I can get the staples out tomorow when i gomsee my family doctor. Next monday I go back to the bariatric center for a conference room meeting with th doctors and other patients. They are supposed to go over what we can eat adn what not to eat in the future. Looking forward to it.

I just had my surgery at Forrest Park Hospital in Dallas, TX. by Dr. Bryan Brewer from the Barker Bariatric Center. I found out that the Barker Bariatric Center is where people go to get their botched surgeries by other doctors fixed. That is why I chose them. I'm happy with them so far. I'm healing up just fine. If you live in the North Texas area do your homework on your surgeon before going to have the procedure. FYI, I wouldn't recommend doctor Kim. I found out a lot of bad things about him after visiting his bariatric center that treats you like a piece of meat. Chances are if you go to Dr. Kim you stand a good chance of meeting Dr. Barker. Good luck

I'm looking to get the gastric bypass surgery very soon. I'm a otr truck driver and I'm trying to find as much information as I can for what I can eat from a truck stop if I have to eat at a truck stop. I can take some food with me in my truck because it does have a small refrigerator in it. However, being out for 3 to 5 weeks will make it difficult to take enough food for the entire time on the road. I appreciate the information that has been posted here. If any other truck drivers have anything to add, please do. Thanks.