andreaharper

Hi all! Dad is having surgery tomorrow morning, he's nervous and excited - as to be expected. We've got all his liquids prepared and ready - my questions is (and forgive me if i posted this in the wrong area, I couldn't find any other posts addressing this)... To all the sleevers out there,when you first came home, did certain smells affect you negatively. We're trying to figure out what my mom should eat in the first week or two that will not make him queasy by the smell - or sad because he can't have it (like the smell of popcorn, how it instantly makes you want popcorn even when you weren't hungry). She will be eating pretty much what he eats once he gets to solid food stage. She just wants to make sure she doesn't warm up any food that might be "offensive" - she's been eating his pre-op diet, and is cool with the no-carb no-sugar thing. Any tips you can offer would be great. She's a super supportive wife and wants to be proactive about doing what SHE can to make the process easy.

Thanks so much for all the advice, "way to gos", and support. Dad's surgery went well, he's in his hospital room now. In very little pain, and able to ambulate well. Dr. said his stomach was bigger than most that he sees, so he feels this will be tremendously helpful for him. He's positive today, and looking forward to the future. I appreciate the thoughts on "not wanting others to hide what they eat" or "protecting him" these are good thoughts - and reassures us of what we were already thinking. So thanks to you all - and I wish you all continued success!!

Hi Ann! Thanks for your thoughts - and congrats! I completely agree - and i'm sure my mom has already removed the candy bowls, i'll ask her tomorrow when we're in the waiting room. And YES, I 100% agree with you about Dad being responsible for everything! I feel that if he feels empowered to speak up when something makes him feel nauseas at the beginning, because he knows we will understand is a good thing. And, I can only imagine that at first, it might be nice to not have temptations around if we can control that. Empowerment to know that he can abstain from whatever - hopefully will make him feel like he can face any situation where there will be temptations and know exactly what HE needs to do to be his best healthy self. I'm so proud of him, and I hope he's proud of himself for taking this step. Thanks again!

Congrats to both of you on your weight loss, those tickers are impressive! Thank you for your thoughts, it's kinda what i imagined - that we'll just have to wait and see what smells make him queasy. And his all time favorites is a great idea, eliminating those - he always liked to have candy sitting around in bowls - which my mom could care less about - so getting rid of those first is a good idea. Thanks again, we're a close family and we're all excited for him to get his life back and feel better. Hopefully I'll be able to get him on this forum post-op!! Thanks!!