tfoley1104

This is scary to admit because it means that maybe my surgeon isn't the best helper on this journey...but I haven't gone to a NUT with any of my pre-op or post-op appointments. My surgeon focuses on a lot of education, explaining why certain foods are good/bad, what I should/shouldn't eat, portion control, Vitamins, supplements....We probably spend about 80% of every visit talking about food, food choices, alternatives, suggestions... Is this the same as a NUT? I went to him because I felt like he was sooo comprehensive, but I wouldn't know if I was missing out on any services, would I?

I just can't believe that anyone is going to be *fat* from eating fruit.

10 days post op, doing really well physically....but cripes, all I freaking do is think about food! I had a painful surgery to help with food and all I can think now is when is my next meal, what should it be, will I keep it down or will there be a problem. On the one hand I know I'm not getting the calories/protein I need to be healthy yet, and I just have to keep at it and on the other hand..it's food! food! food! I'm still to tired/sore to really go do something and get my mind off it, my doctor doesn't want me to do any exercise for 30 days, so all I'm left with is being stuck at home and thinking of *food*. I think part of it is I'm so damn curious about what I can and can't eat now, I want to try things....but there's some part of my brain that has been thinking on a double cheeseburger for 9 days now. The cravings are really unbearable

@tfoley1104 oh how I can relate! after surgery that's all I thought about too especially when family is having your favorite food around you! I'm getting better with it though, like I have tried some of the old foods I ate before and just can't do it now. I am glad I at least tried them to realize that. I do daydream about food at times though. lol So far I've been able to tolerate *everything*, I'm so scared that I'm going to take a bite of double quarter pounder with extra cheese, extra onion and be a-okay

I don't feel hunger per say but the cravings haven't gone away

8 days post op here....So far I've been doing great with food. The cravings have been....so-so? I think they're more psychological than anything... But I am CRAVING fish. tuna, salmon....anything! Think I can give it a shot if I eat tinyitsybitsy bites and chewchewchewchew?

vgbranch, on 16 Aug 2015 - 21:19, said: Can you elaborate please? What happened after you ate the grapes? Who sent you to the emergency room? You were in the hospital for a week to stabilize what condition that was caused by the grapes? I'd love to hear more too - I was eating frozen grapes on day 3 or 4, pureed, and they're my faaaavorite snack if I need an energy boost.

I'm 7 days post op, got over the extreme pain post surgery and am getting into the swing of things. Here's the problem. I'm an extremely emotional eater. I get upset, food comforts me, brings down my anger, anxiety...but now I'm on an all liquid diet and for the last 24 hours I feel like I've been in a hulk-like rage. Now I think some of the things I have every right to be legitimately upset about (without getting into details) but I'm at the point where I'm tilting at windmills just to fight!!! I know I'm doing it and I can't. stop. I finally took a sleeping pill 20 minutes ago (the doc said it was fine) so I can just stop raging. Someone....please help. I feel like I'm on the edge of doing things that I can't take back with people I love. The only thing I can think of....I do have an old old stash of Mary Jane. I was always able to control my hunger when I smoked back in the day. Do you think that could help to get me over this hump? I know part of it is my body desperately craving sugar and food and delicious french fries and a sweet sweet burger......but none of the relationships in my life will survive if I can't control this - I'm a teacher, I can NOT go off on my kids the way I'm going off on people now or I will flat out lose my job when school starts in 2 more weeks - I SHOULD lose my job, I'm not fit to be in public.