lauriev

I have done some carbonation since surgery, like others have mentioned let it sit for a bit and allow bubbles to dissipate before you drink and sip slowly. It doesn't make me sick at my stomach; it just makes me feel like I need to burp and can't if I go to fast.

That is the exact same timeline I had, my surgery was on a Friday and I was back at work the following Thursday. I have two co-workers that both had bypass surgery, they could not believe I was back at work that fast and that I could work the whole day. One of my co-workers told me that she was absolutely worn out from pushing her chair back and forth at her desk....

I had my surgery on a Friday and was back to work the following Thursday. Now, when I was at work that Thursday we didn't really do a whole lot (it was Christmas time and we had our company party that Thursday) then that Friday I flew to Florida for my college graduation ceremony. It was not too bad except that I had someone traveling with me that seemed to forget that I could not walk nearly as fast as they could so I always felt like I was 2 miles behind. After that I was back to work full time on the next Monday. I had an easy recovery so it was not a big deal for me.

I went to Florida right after my surgery. I stopped and bought some of the low calorie muscle milk at a CVS on the way to the hotel. I sure wished I could have found a GNC or something similar where I could have gotten an Isopure or a better quality shake, but what I got worked. I can never get the darn powders to mix right for me unless I use my blender so taking my blender cup would have been useless. Of course the last day I was there I finally found a nutrition store and bought a bottle of Isopure....figures.....

I had the same problem, thought I was coming down with something about 4 days prior to my surgery. I dosed down on Emergence C and Vitamin C....I was fine so hopefully things are going to be fine for you as well - I can tell you that sneezing and coughing is VERY unpleasant right after surgery.

I had the same problem, thought I was coming down with something about 4 days prior to my surgery. I dosed down on Emergence C and Vitamin C....I was fine so hopefully things are going to be fine for you as well - I can tell you that sneezing and coughing is VERY unpleasant right after surgery.

I am on every day, I am 9 weeks post op

eggs are not my favorite anymore, but a couple of times my husband has made hamburgers and I tried to just eat the patty - absolutely no way was that happening. I ended up feeding mine to the dog. Like a few others, I do ok with shrimp, haven't tried any other fish. I can do salad in tiny quantities. So far only two things that have made me really sick, a grilled chicken pita from a local Greek restaurant, not sure why either - maybe the tatziki???? and some chicken parm from an Italian place by the office - I tried to scrape off the sauce and breading, but it was a no go...

it seems like it takes me forever and I only eat a few bites....I need to time it and see really what it takes. I also notice that when I get full I get the hiccups, anyone else have that going on???? I would also like to know if at some point you get to finish a meal while it is still hot. It seems like my first bite or two is hot and the rest is cold.

Hey Beezy8, I have also gotten some of the chips off of the store. It was awesome to go grab a bag of chips for a snack one day, although I think I ate on it all day!!! who knew there would come a time when I couldn't finish a small bag of chips!

what will you do if later on you have any problems or other medical issues and they need to know you had sleeve? I guess I never really thought about that....and let me also add that when I didn't tell my husband, we are in the middle of a divorce and he would just judge saying I was getting surgery so I could get skinny and find a new man - NOT what I am doing at all....so while we are technically still married, we are not really in a relationship.

I am with you Joymarie333. I was sleeved on 12/4 and I am also down 25-28 lbs. I thought I was moving too slowly as well, people at work that don't know I had surgery haven't even commented on what I have lost. Not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing! I am not doing well on getting in my Protein and Water. I just can't bring myself to drink the darn shakes anymore (and of course I have a ton of them) I absolutely have to get on the program, I did not go through all of this to not follow the program!

Like I said in my other post response to you, I was in your shoes. Out of the few people I told I was thinking about this, only two were supportive and they have both had gastric bypass with my same surgeon. They are my go-to people when I have questions, and when we have group luncheons we buddy up. I usually tell people "she can't eat all that and I don't need to" when we share a dish so no one thinks it is weird. I have found it funny that I guess I am losing weight slowly enough that no one has even mentioned my loss. They all think that it is all attributed to my not eating bread, Pasta and rice. I even had someone in the office ask me if I knew what another girl in my group was doing to lose weight because she had lost a "ton". I just kind of chuckled to myself - I have lost roughly 28 lbs and no one has noticed. Now that I have told you that, let me also say that I have not been great about getting in my Protein and Water. If I would work the program I would lose more and faster.....and obviously that is what I want to be doing so I MUST get off my butt and handle my business. Once I start losing faster, it might be a little harder to keep it a secret.

I do not have experience with the procedure you are having, but I have done my surgery and didn't even tell my husband. He went to Chili the week after I had my surgery and he still hasn't figured out what is going on in my world. I told a couple of people at work but that is it. I have been able to keep things at a minimum by telling people I had my gall bladder removed, just a minor omissioin as I did have my gall bladder removed. Most people think this is why I have given up bread, rice, Pasta, fat...etc and then I just tell them that the liquid diet I did right after surgery must have made my stomach smaller and that's why I don't hardly eat anything any more. I eat a lot of Soup at lunch when we go out and take my lunch if we don't have vendors in. Now, that said. I didn't have any complications and was back at work three days later. I went out and walked the dogs and was getting around with no issues. If you have any issues it may not be easy to keep things a secret. I can tell you that I went out to lunch with some co-workers at three weeks out and ate something that didn't agree with me - while I don't think it was super obvious, I had to high tail it to the bathroom!!!! You need to be prepared for situations like that if you keep this a secret.

I am cleaning out the tupperware cabinet this weekend to get more containers that are "my sized"