helladoll

I had found an article a long time ago when I was doing research about the sleeve that talked in detail about why the diet stages after surgery were important. Can anyone list kind of specific reasons for each stage so I'm not temped to get ahead of myself? Thank you!

Hiya, everyone! I'm a longtime lurker, first time poster. I wanted to finally introduce myself. I decided to go with the gastric sleeve after having been diagnosed with cirrhosis of liver, multiple hernias, a bad kidney, gallstones, arthritis, and an ulcer haha that's a lot going for a 27 year old mom. I didn't tell the public that I was having the surgery and other things taken care of at the same time. The only people that know are my fiancé, my mother, and 3 of my girlfriends. I had my surgery on 10/8/15, a day shy of a week ago. The day of surgery I weighed in at 254lbs. It's been a rough journey, very hard on my body and I've been in a lot of pain. Usually, being a roller derby girl, I handle pain well. It hasn't been the case this week. I've been suffering from a pretty bad sour stomach and haven't been able to keep much of anything down, but ice chips. Today I was able to tolerate a chocolate Protein shake. That's a huge step for me! Today, also, I weighed in at 225lbs. Pretty insane if you ask me. Anyway, hi!! I'll be posting a lot more often now!

You guys weren't kidding when you said all the bad after surgery would pass and I would end up getting a rush of energy and eventually eat things again. THANK YOU for keeping me strong!

. My dr said to not eat mashed potatoes because of all the carbs!! They are pretty much empty calories...try mashed cauliflower instead!! I was told to get anything I can down in the meantime. For a week, I couldn't even take in Water

It's crazy how much less you're going to be eating. I started the puréed food a couple of days ago. I'm basically living off of mashed potatoes right now. I'm a savory munched and can't get enough of them. I'll make a baby bowl worth and end up having two or three bites. Then I'm good for about 4 hours

I'm 1 week post op today. My NUT said it was a big deal for me to avoid extreme temperature liquids during this time, but all I can keep down is piping hot soup or freezing cold ice water. Anything room temp or Luke warm makes me hurl. Thoughts?

it's nice to see some people that had the surgery so close to mine! it's been soo hot where i am, i've just been chasing the toddler and doing the stairs a lot. i don't want to push myself too bad. i bent down yesterday and felt one of the incisions almost ripping. scared me back into place.

i think we had surgery on the same date, surgery buddy! i've been having a lot of trouble as well, even keeping Water down. today, though, i'm able to have cream of tomato soup and a small sip or two of milk. ice is great. i haven't been able to stomach Jello, broth, or my shakes and Vitamins much. i don't need to start taking my vitamins for another week, thankfully. hang in there, let me know if you find any tricks!

thank you for the warm welcome!