UMDiva02

Hi, looking for people who had surgery around the same date I did so we can compare our progress and help support each other as needed. I am older than most of the people having the VSG (I am 68), my BMI was 67.1 when I started 2 weeks preop. I started at 310 lbs and lost 15 lbs by the day of surgery but then on postop day 3 I was up to 299 lbs. I had been on BP meds and one of them was a diuretic (Water pill). They had me stop that 2 days postop as I left the hospital (so I wouldn't get dehydrated) and I am only down to 298.2 lbs today (down 11.8 lbs since I started but less than 1 lb since surgery). I'm a nurse and I know the problem. I have retained Fluid in my calves, ankles and feet that has stunted my wt loss. The good news is I'm off all 4 of my BP meds already and I think I may have started to stop retaining anymore fluid. Time and the scale will tell. I haven't gone off my prescribed diet at all. I am on post op day 12 and I still am only allowed (mandatory: 2 Protein shakes a day plus 64 oz water minimum) plus broth, diet koolaide, and/or diet jellopopsicles as desired. I'm tolerating them but the broth is all I really enjoy, I have 1 cup broth per day (but it has 880 mg sodium in it which I know is too high). I am healing well except for redness and itchiness around all my 5 incision sites. They think it is an allergic reaction to something but not sure what. Well, that's pretty much my story, If anyone wants to comment, please do. Happy July 4th by the way. :0)