sammywammy

I forgot to ask during my pre-op appointment and my surgery is next Wednesday. I'm Catholic, and I'll be attending services the Sunday following services. I'll still be on a full liquid diet, also I can't receive the host, but what about after? It's not even something I thought about until my dad asked..
Anyone have any experience with this? LOL It feels like a silly question but I'm still curious.

I found the transition to solid foods to be hard. I found that softer foods such as chili and Soups went down much easier than harder foods such as steak and chicken. So I rely primarily on softer foods. I am over 3 years post op. But my stomach is far enough along that I eat an occasional steak. I wrote a short article that included recipes at the end. http://www.breadandbutterscience.com/Surgery.pdf
As your meal volume increases, if you rely on high Protein meals, you can start to cut back on the Protein shakes. This is because your Protein requirement is met by the protein from meals combined with the protein from supplements (protein shakes, protein bars).

HI Sammywammy, I'm 5 months out and promise you it does get better, albeit slowly!! Along my journey I have experienced stomach aches, shocker tummy rumbles, terrible (sorry tmi) smelly wind, PLUS many trips to the bathroom , nausea, stopping on the side of the road to vomit and the odd occurance of dumping. I still sometimes eat something (or a combination of foods) that makes me feel queezy or that sends me to he bathroom in a hurry. The first year is trial and error, and everyone is different about what they can tolerate. Some weeks it feels like Im back to square one and can barely get anything down, then the next week Im eating like a horse (well a small horse thats had GBP ). I now have some "safe" foods that I fall back on. You will find yours in due time.

Precisely why we are given a volume to eat. For example....a meal size equals 1/4 cup or less in volume.
Please connect with your nutritionist and surgeon to get a clearcut understanding of the volumes you meals should consist of.
Eating until full is a flawed concept.

Oh my goodness!! It had to have been bad to have ice day and night. And your right not even gently tapping helps. I'm to scared I'll open the incision back up. Lol The worst feeling is having an itch and not being able to scratch. I will try benadryl I don't know why I didn't think of that. Lol Thank you???? ♡sammywammy ????
I hope you feel better soon also. ♡sammywammy ????

Unfortunately itching is part of healing. It will past. Try not to scratch and maybe even try a little benedryl. It will take the edge off.
I know this feeling oh so well. I had Brachioplasty 3 weeks ago today and I have incisions from my armpits to my elbows. Unfortunately I am alergic to the mesh covering or the surgical adhesives used and I have to wait until Monday before that gets better.
Nothing is working for me with the exception of gentle rubbing and ice. Until two days ago I had ice on my arms all day and night because I could not stand the itching.
I do remember having this issue with my 7 post op incisions for RNY as well where they used surgical adhesives to take care of it.
I do hope you feel better soon!