PatientEleventyBillion

As we go on, with my experience of searching posts and talking in classes to those who have gone through this, is, as your stomach gets larger, it's more up to you and self-discipline to stick to the habits you intent to keep post-op. Me, for example, I fully plan on sticking to a 1000-1400 cal diet with very low carbs and high protein as long as my physical activity remains relatively low. Once the healing is done it's going to entirely require using the knowledge you've received over this span to dictate how your life is henceforth. I think @OutsideMatchInsideand others refer to this as "maintenance".

Wish you the best of luck!

Seeing a movie tonight so having wife sneak into her purse some meat sauce w/ground beef. Also bringing a large bottle of ice water. Might try a bite or two of her chicken nuggets just to see how well I tolerate it.

Why are you expecting to dump weight right away? Especially when you've been pumped full of IV fluids and your body is in a panic? Stick to the plan and chill.

This is probably the biggest change in our family's diet. I was a huuuuge pasta eater, and every time we'd go back to the US we'd get the Pasta Roni shells and white cheddar, combined with 1lb or more of lean beef. We'd also regularly have spaghetti and other pastas my wife would make. She's researching right now a way to make low carb pasta.. my diet has encouraged her to change things up. Being Asian she's already huge on eating rice. I've encouraged her to settle down on the portions, and doing my best to help her with her PCOS and being 70-80 pounds overweight before she has real trouble like I did. I've heard of shiritaki (sp?) noodles but no idea where to get those or how they'd taste. My reluctance to try anything new after all these years of hating virtually every food I've tasted comes into play as well.

Stop posting so much you're making me use up all my likes.

And now that I've searched this users posts, I just realized I'm feeding a troll. My bad.

We can't really tell you what will make you sick and what won't. You'll just have to use trial and error.

So do you also go to an alcoholics anonymous forum and brag about being able to drink booze? I mean, since we're talking about what works for you.

Wha?

Congrats on your vice. Soda was my vice too, and was the biggest reason for me as to: 1) Blood pressure and heart rate advances: - Peaked at 170/115 bp (WITH BP meds + metoprolol), RHR of 100-110 bpm - By the end of my pre-op diet and not a drop of soda, my BP was 105-120/65-90 and RHR was 50-60 - While sugar is the biggest culprit with soda in large quantities, caffeine plays a big role too. 2) Liver damage. One can of soda is too much sugar (thus carbs) for the body for an average person either sedentary or low activity. The liver has no choice but to convert the excess into fatty acids and distribute it throughout the body. It also begins replacing hepatocytes with fat causing irreversible damage. In some people this process happens slower so they won't see the damage until years later, but in others it happens faster. 3) Severe addiction issues. Given what it's done to me, in a much quicker span of time than it does to others, it makes no sense to have this crap anymore. Pure carbs, sugar, and caffeine with absolutely no nutritional benefit to it. While I don't begrudge others for making this choice, it's simply a dumb thing to brag about on a forum where people are trying to get off this stuff.

Whew..

Just be careful if you're going to any kind of concert where they mosh. Some people get a little out of hand, and you wouldn't want to be elbowed or hit with force in the stomach area. For me, the pain was gone a few days after discharge, however, there are still likely advisories against straining the muscles around the surgery area too much for a little while after. If you're going to one of those types of concerts where they just stand still and don't get rowdy, or where you're sitting in a seat, then ignore this post, you'll be fine. Just make sure you get as much rest as possible before because it's quite likely as the last poster said you'll still be tired out.

Regarding OSA and the surgery, for obese people OSA is associated with fat accumulation causing airway obstruction. For people who were not obese their whole lives, it would undoubtedly be a noticeable change in their daily lives when it comes to sleeping. The reduced amount of oxygen due to OSA means less likelihood of a good nights sleep, which means people will tend to be more tired as a result. Part of losing weight is the body burning off fat and proteins, so the reduced portion size aids the lifestyle changes made to reduce fat throughout the entire body, which should, in a normal circumstance, ease up the airway obstruction, if not resolve it (and thus the OSA).

Not only the above post, but the fact that your portion size is so dramatically reduced, so too is the cost. One can of refried beans lasted me 3 days, and that's having 1/3 a cup of it 3 times a day, which sometimes felt like too much.

Yes. In fact, especially pertaining to the sleeve, the more info, the better, especially at 2+ years out.

"Transsexualism" = pre-existing condition LOL Something you'd see on 4chan. Trump just praised the Australian HC system as well. Mixed messages. In the end, as an American, I wouldn't care if it was universal or just gutting the insurance industry making people negotiate directly with their care providers, as long as the US HC system has a serious overhaul. And I don't count insurance industry mandates like Obamacare, they clearly make things worse.

This is part of the reason I moved to Canada (wife is Canadian), rather than move my wife to California with me. This whole pre-existing debate and situation is ridiculous. I despise the insurance industry as a whole.

I concur with the above post, but moreover, fruits have ridiculous carbs. I only had smoothies during my liquid phase. Now that I just started soft solids i've already eliminated them.

Yesss. And when my wife gets her sodas from eating out, I tell her to get extra ice.. I empty out the rest of her drink and I just eat the ice. If you're weird and you know it clap your hands. *clap clap*

Water and ice chips 24 days out.. that's it?

Yes. GA causes more apneas. It's only a huge risk if the anesthesiologists and surgeon(s) aren't aware you have it. It also means you would require observation post-operatively until the effects of GA wears off. Because an apnea means so-and-such amount of seconds without breathing, your oxygen levels can plummet which can be dangerous to essential organs like the heart and brain if it's even more prolonged. Because it's an added risk it's always imperative to know, and ask, how it would be managed during your surgery and when you get moved to recovery (when you're utterly groggy). In any decent care they won't move you to any post-op room to be alone until you're safe enough in recovery and can manage on your own.

I feel alien liking plain old ice water so much. Anyhow, I started soft solids a day early, was supposed to start Thursday. Had some beans and block (grated) cheddar cheese melted in with the beans and a tad of mild sauce (all in all about 1/3 of a cup). Went down just fine, started to feel the restriction. Later will try Ragu meat sauce with super tiny bits of ground beef and see how that goes. Scrambled eggs possibly too. This is the part of the diet I've looked forward to so much. Eggs and beans are being permanently incorporated into my post-op diet whereas the meat sauce will give way to actual beef (like a burger) and chicken (tenders) in a week or two when I try that.