bunnyboop

I'm finally back to the weight I was at before I went into the hospital -- my pre-surgery weight. It took 5-days. Everything from here on in is new weight lost. Given that I'm not particularly active yet, it's OK if things don't move all that quickly -- although I hope they do. Time will tell. Band to RNY revisions don't lose as fast and I've accepted that.

I'm not doing as well as you are. I was in the hospital for 2.5 days, but I didn't feel great when I got home. I had some pain and because of the hernia repair, a feeling of difficulty when breathing. I was on Oxycontin for the first 2-days I was home, but I'm on Tylenol now -- and only in the late afternoon and at night. I'm doing much better than I was and today I spent a good deal of the day dressed and either walking around doing things or on the couch, reading. I finally came up to bed in the late afternoon to nap. I still get very, very tired, but I'm only 5-days post surgery, so I guess that's to still be expected. I'm having a hard time getting in everything I'm supposed to be getting in regarding the post-op diet. I'm supposed to have 90 grams of protein per day in the form of shakes or another liquid, plus electrolyte drinks, plus water. The pea protein shakes I enjoyed before surgery taste disgusting to me now, so I'm having whey shakes which tend to upset my stomach (my bowels haven't fully engaged yet, so I figure I'll take advantage of that). I can't stand the taste of the Isopure or Gatorade -- so I hold my nose to get in the electrolytes. It's a lot of liquid to get in and I can't do it all. I'm doing the best I can. The nutritionist told me to concentrate on hydrating for now and we'll tackle the rest this coming week. I'm allowed cottage cheese, apple sauce, refried beans, etc. starting on Monday, so at least that will be less boring. I'm craving wanting to eat solid food, but I know it's all in my head and not a result of being hungry.

My surgery is scheduled for Monday morning -- Band to Bypass. I've had explosive diarrhea on the shakes -- both the whey Protein Shakes and the vegan shakes. The only Protein powder that doesn't seem to both my digestive system is Trader Joe's Pea Protein. I ran out of the TJ Pea Protein 3-days ago and started using the vegan protein powder (recommended by the dietician). For 3-days now, I've been feeling really sick -- upset stomach times ten. No fever or nausea -- it's not a virus. It's that something has disagreed with me in a major way. I feel exhausted and my head feels as though it's sitting in cotton -- I feel spacey. It's from having very little in my stomach -- just some Water and a little bit of plain yogurt today. Tomorrow I start the clear liquid diet. I've spoken to the dietician 3X since this started and she's not concerned. She feels if I go back on the TJ Pea Protein, I should be fine. The physician assistant says that as long as I don't have a virus, I'm good to go. I'm concerned. I don't have a virus -- I'm sure of that. But something is disagreeing with me big time and I'm wondering if it's all the protein? Has anyone else experienced this before? I'm hoping that things settle down when I go on the clear liquid diet tomorrow, but I would think the surgeon would want to see me and check me out given what's going on? Should I be concerned?

The surgeons office just called. They said that water can make me nauseous and they want to figure out what's causing the nausea. They want me to start drinking Poweraide or G2 to see if that makes me nauseous. They didn't say anything about Zofran for now. Herbal tea sounds good.

i'm 64 and I just had revision surgery (band to bypass), on Monday. I can't say that I feel great, because I don't. I feel sore and tired, but I'm going to go outside and take a walk in a few -- my bowels haven't kicked in since surgery and moving is the best way to get things back to normal again. I'm also slightly nauseous, but I plan on waiting until tomorrow to see if the nausea lasts before I call my doctor for anti-nausea pills.

I just had band to bypass conversion on Monday. I'm home from the hospital as of yesterday afternoon, but I'm having a hard time drinking the shakes. They are making me nauseous. The dietician told me to forget about them for now and just concentrate on hydration -- lots of hydration -- so that's what I'm doing. How about you?

I can relate. I think that eating will make me nervous too. My roommate in the hospital was in for some kind of gastric surgery, but it wasn't bariatric. She was 91 years old and sharp as a tack. She kept on asking me what kind of surgery I had and I kept on deflecting -- because I'm not yet ready to announce any of this to the world. My husband and my kids and two close friends are the only ones who know. I plan to keep it that way for the short-term. Anyway, all this woman kept on talking about was food. I was getting incredibly upset. It wasn't her fault -- she didn't know what she was saying was upsetting to me. But she was talking on the phone to her friends and I swear -- they were reading recipes to one another or something like that. I think the bariatric program needs to do a better job of matching hospital roommates. Because my roommate, as interesting and nice as she was, was a terrible match for someone who'd just had RNY. I was told that if a private room was available, it was mine, but they were very busy on the floor and all the private rooms were already taken. How restricted do you feel? I have to admit that I can't tell yet. I've been nursing a protein shake for the last 1.5 hours and I'll have another one for dinner, but I'm nursing it because I was told to sip everything very slowly -- I don't necessarily feel restriction. Then again, I'm only 2-days out of surgery and I'm sure my insides are not sure what's going either!

I wasn't weighed at all in the hospital -- not pre-surgery and not post-surgery and not before being released from the hospital. I know what I weighed before the surgery and I'm up -- which would be a major problem without this forum to turn to. Thank goodness I now know that what I'm experiencing is normal. There have been so many times in my life when I would try to diet and end up gaining instead of losing -- and seeing the numbers go up when I got home was deja vu all over again. I'll keep on keeping on, of course, but I think that people should be told weight gain is a side effect of having an IV. I'm finding that in order to get information from my medical team, I need to know the questions to ask -- and without a forum like this -- who would know what to ask? This forum is invaluable! Anyway, thanks for the information and know that you've done a really good deed today.

Thanks! I'm a bit annoyed that no one said anything about this -- a warning from the surgeon or the nurses on the floor would have been appreciated. How are you feeling? I'm feeling pretty good -- tired but good.

Yes -- I was on an IV. Do you think I'm retaining fluid from the IV?

I'm concerned. I had conversion from lapband to RNY on Monday. I lost 10 lbs. on the pre-op diet. All I had while I was in the hospital was some buillion and 2 shakes. I just got home from the hospital and I'm up 8 lbs. What's going on here? I'm OK with not losing in the past few days, but gaining???? Has anyone else had this happen to them? I'm a little freaked out here....

I'm having revision (band to bypass), on Monday morning (Yikes!), and I'm looking for a mentor/buddy. I'm nervous (par for the course, I would think), and of course, I want the surgery to be successful and I want to be a roaring long-term weight loss success. Anyone care to jump on the success bandwagon with me?

I hadn't thought about it before either, but I've had 2 c-sections, gall bladder surgery, and surgery for the band. So, there must be a fair amount of scar tissue there. Nevertheless, my surgeon does a lot of revisions and perhaps he didn't mention the possibility of not being able to do the conversion because he's really good and he's not concerned. OK -- that's the position I'm taking! No concerns! And you're right -- I need to be upbeat and positive here. You had your conversion 3-days ago and you're already online and all? I'm impressed! You must be home by now -- for how long were you in the hospital? It sounds like you're doing great -- I hope I do just as great as you're doing!

Glad to know I'm not the only one obsessed with their bowels at the moment. I'm feeling upset right now, because I just read that revisions (band to RNY), can only be done in 50% of cases due to adhesions. Once the surgeon gets in there and sees all the scarring, they can only do a RNY 50% of the time. My surgeon never said a thing about that as a possibility. Nothing I can do about it now, but I sure hope I don't come out surgery on Monday with no band (I do want the band out -- I hate that thing), and no RNY.

I bought a few bottles at GNC (had to leave in a hurry because the diarrhea was so bad I thought I was going to have an accident in the store -- I mean it was bad), but I haven't tried it yet. I'm afraid to try it. I feel fine today -- so the Trader Joe's pea protein is for me. I can't do the whey and I can't do the vegan stuff that the nutritionist recommended. I'm clearly sensitive to some ingredient in them. Now that I'm feeling well and not having the runs, I want to keep it that way. I'm going to bring the Pea Protein with me to the hospital and that's what I'll drink. I don't want to have the runs a day or two out from surgery. I'm afraid to try anything new or different right now although a friend bought me egg white protein powder at Trader Joe's that she says has the same ingredients as the pea protein -- so I may be willing to try that in the hospital. I need to be be careful. I have Crohn's and while I don't think the sensitivity has anything to do with Crohn's, I want to be very, very careful. I'm on the 2-day pre-surgery liquid diet today and tomorrow. The dietician recommended Swanson Thai Ginger broth. I'm sipping some now. That stuff is seriously spicy -- it has a major kick. It's quite good. I'm getting very nervous. Am trying to keep myself occupied. Monday morning at 6:30am begins the journey.....

I'm feeling better tonight, but I was feeling pretty terrible the last 3-days. I'm surprised they still want to do the surgery on Monday morning. At least on the clear liquids the next 2-days, my intestines will get a rest.