Ophelia Wilde

Has anyone tried the mars/snickers/Milky Way/yorkie protein bars? My surgeon is encouraging me to eat protein bars to keep my calorie/protein content up and is happy for me to eat garbs (I’m 7 weeks out). Any bars I’ve tried so far have been urgh & thought these might be better? Chocolate wasn’t a slider for me before so I’m not as worried about getting back bad habits

Hi all, i hope you are all doing well!! I’m 11 days post gastric sleeve. Everything was going fine until today when I’ve been struggling with extreme pain around my main incision. My tummy around it seems to be very sensitive to the touch & swollen, although the wound itself looks fine. I’ve reduced my painkillers to half today which I’m thinking might be the problem. I’m wondering is it normal to have such extreme pain 11 days out around the main incision? And whether the painkillers have just been really masking it to now? any hell would be much appreciated! Thanks all, Ophelia.

Thanks Margo. I just spoke to my surgeon and she thinks I pulled internal stitches too. Nothing too serious thankfully - it just means a week of more pain & lots more painkillers.

Hi Russ, I did increase my activity on Saturday. However I’m wondering if I may have pulled an internal stitch as it’s now sore when I eat as well as move which it wasn’t before.

Hi all, I became a “sleever” two days ago in Dublin, Ireland. I didn’t stick to the pre-op diet but the surgeon thankfulky wasn’t too concerned and let me go ahead. The operation itself went well but I was in a lot more pain than I expected immediately after it and since - particularly around the wound site which makes it difficult to walk. Luckily I’ve had no nausea and seem to be tolerating foods ok. Yesterday my surgeon had me on a protein drinks only diet and today I’m on soft foods including Weetabix, scrambled eggs etc - all going down fine so far with no nausea. The biggest struggle has been getting enough fluids but I don’t seem to be alone in that. The best news has been that in the time since the surgery my blood sugars have already dropped from 12 to 5.9 which is the lowest they’ve been for years. I know I’ve a long way to go but I’m delighted that at the very least I’ve joined the journey with you all!