zombieskayer

I can't wait until my first appointment on Tuesday. If my scale in my bathroom is right I've lost 10lbs since surgery but i'm holding my breath until I see the doctor to confirm.

I had mine on the 20th and it was 4 days in when it hit and now mentally I crave so much but I personally know it's not reflux because I had reflux before surgery so I know my reflux issues. So many people talked about not having hunger after surgery but mine woke me up in the middle of the night and was like "Hey you, what are you doing? Eat something!"

I use the barifusion vitamin (mostlly because my doctor gets them in and you can buy them from him like $5ish cheaper

I feel this, I stopped soda after my first appointment with the nutritionist pre-op. I haven't had a single craving until last night. I had a dream that I chugged a 32oz cherry coke and ate an entire take out container of shrimp fried rice. Woke up with my stomach hurting (sympathy pains from the dream? haha). The gas pains aren't worth it I just know it.

Everyone is different. My mom had hers the day of Thanksgiving and 4 days post op other then not being able to bend over without discomfort she felt fine, in fact she felt so good that she over did it and pulled something in her stomach and had to be put out of work for even longer. Myself though, I didn't even leave the house until day 5 (because it was Christmas) and by 5pm I felt exhausted and I could barely stay away. I also had to sleep on my couch because sleeping in my bed was absolutely painful. I slept in my bed the first time last night with minimum discomfort. I went to wal-mart to do some shopping today and I was there about 40 minutes and only the last 5-10 minutes of the trip. I find getting in and out of the car has gotten easier too. I'll be honest I haven't taken any pain meds since I got home from the hospital because they were making me throw up. They also didn't give me liquid they gave me pills and it's awful to swallow I choke on them. Today has been my best day by far. I even cleaned up some mess from the Christmas chaos yesterday. My doctor said the best way to heal is to get up and move. Take it slow but don't be a couch potato all day. It can only go up from here!

This is what I want to know. The first two days I could only get 8oz in of fluids now I get around 30 or so and I just feel full all day. I'm 6 days post op.

Had the same problem the other day. I was in the shower and everything went black. It was because I didn't have anything to drink yet that day. I had a powerade zero and felt a lot better afterwords. Really push those fluids.

Amazing!!!

Mine was on the 20th!

I was smart and asked for Christmas from my family this year leggings in different sizes. I've honestly been just living in leggings because you can pull them up higher when they start getting loose and it gives you a little more time with them before you have to get new ones. If you want to stick with jeans definently do walmart and it doesn't hurt to check local good wills. Sometimes you can snag a good deal. Amazon is another place that's great. They're always doing sales and you can get nice plain t-shirts for relatively good price. I don't know if there is one around you but we have a Ross in our area and they get pants super cheap. I'm talking like $8 for a pair of pants. I've seen shirts priced at $3 or $4

I use the quest protein powder. You can get it in all kinds of flavors. I've also been using the premier protein premade stuff as well. With the powder I find it taste like 50000% better putting it into a blender and mixing it with the milk and some ice. It helps with the consistency. If you haven't been doing the shakes before the liquid diet your stomach does take some time to adjust. I know the first few days I started using the protein powder my stomach was a mess but not it's not like that at all.

The first few days were awful. I felt tired all the time. But I think day 5 was when it turned itself around. I get those Oikos triple zero greek yogurts in a lot of different flavors for one meal and then I protein shake for the other two. I supplement hunger between meals with either a bullion cube of beef or chicken (in hot water of course) and that really kept me going. Plus my doctor allows sugar free Popsicle so I would have that or a sugar free jello at night before bed. This is a little hard for the post-op liquid diet but it really helped me pre-op