Lynda486

I just switched to the soft food diet yesterday, and I think that will help my weight loss. My dietitian wants me to get 1000/1200 calories a day, but I think that is too much? As of yesterday I am still getting between 300 and 500 calories a day and I know that is not enough. Last night Hubby made Maidrites and I made acorn squash, sweet for him and savory for me. It went down great, and lots of leftovers for me!

Good morning Mikey, I had my surgery September 16th. I was supposed to be in the hospital for 2 nights but ended up there until the 20th. I ended up having my gallbladder out and they took the entire stomach after they made my pouch. I have finally hit the no more pain level which is great! I can get my water in if I try really hard but it is the calories and protein which I struggle with. I got one of the motivational water bottles and that is helping me get my water in. Yesterday was my 4 week appointment and I am now on the soft food stage, Yay! Just remember everybody's experience is different!

I thought my date would never get here, but it does go quickly! Back when I was an EMT in Iowa I also had neck surgery, I wish you the best in both of your upcoming journey's!

So excited for you! Looking forward to hearing all about it!

I am sure you will get a date soon! So exciting isn't it?

Hello and welcome! I had my surgery in Springfield, where will you have yours? I have had cervical surgery and I would think you would want to recover from that before taking a sleeve on. I took about 12 weeks to heal from my neck surgery, but everyone is different. Have a good day!

I did hit a wall last week, but am losing again this week. It will pass!

You look amazing! Well done!

Took my blood pressure this morning and it was 96/68. I bought a new water bottle that has markings that show how much you have drank and when to drink. The last 2 days I have gotten 64 oz of water in and am wondering if that is enough?

I love Swanson's Sipping broth. It has 45 calories and 9 grams of protein, and it is delicious!

I have been blessed m whole life with curly hair (sometimes I curse it) But I have been following the "Curly Girl Method" and I belong to a FB group called Curly Girls where you can find much info on products and such. Your hair is beautiful!

Congratulations Mike! You seem to be full of determination and I can't wait to follow your journey!

I love that you donated your breast milk. So many babies benefit from your donation!

I just took a trip at 3 weeks out that was 4 hours one way. It was kind of rough on me, but I did it. (I wasn't driving because of the pain meds)

The Bariatric store carries them! I have thought about it.

I wish all of this for you!

Oh 8 hope you are healed soon! Sent from my SM-J727V using BariatricPal mobile app

Following! I am only 3 weeks post op but have that same pain. Hope you get some answers!

I had a TT back in 1999 and the muscles are really painful, for a few weeks at least I couldn't stand up straight because it was so tight.

I started pureed yesterday and had refried beans for breakfast, cottage cheese a couple of hours later, a protein shake for lunch and tuna salad for dinner. Since I had a revision the chewing part is already a habit and everything went down well. You will get there and it will e habit before you know it!

You are gorgeous and your food pics made me hungry 😃. Great job!

I am easing my way in to pureed foods here are a couple links that someone else posted: https://bariatricmealprep.com/bariatric-recipes/ https://www.bariatriceating.com/bariatric-recipes.html https://www.bariatriccookery.com/ https://www.bariatriccookery.com/category/recipes/page/2/ Good luck!

See you on the other side!

Yesterday I spent the day in the ER. I had called my Surgeons office because I had severe pain and hard time drawing a breath. So I underwent a esophgram and a chest Xray. After 2 hours they called and told me to go to the ER. I got in pretty quickly and the first thing the DR told me was that it sounded like a blood clot. Scared me to death! I sure didn't want to be on blood thinners for life! But, after the chest CT they told me it was pleurisy, whew! I had started weaning myself off of pain killers a day and a half earlier and when I got home I took a dose and felt much better. Has anyone else had pleurisy after surgery?

I am currently taking a melt-able/chew-able multi vitamin, a chewy calcium citrate, and b12 under my tongue. I understood that it is easier to absorb and less irritating to take the chewables while healing. I need to start taking my Vit D again.