SassyCassie

I made a turkey bowl and it was delicious! Mashed potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole, turkey and gravy. I ate half!

Not pictured - the tiny slice of shoo fly pie I ate last night ☺️

Hey y’all. 5 weeks post op tomorrow and had my 1 month follow up Monday, they were really happy with my progress. During the appointment the doctor told me she wants me to try to hit 80 grams Protein & 30 grams Fiber a day.

I’m able to get in the 60-80 gram range for protein if I drink one of my shakes a day, but the fiber goal feels really high! Even the Benefiber supplements i bought are >10 grams a day. Not sure how I can get there.

Any tips? Suggestions?

I take a regular women’s One A Day multi (giant pill but only once a day), plus D3 and Biotin. I started regular capsules as soon as my doctor advised I could start taking Vitamins.

38 minutes ago, Mgalind9 said:

Did you have any issues before?

No, only when I was pregnant! But when I had my endoscopy my gastro noticed my stomach lining was a little irritated which is why I started the Omeprazole prior to surgery.

I haven’t had reflux during the day, just while sleeping. I’m going to try not eating a few hours before bed and will ask my doctor about other meds next week.

1 hour ago, Lynda486 said:

What surgery did you have? I had reflux for many years before I had a revision in Sept. What I did was not eat after 7 pm (this one will depend on when you go to bed) elevate your mattress or prop yourself up on many pillows. Avoid spicey foods and all that jazz. Do call your surgeons office and they may up your Omeprazole dosage. I was taking 40 mg every morning. Hope you feel better soon!

Thanks! I had the sleeve on 10/23.

On 10/16/2019 at 7:18 PM, AZhiker said:

Oh please don't be eating cream of wheat only 2 weeks out!

This was actually on my list of approved foods under full liquids, as long as it’s thinned out!

I’m 11 days post op, still on liquids, and have had pretty bad acid reflux the last two nights. I’m waking up with sore throat and burning in my esophagus - I started on Omeprazole a few weeks prior to surgery and am taking it every morning.

Does anyone have any recommendations for preventing it while I sleep?

Girl you’re going to hurt yourself. You need to focus on sticking to your surgeon’s plan for slowly moving through liquids, purées, etc. A whole breadstick one week post op is crazy.

Did your doctor clear the elliptical? You have a ton of internal work that you may not feel but it’s there and your body is healing. Don’t go too hard right now, walking is great.

Why are you pushing your boundaries? You literally have done nearly all the things they told you not to do within your first week!

ETA - you said you didn’t have nausea or vomiting as if you were expecting it. Not everyone does have it, you can’t bank on that deterring you from overeating.