1 Week Post-Op Today!

[smbonier 26]

Well it's been a week and I feel great. Lost a little too much weight this week but with all the meds I was not feeling like eating. I am slowly adding calories and Protein back in and getting all my fluids. Still experiencing a little pain on my left side from the gas but it's bearable. The only other pain. I have is the large incision and port pain but I know that will go away. I am just so happy now!!

[RachelC 15]

Congrats! I will be one week out on Thursday. I feel pretty much the same - the soreness has subsided but I still have a nasty gas pain in my left shoulder that it just not letting up. I was convinced yesterday I had a blod clot, so my doc made me to go the hospital and do a CT scan. It was fine, thank god, but man, this gas pain is no joke!

This is such an exciting time! I've been through so many emotions - from excitement to feeling like I made mistake (at my hungriest moments). I stepped on the scale today and I've lost 11 lbs since surgery which is insane. I know it's Water weight mostly but wow! I know this isn't a time to focus on losing but I feel so happy because I've been doing everything the way I'm supposed to and it's working. Yay!

[smbonier 26]

I too have lost 11 pounds since surgery. I couldn't believe it!!

And the worrying about the blood clots; I know that feeling as well. On Saturday I noticed my left thigh was numb/tingling so I called my doctor. He told me to keep and eye on it, but thought it was a pinched nerve. Sunday the numb/tingling feeling was gone. Now it only bothers me when I'm laying down for bed. I get somewhat of a burning feeling; which is another symptom of a pinched nerve. I am thinking from the positions I've been in bed and when I was in the recliner right after surgery is what did it. Just gotta deal with it.

[line-dancer 810]

you should be tsking gasx snd s laxitive with your BM the gss will leave and psin will easy a lot.

it ill tske a few weeks to get to a normal now is a time to rest nd heal and then set you eating plan. empty you house of foods that will tempt you and fill it with pre-made protient drinks ( they tasted better then power) and food you can and will eat. I started out with home made veggie Soups and added differsnt mest each time. I thicken the broth or sometime i drain it and drink it later. I lost 18 lbs in 7 weeks.

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