mentor needed

socagurl · November 19, 2010

Hi all:

I've been lurking for a while on the site. I'm 46/f from Massachusetts and just had a sleeve plication in Juaurez Mexico on 11/10/10. I would really appreciate a mentor or anyone who is further along on this process than I am to communicate with. I think I just need to know it'll be okay. Help Please.

PamelaAM · November 20, 2010

Are you looking specifically for someone that also had a plication? I'd be happy to help but I had a VSG. But feel free to ask questions :-)

socagurl · November 22, 2010

Are you looking specifically for someone that also had a plication? I'd be happy to help but I had a VSG. But feel free to ask questions :-)

Hi Pamela:

I'd love to have someone to ask questions. Wed. will be my 2 week date and things are getting better. I'm trying to keep to keep to the liquid diet but that part is a little hard not because I want to eat something fattening, but I'm just sick of liquids. How did this phase go for you?

Thanks for responding to my request.

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PamelaAM · November 23, 2010

Hi there!

I was put on mushies on Day 11 after my surgery and it was a welcome relief. I could eat things that were really soft and mushy and didn't really require much in the way of chewing. . .like refried Beans, soft scrambled egg, Peanut Butter, cottage cheese, yogurt etc. I went home from the hospital (after 3 days) on pureed foods so was only on Clear Liquids just in the hospital. So I was pureeing lots of Soups etc just to get some decent tastes going.

It gets so much easier as time goes on. Alot of people told me that but when I was in my first two weeks I thought I would never make it through! But I promise, it really does get better. The most important thing now is to get your liquids in and maybe use some non-flavored Protein powder with everything that you consume to get in the extra Protein. One of my favorites now is the Kellogg's K2O drink mix that has 5 grams of protein. I drink 2 of those every day so that takes care of part of my Water intake and also 10 grams of protein.

What was the date of your surgery and what diet plan do they have you on? (it seems like every surgeon is a little different with the diet plans)