Questions for post ops...

[Band07 374]

Controlling emotions and eating ? I'm 2 weeks out and I cried for 20 mins today while my family was eating pizza in the kitchen !! Hardest thing Iv ever done in my life !!

[Only1likeme 69]

I answered a lot of those questions on my Youtube channel. If you'd like to hear my answers' date=' check out the link in my signature. If you have more questions, feel free to hit me up by private message and I'll be happy to share my experiences.[/quote']

Thanks..I don't see a link for your you tube. . what is the name so that I can subscribe?

Keeping my fingers crossed

[Only1likeme 69]

I answered a lot of those questions on my Youtube channel. If you'd like to hear my answers' date=' check out the link in my signature. If you have more questions, feel free to hit me up by private message and I'll be happy to share my experiences.[/quote']

Thanks..I don't see a link for your you tube. . what is the name so that I can subscribe?

Keeping my fingers crossed

[Only1likeme 69]

Controlling emotions and eating ? I'm 2 weeks out and I cried for 20 mins today while my family was eating pizza in the kitchen !! Hardest thing Iv ever done in my life !!

Aww. . I'm so sorry to hear that. Blees your heart. .I hope you got your cry out and it's your last

Keeping my fingers crossed

[Only1likeme 69]

Controlling emotions and eating ? I'm 2 weeks out and I cried for 20 mins today while my family was eating pizza in the kitchen !! Hardest thing Iv ever done in my life !!

Aww. . I'm so sorry to hear that. Blees your heart. .I hope you got your cry out and it's your last

Keeping my fingers crossed

[TvlGrl712 113]

Like another poster said, everyone will be different, but this is how it went down for me:

Controlling your emotions and eating hard those first 3 weeks? Everyone made fun of me (in a fun way) because I cried all the time over everything, even though I knew it was stupid. I would laugh and cry at the same time. I called it a surgery side effect - which has finally stopped - I haven't cried in weeks. I had no interest in eating until week 3 or so and by then I was happy to get to slurp Soup. It was a week into Soup that I had had enough and I wanted real food. it gets hard sometimes, but that's when you have to dig deep and stay with the program.

1 oz of Water every 15 mins? Was that hard? It was for me because I was never a Water drinker to begin with. Even now I set my alarm to go off every hour to remind me to drink.

Protein - you need 40 grams a day at first (then it goes up) I drank choc Protein shake 20g (took forever to get it down). Then water with New whey Liquid Protein (walmart carries it). Its flavored - grape or watermelon - not too tasty but OK enough to get down.

Buy a huge container of Protein for shakes. . is that good enough? Buy enough to get you started, but not too much, you may not like that kind. I find I like the premade shakes better - less foamy and thick.

Bed ridden? I would not say bed ridden, but I took my pain meds and slept a lot the first week. I could walk a few laps around the house several times a day, but I couldn't go to the store or anything.

What Vitamins do you have to take our do they suggest? I take a chewable Multi-Vitamin (Centrum Silver was the only chewable I could find, even though Im NOT silver... yet). B12 drops and D3 drops.

How long should you wait to have sex? My doc said 2 weeks - I probably waited 3 just because my tummy was still a bit tender and I was worried... but everything was fine when I finally gave into my hubby's crying and begging haha

How bad is the Constipation? I have not gone on my own since surgery, but it never hurts - not enough food to really build up I guess. Every few days I take MOM and it flushes it all out.

Has anyone slipped and taken ibuprofen? I take liquid Tylenol. I hate taking pills anyway, so I just bought some liquid at walgreens.

Great questions - I hope these answers help!

[TvlGrl712 113]

Like another poster said, everyone will be different, but this is how it went down for me:

Controlling your emotions and eating hard those first 3 weeks? Everyone made fun of me (in a fun way) because I cried all the time over everything, even though I knew it was stupid. I would laugh and cry at the same time. I called it a surgery side effect - which has finally stopped - I haven't cried in weeks. I had no interest in eating until week 3 or so and by then I was happy to get to slurp Soup. It was a week into soup that I had had enough and I wanted real food. it gets hard sometimes, but that's when you have to dig deep and stay with the program.

1 oz of Water every 15 mins? Was that hard? It was for me because I was never a Water drinker to begin with. Even now I set my alarm to go off every hour to remind me to drink.

Protein - you need 40 grams a day at first (then it goes up) I drank choc Protein shake 20g (took forever to get it down). Then water with New Whey Liquid Protein (walmart carries it). Its flavored - grape or watermelon - not too tasty but OK enough to get down.

Buy a huge container of protein for shakes. . is that good enough? Buy enough to get you started, but not too much, you may not like that kind. I find I like the premade shakes better - less foamy and thick.

Bed ridden? I would not say bed ridden, but I took my pain meds and slept a lot the first week. I could walk a few laps around the house several times a day, but I couldn't go to the store or anything.

What Vitamins do you have to take our do they suggest? I take a chewable Multi-Vitamin (Centrum Silver was the only chewable I could find, even though Im NOT silver... yet). B12 drops and D3 drops.

How long should you wait to have sex? My doc said 2 weeks - I probably waited 3 just because my tummy was still a bit tender and I was worried... but everything was fine when I finally gave into my hubby's crying and begging haha

How bad is the Constipation? I have not gone on my own since surgery, but it never hurts - not enough food to really build up I guess. Every few days I take MOM and it flushes it all out.

Has anyone slipped and taken ibuprofen? I take liquid Tylenol. I hate taking pills anyway, so I just bought some liquid at walgreens.

Great questions - I hope these answers help!

[Rainae 22]

Controlling emotions and eating ? I'm 2 weeks out and I cried for 20 mins today while my family was eating pizza in the kitchen !! Hardest thing Iv ever done in my life !!

I am preop, and having my food funeral over the next few days. My preop diet starts Tues. I will have a total of 8 weeks of liquids only, this will take me thru Turkey day. I imagine that I will be having these moments as well. On a happy note, I do not have to prepare Turkey dinner and watch everyone eat it lol.

[Rainae 22]

Controlling emotions and eating ? I'm 2 weeks out and I cried for 20 mins today while my family was eating pizza in the kitchen !! Hardest thing Iv ever done in my life !!

I am preop, and having my food funeral over the next few days. My preop diet starts Tues. I will have a total of 8 weeks of liquids only, this will take me thru Turkey day. I imagine that I will be having these moments as well. On a happy note, I do not have to prepare Turkey dinner and watch everyone eat it lol.

[Band07 374]

Thank you, luckily I have a great husband who talked me through it and as the previous post mentioned I feel crazy about it too and laugh after but it seriously is hard to do liquids only for so long...

[Band07 374]

Thank you, luckily I have a great husband who talked me through it and as the previous post mentioned I feel crazy about it too and laugh after but it seriously is hard to do liquids only for so long...

[Only1likeme 69]

Thank you all so much for the answers to my questions. .. this is great!

Keeping my fingers crossed

[Only1likeme 69]

Thank you all so much for the answers to my questions. .. this is great!

Keeping my fingers crossed

[Bufflehead 6,358]

Oh, bed ridden! Sorry, I should have figured that out. Naw, I wasn't bed ridden, not even in the hospital. I refused to get in the hospital bed except to sleep at night. I even napped sitting up in the glider chair in my room.

Being at home taking care of myself was fine. I wasn't going to be cleared to drive for the first week so I made sure I had everything I needed on hand. I had a lifting restriction of 10 lbs, and I knew I wasn't going to be up for really heavy housework like mopping or vacuuming, so I got my housekeeper to come for an extra visit to take care of that, change the kitty litter, etc. I napped a lot for the first two weeks and took it easy but I didn't have issues with mobility or taking care of my basic needs.

[Bufflehead 6,358]

Oh, bed ridden! Sorry, I should have figured that out. Naw, I wasn't bed ridden, not even in the hospital. I refused to get in the hospital bed except to sleep at night. I even napped sitting up in the glider chair in my room.

Being at home taking care of myself was fine. I wasn't going to be cleared to drive for the first week so I made sure I had everything I needed on hand. I had a lifting restriction of 10 lbs, and I knew I wasn't going to be up for really heavy housework like mopping or vacuuming, so I got my housekeeper to come for an extra visit to take care of that, change the kitty litter, etc. I napped a lot for the first two weeks and took it easy but I didn't have issues with mobility or taking care of my basic needs.