April 2013 Post-Op Group

[hockeymumzie 181]

Drains came out. No they did not hurt, just felt weird. Breakfast, shower and wait for paper work to only go sit in a hotel.

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[Vanna 85]

If your surgeon has you on liquids then stay on liquids...in the long run its just not worth the risk!!!!

HW 312' date=' pre-op (lap-band) 294, pre-op (RNY) 255, surgery date 2/11/13, goal weight 154, current weight 223[/quote']

K 3 more days til i can eat. Hate when everhthib makes u sick

[MissTiff 38]

Feeling better everyday!!! But have to prepare for the sneezes!!! There is a lot of pollen here right now and they are the worst! Sneezing hurts so if you feel one coming prepare the belly!

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I know. Friday my allergies were in full mode. Sneezing made it feel like my stomach was being ripped open. Not fun :-/

[juliz1972 51]

Got a bad snow storm now. Will head to the hotel today and finally home tomorrow i hope. I have more gas now. But still haven't tooted. So today makes day 3 post op not counting my surgery day. I never got to my room until almost four that day. Just not hungry. I'm sipping and walking' date=' but no desire to eat. <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

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I hope you can toot soon???? I will pray ... Lol

Surgery date 4/18/13 @ 7:30 am

[Wendilou 180]

Got a bad snow storm now. Will head to the hotel today and finally home tomorrow i hope. I have more gas now. But still haven't tooted. So today makes day 3 post op not counting my surgery day. I never got to my room until almost four that day. Just not hungry. I'm sipping and walking' date=' but no desire to eat.

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Be safe out there!

[Wendilou 180]

Todays a bad day. Pain is really bad hurts to stand i hope the bad days dont outweigh the good when does tue pain go away

I have still have mild pain without my pain meds. I've been cutting back on them cause I need to drive myself on Tuesday. It gets better every day.

[Lou:) 110]

I feel so much better today and it's awesome! Gas pain is gone. I just have some soreness at my incisions.

[hockeymumzie 181]

My gas has not been the worst I've ever had with surgery. But i finally tooted. My 15 year old daughter could not understand why i was so happy.

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[juliz1972 51]

My gas has not been the worst I've ever had with surgery. But i finally tooted. My 15 year old daughter could not understand why i was so happy.

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Lol!!!!

Surgery date 4/18/13 @ 7:30 am

[MissTiff 38]

I don't know what is going on with me at the moment but my stomach is in some serious pain! Feels crampy and abdominal pains all through my belly. I feel constipated, but I'm not. I'm shaky ciz it hurts so bad. Started about 2 hours ago shortly after I ate. I haven't eaten anything I'm not supposed to so I dunno what's going on. But omg the pain is practically making me yell. Holy crap this feeling sucks so bad :-(

[Lou:) 110]

I don't know what is going on with me at the moment but my stomach is in some serious pain! Feels crampy and abdominal pains all through my belly. I feel constipated' date=' but I'm not. I'm shaky ciz it hurts so bad. Started about 2 hours ago shortly after I ate. I haven't eaten anything I'm not supposed to so I dunno what's going on. But omg the pain is practically making me yell. Holy crap this feeling sucks so bad :-([/quote']

What did you eat?

[SKNYMEBY47 24]

Anybody else have pain on lower left side when standing or walking. I wonder if i should start soft foods since some surgeons have them start almost right after. Jello seems to sweet popsiclyes r ok and so is broth but thats it i cant even do shakes roght now like im supppse to

I thought the same thing about the jello in the hospital it seemed suddenly too sweet for me, but I've been home for about 4 days now and although I haven't had any problems doing the Protein Shakes or Water, I started craving something more substantial it was driving me crazy having to wait another week before I could do soft foods, so I took the crazy plunge today and tried mashed potatoes... they tasted good going down but once I got them down I felt like I was going to be sick and I was mad at myself for doing it, but I just layed down for about an hour or so and I managed to keep it down without getting sick but it did feel kind of heavy in my pouch. I don't know if it was more because the potatoes were kind of dry (not moist enough) or whether it was just too soon to do soft foods. Lesson learned I don't think I will be pulling a stunt like that again. I also ran into the situation where two of my incisions became infected and I had to go to the ER and have them checked out so now I have to take antibiotics for a while and put antibiotic cream on the stitches too for a few days until I'm in the clear again but the antibiotic pills are pretty big and I tried braking them open and putting in applesauce (cause they are a powder pill) but I couldn't brake them open so I had to just take them whole and hope they didn't get stuck... that was kind of scary at first... but they seem to have gone down okay. As far as pain I'm still kind of sore here and there but most of the pain I get is right about where my pouch sits it hurts when I wake up in the morning sometimes and through the day every now and again it gets kind of painful so I just take my pain meds and it usually calms the pain right down.

The other thing that has been happening and I don't know if this has happened to anyone else but I get sort of like the hiccups or I should say hiccup every few moments and when it happens it hurts the doctors say its just air or gas trapped at the bottom of my pouch, I don't know if I totally buy that theory. And lately my stomach (the outside where the stitches are) has been itching like crazy, now I know they say if its itchy that means its healing (at least that is what Mom use to say when we were kids) but I'm so afraid I will accidentally itch one of the stitches I try to be careful but dang they itch so much.... that is normal too right?

[jules1210 33]

I thought the same thing about the Jello in the hospital it seemed suddenly too sweet for me' date=' but I've been home for about 4 days now and although I haven't had any problems doing the Protein Shakes or Water, I started craving something more substantial it was driving me crazy having to wait another week before I could do soft foods, so I took the crazy plunge today and tried mashed potatoes... they tasted good going down but once I got them down I felt like I was going to be sick and I was mad at myself for doing it, but I just layed down for about an hour or so and I managed to keep it down without getting sick but it did feel kind of heavy in my pouch. I don't know if it was more because the potatoes were kind of dry (not moist enough) or whether it was just too soon to do soft foods. Lesson learned I don't think I will be pulling a stunt like that again. I also ran into the situation where two of my incisions became infected and I had to go to the ER and have them checked out so now I have to take antibiotics for a while and put antibiotic cream on the stitches too for a few days until I'm in the clear again but the antibiotic pills are pretty big and I tried braking them open and putting in applesauce (cause they are a powder pill) but I couldn't brake them open so I had to just take them whole and hope they didn't get stuck... that was kind of scary at first... but they seem to have gone down okay. As far as pain I'm still kind of sore here and there but most of the pain I get is right about where my pouch sits it hurts when I wake up in the morning sometimes and through the day every now and again it gets kind of painful so I just take my pain meds and it usually calms the pain right down.

The other thing that has been happening and I don't know if this has happened to anyone else but I get sort of like the hiccups or I should say hiccup every few moments and when it happens it hurts the doctors say its just air or gas trapped at the bottom of my pouch, I don't know if I totally buy that theory. And lately my stomach (the outside where the stitches are) has been itching like crazy, now I know they say if its itchy that means its healing (at least that is what Mom use to say when we were kids) but I'm so afraid I will accidentally itch one of the stitches I try to be careful but dang they itch so much.... that is normal too right?[/quote']

I too get the hiccup deal! Yes it is just air trapped trying to get out. As for the itching that is totally normal. Mine itched like crazy too... I have found that each day it itches less and less! Try sort of rubbing around the stitches area or parting around it so you don't run the risk of opening it up or pulling a stitch!

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[MissTiff 38]

What did you eat?

I had 1/2 cup of creamed Soup and a black tea with 1 splenda and a splash of 1% skimmed milk. All of which I'm allowed to have. The only thing I can think of is my tummy didn't agree with tea. I haven't touched tea or coffee since the beginning of March. So I think I will be avoiding tea from now on. Almost three hours later and the pain is starting to go away.

[jules1210 33]

So I find myself on Pinterest a lot after surgery! I am always on there looking at food that I can have further out and recipes for good heathy food. Surprisingly it does not make me hungry and want them now! But it gets me excited and looking forward to the future. Is this crazy? I want to take some of these ideas to the dietician when I go see her in a few weeks and make sure they are okay. But I don't want her to think I am going over board with food! They are healthy recipes.

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