3 Weeks Out. What Were U Eating?

[shirlyn 8]

Jen, I tried sending you a private message but I received an error message

[jen.jones 55]

Jen, I tried sending you a private message but I received an error message

Just sent you one, I think.

[rensterness 375]

Three weeks out...hmmm. I was sleeved three months ago. Week three I was eating egg beaters, refrained Beans, choboni tube yogurt. Sleeved on October 7, 2013, and down 80 pounds. :-)

[Ree 215]

I am 19 days post op and still on the full liquid phase. My doctor does not want me to start the puree phase until 4 weeks. This is killing me. I am so nauseated still and trying to force down any Protein shake, broth, even Water is a huge production. I feel I am slipping into the dehydrated side, something I have so desperately tried to stay away from thus far. I was on the nausea patch but was taken off of it 3 days ago. At my post op appointment, due to side effetcts it was causing me. I was also just put on protonix for acid/ ulcers 3 days ago with high hopes of it helping my nausea. It hasn't. I am popping zofran melt tabs every 8 hours and the dreaded phenergan suppositories with out much relief either. Don't know how much more of this I can take. I am starting to be a real burden on my family. My poor husband took his vacation to take care of me after surgery and is now back to work. We have a 4 and 2 yr old and I feel like I just left the hospital. I know there is light at the end of the tunnel but at this point I regret not being able to loose the weight on my own and hate what I am putting my family through and how I feel. So frustrated and sick to my stomach. I could cry, in fact, I am.

I'm SO sympathetic to what you're going through. I had my surgery on 12/17, and still am exhausted. My poor husband asked me today "when will I get my wife back?" I threw up from drinking too much Water in one sitting twice in the past few days, and it was heartbreaking having my 8 year old daughter (I have three kids) hovering over me, rubbing my back, and asking if I was going to be ok. I just keep telling them (and myself!) it will get better and once I'm better, I'll be better than ever. PM me if you feel like talking more.

When my daughter (she is 3 years old) sees that I'm not doing well or feeling weak she comes up to me and tells "you're gonna get better, okay mommy?, you're gonna get better" and during the first week when I was in a lot of pain and had a hard time getting up from a laying or sitting position, she would come up to me and put her hand out and say "ok mommy, calm down now ok" which "calm down" to her means "take it easy or be careful" then she would proceed to offer to help me up by putting out her hand and saying "let me help you, take my hand". She is such a sweet heart, I love her so much!