today is day 5

[New me 3/6/13 1]

I am feeling a bit more uncomfortable. My tummy is making strange sound.I am getting bored with the food. I really want a grill cheese lol. I am excited to see if I have lost any weight. I am also really cold.im sleely as heck but the pain med make me have bad dreams.

[sleevie.wonder 306]

I had surgery a day before you, and my stomach is making all sorts of noise too. It's just gas! I will get this somewhat painful full feeling then I will feel a bubble come up and then I burp it out. Definitely going to take some getting used to. I've got the head hunger bad, too. Reading these helped a lot: http://www.livingafterwls.com/Library/Food%20Grief.html & http://www.livingafterwls.com/Library/Head%20Hunger.html#featured (it's geared towards gastric bypass but it's the same mentality that we deal with.) I also opened up a couple shopping tabs on my computer and "window shopped" online all the stuff I want to be able to wear. It really helped!

That said, I can't wait for pureed food lol.

[willow13 59]

I had my surgery last monday, I found myself almost crying today over my husband making spag bol for him and our son lol, head hunger is horrid and nothing prepares you for the emotional rollercoaster you go through.

When do you start your pureed food? I am in the UK and they had me on Clear Liquids for the first 2 days then from day 3 I have been allowed things like custard, Soup etc. I had a tiny bit of really soft mash potato today and have to say I really enjoyed it, it was the tiniest bit but made me feel so much better just to have something "normal"

[mandaree85 3]

I had surgery on 3/4 so today is one week post op. My dr has me on a two week liquid diet supplemented with Protein Shakes 3times a day. At first it was really hard with the head hunger but now it's not too bad. I make a lot of Soups homemade and that gives me a bunch of flavor which is definitely something I was missing. So that is definitely a huge help. I actually get to start my puréed diet on the 20th which I'm kind of excited for. I really want some mashed potatoes.

[mandaree85 3]

Today I am 16 days post op. I went to follow up with my surgeons office and they said I'm doing well above average on my weight loss. I also was able to start my puréed diet today (which I was excited about). I found out that I'm down a total of 39 pounds! That's from starting my preop diet! Now that I get to go back to work tomorrow I'm sure it's gonna start flying right off!

[mandaree85 3]

Well it's definitely been a while since I've updated my journey. I'm currently down 61 pounds in total and I am now 6-7 weeks post op! I feel great! I have so much energy and always want to be on the move which is definitely a change for me, but it's a good one that I enjoy. I've noticed that there are some things that I am not able to tolerate very well suck as bread, and sugar. But all in all I'm doing great

[willow13 59]

Well done on the weight loss and being more active. I am 7 weeks out and feeling great now. I am OK with bread the only thing I can't tolerate is pork, it just doesn't agree with me.