Finally post op

surrey1987 · December 23, 2014

@@krisstep hi, I find the bubbling quite amusing now. The pain in throat has gone thankfully I assume it was from tubes down throat. I'm back at my own house now and went shopping yesterday. Only for an hour and even met a friend for tea! I feel great! I'm on liquids for 2 weeks so basically Protein shakes x2 then Soup x2 and milk x 3 a day all small quantities but I was told to get my 'food' in over Water atm. I get my clamps out tomorrow which will be a big relief!

I am still very tired and have taken to an afternoon nap but is lovely. I'm not back at work until 5th jan so plenty of time to shake the tiredness off and start on solids.

Have lost 15 1/2lbs since I started pre op and am pleased with that. I'm a low BMI patient and would rather loose slowly.

Hope everybody else is well and Happy Christmas x

tebowfan · December 24, 2014

@@krisstep I have lost 46 lbs. where a size 8-10.

Marie.R · December 25, 2014

Hi, congrats on your surgery. I had my surgery in 2004 and a lot has changed. Here's what I did - you know those little medicine cups they have in the hospital, that's what I started my eating & fluids with. Then I progressed to a measuring cup and used that for Portion Control until I was able to eat solids & then I used (& still do use) my scale. My tastebuds never seemed to be the same (even now). I attended post-op group meetings and received a lot of info from other post-op patients. Don't have things you shouldn't have-you may tolerate it, but it won't be helpful in the long run. Change your habits now to make them easier to follow after the 'honeymoon' period. Good luck