Seventeen days post-op summary.

[heavyb 37]

Sleeved 6/11/15. Three days pretty miserable but got off pain meds third day and off Tylenol fifth day. Surgeon let me go in pool and eat stage 2 (soft foods) after office visit on eighth day. Started with a couple tablespoons tuna with mayo. Chew it good. No problem. Then broiled thin flounder. Went back to desk job ten days out. Lost 15 pounds first eight days but have been dead stuck since then. I am still drinking Protein Shakes twice a day but I can eat Soups, scrambled eggs, small amounts of cold cuts, an occasional cracker, Peanut Butter. Jello, pudding lots of Popsicles and lots of homemade broth. I am thrilled that I have had very little discomfort since third day. No nausea, no vomiting. The surgeon fixed a minor hiatal hernia too and I think it really helped. Taking meds, Vitamins, Calcium religiously. I am getting the half gallon of Water in. Played golf on foot, lifted and treadmill at gym, treadmill at home. I am 13 year well controlled type two diabetic A1C 6.4 on Metformin. Blood sugar flatlined between 80 and 120 since surgery with no diabetic meds. The dr says diabetes is "resolved" but until I start really eating I am skeptical. I don't crash though. One day I had three wontons in wonton Soup after drinking Protein an hour earlier. I think I had a "dump" because I felt very uncomfortable and blood sugar jumped to 199 in 15 mins. I felt it coming on and went for a 30 brisk walk and it dropped back to 100. It was a learning experience. My carboload days are over.

I think I can eat most reasonable foods but I have to chew very very well. I am keeping each real meal to three ounces max. I have not ventured into carbs more than a nibble or two. I even had a half-inch slice of pizza and that went down okay. ( no crust, maybe two normal bites). White flounder and scrambled eggs with some white cheese mixed in are my most comfortable meals. Taking everything real slow now.

My big problem is that I have not lost more than 2-3 pounds in a week and my energy is gone. Tracking all calories with myfitnesspal and I am only 600-800 per day including shakes. I just did 40 mins treadmill and light weights. I am going to ramp up exercise daily and try to get this stone moving again. My incisions are 80 percent healed.

All in all, this process was not that bad except for the starvation for about nine days and the three days after surgery as the digestive track cleared gas and restarted. I am not desperately hungry most of the time so there is definitely some truth to the reduced hunger hormone story. I have been blessed with swift recovery, largely due to a loving wife that shops, organizes and cares for my every move.

I should say that although my metabolism seems to be on vacation, I can exert physical activity more easily. My wife just served the family the barbecued chicken dinner of the gods. I'm on front porch letting them eat.

Onward we march.

[jane13 2,256]

you are doing great. keep working the guidelines the doctor gave you and you will be ok. expect to stall. it happens.

[ShrinkingPeach 1,291]

You seem to be right on track. 2-3 pounds a week is nothing to sneeze at. Keep up the good work and it will come. God luck!

[Boo_Nikole 12]

The only thing I can see to help you is getting in more Water. You work out and walk a lot for water intake should be higher. But keep working hard! You're doing great!

[heavyb 37]

Thanks all