How I feel...

[lsubabe33 23]

Does anyone else feel like crap everyday?? I feel like I have something wrong everyday. At night everything hurts... I have no energy. I'm not a home body but since the surgery I do nothing!

Ugh I'm to young to feel old.. I Did this surgery to make me feel better and I haven't felt good since!! FML!

Ps I'm 5 weeks today.

[Babbs 14,681]

Ps I'm 5 weeks today.

THAT'S the reason why. You're still recovering. I didn't even feel human until about 6 weeks out.

Make sure you're eating enough, drinking enough, and getting your Protein. Makes all the difference. It DOES get better. I promise.

[PayItForward 207]

I'm around 3 1/2 weeks out from surgery and I have been feeling good since around day 5.

Are you getting in enough Protein? I found that my energy returned once I was able to add more calories to my diet. I had to get up to 500 a day before I had enough energy to last all day.

Hope that you feel better soon.

[krista132 213]

I remember in the beginning it felt like work to just blow dry my hair. I knew at that point how crucial it was to get my Protein in. Try increasing your protein. It will give you the natural energy that you need. And it will get easier as the weeks go on. You just had major surgery, so your body is in panic mode right now. Let it recover!

[CowgirlJane 14,259]

I felt pretty crappy (although it got better and better) until about 12 weeks post op. I would say your experience is pretty normal.

Now, 4 years later and 150# lighter - yeah, I feel a lot better!

[JamieLogical 8,708]

I felt like complete crap up until I was able to eat solid foods and start to actually get enough calories in to sustain me. Make sure you are getting all your Water and Protein at a bare minimum, but also work on upping your calories as soon as you can. Once I was getting closer to 800 calories a day, I started to not just feel like a giant slug.

[glitter eyes 1,398]

I felt like that too. Heck I didn't even wear pants for the first three weeks because the waistband irritated my incisions. I couldn't drive for three weeks because it made me very car sick.

I just made sure I focused on me during that time. I rested and napped when my body needed it and focused on staying hydrated.

It does get better. Hang in there you can do this. This time next year it will be a distant memory as you will be so much thinner, healthier, and energetic!!

Good luck

[Babbs 14,681]

@@glitter eyes

Haha. I'm picturing you sitting around the house during the first few weeks with no pants on....

Hell, I'm 14 months out and I STILL don't wear pants sometimes!

[lsubabe33 23]

Thanks ladies for all ur stories. It makes me feel better that each of us go through this.

[Knitchic 97]

I'm 3 1/2 weeks out and I do pretty good until around 4:00 then I seem to crash. I think I could honestly go to bed at 6:30 some nights. The Protein really does help but I agree I am looking forward to the months ahead.

[anna9/15 93]

I feel the same Water and protien is a struggle for me