November 2023 buddies

[Meisha 15]

MJ - I'm with you! I switch to purees on Wednesday. It can't get here soon enough! I'm so over all the sweet stuff! LOL!

[SAH 2]

Nov 27th here and so far doing good

[brandycsiz 47]

I am 2 weeks post op now from gastric bypass.. I am doing ok on the pureed diet but really ready for some food. I am thinking I am going to love the soft food stage when I can add more things.. went back to work yesterday but I am so tired from the long days. This has been a little harder then I thought it would but I am making due..

my husband is starting to notice changes in me and I am noticing clothes are starting to fit weird. it is not often I get to say that me clothes are getting big.. off to see how this week goes..

[Char V 52]

6 weeks 1 day post op and I’m finally on soft foods today. I had eggs. Which I haven’t been able to have for 15 months. I’m so going to look forward to this stage.
otherwise I am feeling really great. I can’t wait to try out some more foods I’ve been missing this past 15mths.
I am on holidays too. So been able to walk a lot.

[BoilerBob 51]

I had my one month post op appointment with my surgeon. No big issues. Then that night I felt a sharp ripping pain in my abdomen when I turned over in bed and have had a few more instances of pain since then. Messaged the surgical team and they told me it was super common as tissue is still angry so take it easy and go back to immediate post op pain management for a few days.

Other than that am on soft food and still making a batch of egg drop Soup every few days. Made a crockpot barbacoa with super soft beef that tasted like the best thing ever after no meat for a few months.

[Meisha 15]

2 hours ago, BoilerBob said:

I had my one month post op appointment with my surgeon. No big issues. Then that night I felt a sharp ripping pain in my abdomen when I turned over in bed and have had a few more instances of pain since then. Messaged the surgical team and they told me it was super common as tissue is still angry so take it easy and go back to immediate post op pain management for a few days.

Other than that am on soft food and still making a batch of egg drop Soup every few days. Made a crockpot barbacoa with super soft beef that tasted like the best thing ever after no meat for a few months.

Oh man! I'm so sorry to hear that! I hope you recover quickly!

Barbacoa sounds AMAZING right now. I start the pureed stage this week.

[Meisha 15]

Hey hey!

I could use your help. I’m supposed to be walking 30 mins a day, but here’s the rub… I need to have both knees replaced. I had gel injected into both knees a couple weeks before my surgery and it helped temporarily, but now my really bad knee is hurting again.

I don’t want to strain anything I shouldn’t, but I know that exercise is important. Y'all have any ideas about alternative ways of getting my “steps” in?

[ChunkCat 728]

13 hours ago, Meisha said:

Hey hey!

I could use your help. I’m supposed to be walking 30 mins a day, but here’s the rub… I need to have both knees replaced. I had gel injected into both knees a couple weeks before my surgery and it helped temporarily, but now my really bad knee is hurting again.

I don’t want to strain anything I shouldn’t, but I know that exercise is important. Y'all have any ideas about alternative ways of getting my “steps” in?

Have you tried things other than just walking? Like chair Tai Chi (or standing Tai Chi if your knee can handle it)? It seems gentle but it gets your heart rate up! Also, you could try just walking for 5-10 minutes at a time, a few times a day. Or whatever time feels best without stressing your knees. You can even do those walk in place videos on YouTube in your living room! I can sympathize with the knee issues, I've torn both of mine and sometimes they flat out won't cooperate! Plus I have pretty bad arthritis and fibro, so exercising for me is challenging. I have to be creative! And doing things a bit at a time is what works best for my body...

[Meisha 15]

12 hours ago, ChunkCat said:

Have you tried things other than just walking? Like chair Tai Chi (or standing Tai Chi if your knee can handle it)? It seems gentle but it gets your heart rate up! Also, you could try just walking for 5-10 minutes at a time, a few times a day. Or whatever time feels best without stressing your knees. You can even do those walk in place videos on YouTube in your living room! I can sympathize with the knee issues, I've torn both of mine and sometimes they flat out won't cooperate! Plus I have pretty bad arthritis and fibro, so exercising for me is challenging. I have to be creative! And doing things a bit at a time is what works best for my body...

Great ideas! Thank you so much!

[Pebbles1976 2]

😊 Hello! New to this site. Had a VSG on 11/29. Hoping to get back to work this week! Currently at my 2nd post op visit waiting for the NP, and saw a flyer about this group.
I don’t know what I’m doing 🤣

[Meisha 15]

1 hour ago, Pebbles1976 said:

😊 Hello! New to this site. Had a VSG on 11/29. Hoping to get back to work this week! Currently at my 2nd post op visit waiting for the NP, and saw a flyer about this group.
I don’t know what I’m doing 🤣

Hey Pebbles! Welcome! I had my VSG on the 28th! We're almost twinsies! LOL!

[Pebbles1976 2]

13 hours ago, Meisha said:

Hey Pebbles! Welcome! I had my VSG on the 28th! We're almost twinsies! LOL!

Nice! How are you feeling?

[Meisha 15]

3 hours ago, Pebbles1976 said:

Nice! How are you feeling?

I'm feeling good! This whole journey has been pretty smooth.

How are YOU? Are you in SC, too?

[Meisha 15]

Been pretty quiet here. Y'all doing OK? How did you do over the holidays? Am I the only one who had a mild pity party when I had to watch my family devour all the fun holiday food/snacks/goodies while I was eating my itty bitty ricotta bake? LOL!

[SomeBigGuy 110]

Just checking in for the first time in a couple weeks. Surgery was on Nov 20, and doing well from that, however, I caught covid just before Christmas, so haven't been able to do much this week. It's still hanging around making work difficult, but luckily I can work from home. Just hoping its gone by next week because this sucks.

Besides that, I had a stall with a 3-5lb regain for about 2 weeks before it started dropping again, but things are moving along again. That "week 3 stall" is real, so don't get discouraged by it, the weight loss will resume.

@Meisha - I can relate, I had the Christmas + covid pity party, and ate chocolate and Cookies I shouldn't have had, and I did not tolerate that well at all, lol. I guess in a way it was a good reminder to get back on track. Suddenly I wasn't as tired of Protein Shakes after getting sick from that.