January 2024 surgery buddies

[Kri-star 7]

Had my surgery on 1/25!!! I’m still struggling with pain after I take sips. It feels more like pressure or “gas”. I’m trying different temps of fluids to see if that helps. Also added yogurt today. I was really hesitant that anything dairy related would do a number on my stomach AND the taste would be nasty. But so far so good!! 😊

[Marcia91 7]

I am a few days ahead of you , what I did was make sure I took my chewable gas X every morning , I add lemon to my ice Water , I can tolerate the cold. If cold water hurts fry room temperature.

[Marcia91 7]

What’s everyone’s favorite soft food so far?

I steamed some seasoned lemon tilapia and OMG it’s amazing.

[Suep1960 1]

That sounds really good Marcia.. I start soft foods next week and will try it out..

Edited February 1, 2024 by Suep1960

[Marcia91 7]

@Suep1960 How is your healing going? What soft foods have you been excited to try?

[Marcia91 7]

On 12/29/2023 at 8:50 PM, ToMiSu said:

Just found this app. I’m so happy to have people to share this experience with and your comments are helping my nerves. I’m scheduled for Jan 23.

How are you feeling?

[Marcia91 7]

On 1/19/2024 at 2:05 AM, Sandy Shafer said:

Hello everyone, I am scheduled for 1/31.

How are you feeling girly!! Take it slow, sip sip sip, set that timer, YOU GOT THIS, EACH DAY GETS BETTER!

[Marcia91 7]

On 1/14/2024 at 7:22 PM, j.apple said:

Hi all, is it normal to be craving fast food 4 days post op? I will definitely let my surgeon know about this soon

Around 4-5 day I had some serious mind hunger, it didn't help my family was eating burgers and pizza near me 😂

[Marcia91 7]

On 1/4/2024 at 6:03 PM, Del75 said:

January 18th for me with Dr. Dill in Dallas, Texas. Super nervous and scared- keep getting the "Don't do it." or "You're not that fat-just exercise." keep second-guessing myself.

Hey VSG buddy! My date was 01/18/24 as well. How are you feeling?

[Nan CC 16]

VSG Jan 24, 2024. So far so good! My surgery was uncomplicated. Once home I didn't need any pain medication. I've been doing okay on full liquids and I'm looking forward to pureed foods (not something I ever thought I'd hear myself say) after my first follow up with my doctor on Feb 8. I was surprised to find that I experience hunger--genuine, not head hunger. I guess I thought I'd never feel hungry again. I'm dealing with it, though, by sipping something a little thicker when I feel hungry. There are some really good Protein Shakes in The Gastric Sleeve Bariatric Cookbook by Sarah Kent MD. Yogurt is a little too thick and doesn't sit well but I tried thinning it out with some skim milk and that helps! I'm sleeping well. The only concern I have is that I am still very sore on my left side and it doesn't seem to be getting better. Or maybe it is, but just so slowly that I am barely registering it. Is anyone else experiencing this?

[Zeal33 1]

January 22 in Canada!

[Zeal33 1]

I’m 11 days post RNY. Can’t wait to be cleared for purée diet!

[bariangelas 12]

I’m 3 weeks and on puree but am able to have soft scrambled eggs and cottage cheese.
been having a lot of pumpkin Soup.

making overnight oats- that then goes in the blender with some Protein and a banana and some Peanut Butter :)

[Mandy_VSG 36]

I had surgery 1/24 and this morning was my first post op appt (9 days). I lost 18 pounds! Like, WHAT!? It’s not even 2 weeks. I was so shocked I wasn’t even emotional. Today, I am celebrating me for doing this.

[Nan CC 16]

52 minutes ago, Mandy_VSG said:

I had surgery 1/24 and this morning was my first post op appt (9 days). I lost 18 pounds! Like, WHAT!? It’s not even 2 weeks. I was so shocked I wasn’t even emotional. Today, I am celebrating me for doing this.

I'm so jealous. I also had surgery 1/24 and have lost 7 pounds. One of the reasons I did the VSG was because when I would try to lose weight, it would come off so slowly---like it would take maybe 6 weeks to lose 5 pounds. It took me 8 months to lose 30 lbs and that was with Qsymia and eating about 1000 calories a day. I would get so frustrated and just give up, I'd go back to my regular diet (which wasn't crazy--usually 1500 - 1800 calories a day) and everything I'd lost would come back. Now, given my usual speed of weight loss, 7 pounds in 9 days is great. But on this liquid diet where I'm getting 300 400 calories a day max, I thought I'd lose more quickly. I was hoping for at least 10-12 lbs by now. Still, I'm happy that I've done this; it's going well and I know that I will succeed. I was just hoping for it to be quicker!