3/17 RNY-how are you doing?

Almost 3 weeks out, I still feel low on energy and experianced my first problem with food getting stuck. (Not fun.) I'm not in much pain, twinges here and there when I bend down.  How is everyone else doing?

I'm doing ok, had pulled on that left side incision about a half a week ago and so it was hurting pretty bad, but made myself take it easy for several days and now it's just sore, getting a lot better.  I haven't had any problem with any of the foods that I've eaten, but I haven't eaten a whole lot either.  I am still off work (I'm an RN at a Psychiatric hospital so my job is pretty physical), but return in one week, next Saturday, so I'm really hoping I'm at 100% by then! 

I am doing better. I don't know if you remember a week and a half ago I was complaining of a heavieness on my chest and I was vomiting. Well I had a blockage in my intestine. I had surgery and I am home now for the past week recovering. That was scary since I just had my RNY 9 days before. I hope no one else has to go through that.

Hi 3/17ers!!!!....  We are 3 weeks, 2 days out...can you believe it?  Almost one month!!!!

Up until the day before yesterday the area just to the left of my belly button was so painful---ripping, tearing, burning....horrible!!! I could barely get up/down...ouch!  I was taking my pain meds and, still, horrible, BUT the day before yesterday was a complete turn-around.....I felt so much better & now I don't feel that pain at all. There is a tee-tiny bit of soreness in that area, but it's really nothing.  I had a burst of energy the past two days & got a ton done around the house & yard, but, today, slowed down a bit.  I did manage to take a bike ride w/my 6 year old, so that was fun. 

My weight had stalled the past three days, but today I lost a pound, so that was a relief. I guess I was getting spoiled seeing the scale go down so much right after the surgery....I seem, lately, to stay the same for 2-3 days & then drop a pound.  I did a two day pre-op diet (including that I am down 31.2 pounds), but, since the day of surgery, I am down 28....I am fine w/that. I am just focusing on staying w/the program. I am getting all my protein in & my water....today will be one of the first days I have been able to get all my supplements in....that seems to be the hardest since we can't take the multivitamin & the calcium w/in two hours of each other & we need the multi 2x/day & the calcium 3xs/day....it takes some figuring out to get it all in!

Congrats to everyone on their great success!!!! We are going to have a great summer!!! Get ready for those bikinis, ladies...;)!!!!! xo, Micheala.

I had surgery on 3/18.  Monday was my first day back to work.  I've been feeling pretty good.  Still very tired at the end of the day.  Also working to get my protein up to 74 gm/day and get in all my water (64 oz/day).  All getting better as the days go by...

I haven't had any pain since the end of week one. I returned to work after week two, but I have a desk job. I am struggling to get in 700 calories a day, but focus mostly on the protein. I do feel like I have periods of low energy and weakness. Sometimes, if I take a spoonful of baby cereal made with protein milk, I pick up a bit. I took my B12 for the first time Sunday and felt a lot better for a few days. Now that is the end of the week, I am starting to feel run down. I have been eating ground turkey in a little tomato sauce( my nutritionist suggestion) and it tastes really good. I went to my first party last weekend, I was able to disappear during the meal since there was nothing I could eat, but the only thing people notices was that I turned down alcohol! someone asked me if I was pregnant! The next challenge is Easter dinner, but my mom is making sure there is food I can eat.