2.5wk. post op visit

Well, I had my 2.5wk. post op visit today with both my Dietician and my surgeon. Dietician says I need to get a bit more protein in even if its a glass of milk at night or more yogurt. I knew I was having issues with this. I am at a daily avg. of 45-50g per day when I should be up to 60g. I am on a daily avg. of about 425-550 calories too. She suggested I stay on the soft (mechanical) food diet for another month giving my pouch time to heal. I feel lucky that I have been able to find creative ways to expand my diet and been able to tolerate it. I've lost 18.8# since my pre-op appt. on 4/29/08. I only had to do a LD for one week pre-op so I only lost about 5# there, the rest has been post op. I am not down a size or anything in clothes but my clothes are definitely fitting better and/or loser for sure! How are you other early May-daters doing???

Hi Kristy Happy to hear all is going well for you. I had my 2 wk post op with my internist and surgeon and get to go back to work this Mon. I see my dietician beginning of June. So far all is going well. I have been having a rough week, emotionally, why, I don't know. Maybe it is the post nervous/excitement letdowns? Does that make sense. Of course the weather has grey and raining. I had an episode of vomiting the other night, but I think I ate too fast or too much. Felt much better afterward. I am also loosing weight and my clothes either fit better or are looser. Haven't gone down a size yet. Keep Smiling, Di

I had my surgery on 5/14/08 and am doing well, except for a wound problem. I too can not get my liquids in, but am doing good with protein. I got a great receipe for adding Isopure to Jello. I also made the custard, which goes down smoothly and isn't a waste of space in my tummy like plain pudding. I went for my one week check up and have lost 10lbs. I don't know about you, but I am not hungry, at all. Take Care Kathy

Surgery performed 5/12/08. Down 21 pounds so far from date of surgery. Not hungry really, but my mind tells me I want something to eat if I am watching TV and a commercial comes on for something that looks really good and fattening. Still on liquid stuff until I see surgeon on Tuesday, hopefully I will be cleared to go back to work, but hard to tell since I am a lobster fisherman and I have heavy lifting to do. My mind says it is ready to go back to work, but I don't want to over exert myself either. Good luck to the rest of the May-daters and everyone else that is trying to make a smaller you. Take care and keep smiling.....Larry

I had surgery on May 7th--so about 2.5 weeks out as well. I'm doing ok. I guess I am a slow loser. I had my two week appt on the 21st and I was down 12 lbs from my pre-op weight just before surgery. My clothes are looser though and I like that. I have started some soft foods. Doing things really slow and have tolerated everything so far. I am trying to up my protein. I have been getting 56g with my milk with unjury. Also trying to up my fluids. Are any of you finding that the weight is coming off slower than you thought?

Yes! The weight is coming off slower than I thought. I knew this was going to be tough.......and it has been tough adusting to everything......but I knew that it would be worth it with the endless stories of 20 and 30 lbs lost each month for the first few months. I lost 13lbs on the pre-op liquid diet......and 3.5 lbs in the two weeks since my surgery. Every one says "it will happen" and be patient but it's hard knowing what I've done to myself and then not seeing any more results than I would from a "typical" diet. I hate to be a downer.....but it's true!

Yeah....I think at this point, having gone thru this to lose weight, nothing will be fast enough! I'm content with 19#'s lost in 3.5wks. But we'll see what the next few weeks bring. I KNOW that if I could incorporate exercise more on a daily basis I would see faster results but as a mother of two under 4 I'm just pooped all of the time. Try, try, try. In the long run this WILL be a benefit to us all.

Thank you for your comments about being disappointed on the rate of weight loss! I had my open RNY wls on may 5Th and i am going thru more depression than usual. I guess it would be more accurate if i said that i have major blues. My family thinks i am nuts because i have lost 28 lbs in 21 days but some how i just feel i could have done better. That is, if i was not so blue. I know i should be walking to move the weight loss along faster, but i mainly just want go to bed most of the time. Yes, I am on heavy meds for the depression. I Guess the disappointment in part is because a lady on here had said she lost 18 lbs before she left the hospital. And the weight just kept coming off at a real steady speed after she got home. It kind of makes me feel like a failure. The really sad thing is i know everyone is different and we should not compare our selves but it really got to me. Thanks for listening, Deb