1 week post op today - lap band
Hey all. I am feeling like I'm doing it all wrong. I can't count how many times I have read about not comparing your recovery to anyone elses but here I am doing it.
I had my surgery at the same time as 2 other patients. We went to first breakfast on Tuesday and they are talking about how they are taking multiple walks a day and I'm lucky to walk around Walmart for a few minutes.
Now it's a week after surgery and I feel like I don't know what I'm doing. My surgeon has us progressed to a full liquid diet and we are supposed to be aiming for 60 grams of protein in a day. I've got my protein supplement that I'm adding into my soup and I just mixed up a batch of SF pudding with more supplement in it.
Here's the thing, I'm supposed to be eating less. So, I don't know if I'm drinking too much stuff. My dietitican hasn't been very much help, she's nearly impossible to get ahold of and her answers are far too vague.
Should I be eating 3x a day or is that for after I'm back to a regular diet? I know that my new stomach can't hold very much but then again I'm on liquids so theoretically doesn't it all just go through?
I can't even think to ask everything I don't know. I see my surgeon on Monday for my follow up.
Additionally, I'm still quite painful. I run out of energy so quickly it's a joke to try to get anything done. It's probably not much help that I live alone and I already had to go back to work, the backup I had arranged for didn't work out. My office is in my home so the commute is short.
Help?
I had my surgery at the same time as 2 other patients. We went to first breakfast on Tuesday and they are talking about how they are taking multiple walks a day and I'm lucky to walk around Walmart for a few minutes.
Now it's a week after surgery and I feel like I don't know what I'm doing. My surgeon has us progressed to a full liquid diet and we are supposed to be aiming for 60 grams of protein in a day. I've got my protein supplement that I'm adding into my soup and I just mixed up a batch of SF pudding with more supplement in it.
Here's the thing, I'm supposed to be eating less. So, I don't know if I'm drinking too much stuff. My dietitican hasn't been very much help, she's nearly impossible to get ahold of and her answers are far too vague.
Should I be eating 3x a day or is that for after I'm back to a regular diet? I know that my new stomach can't hold very much but then again I'm on liquids so theoretically doesn't it all just go through?
I can't even think to ask everything I don't know. I see my surgeon on Monday for my follow up.
Additionally, I'm still quite painful. I run out of energy so quickly it's a joke to try to get anything done. It's probably not much help that I live alone and I already had to go back to work, the backup I had arranged for didn't work out. My office is in my home so the commute is short.
Help?